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Simple Minds — “Alive & Kicking” single sleeve

Contributed by J.D. Loughead on Mar 26th, 2020. Artwork published in .
    Simple Minds — “Alive & Kicking” single sleeve 1
    Source: burningtheground.net License: All Rights Reserved.

    “Alive and Kicking” is a song by the Scottish rock band Simple Minds. Released in 1985 as the first single from the band’s most successful album, Once Upon a Time, it reached number 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 4 in Canada, and peaked within the top 5 of several European countries including Italy, where the song reached number one.

    Designer Mick Haggerty created the cover art for this 12-inch single using overlapping and obscured glyphs from Hermann Zapf’s most famous face. The 7-inch single used an inverted version of the same design.

    Back cover, photograph by Anton Corbijn
    License: All Rights Reserved.

    Back cover, photograph by Anton Corbijn

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