Living Next Door to Alice
Smokie
1976
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
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About Smokie
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Smokie is an English group that developed in Yorkshire and found a wider pop audience during the 1970s. The band worked with Mickie Most's RAK label and the songwriting partnership of Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman. Its classic lineup included singer Chris Norman, guitarist Alan Silson, bassist Terry Uttley and drummer Pete Spencer.
Artist background sources
Smokie - AllMusic biography
Read Yorkshire origin, RAK relationship and Chinn/Chapman songwriting context. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Chris Norman - AllMusic biography
Read original Smokie album-era lineup and musical roles; solo Norman recordings remain distinct. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Living Next Door to Alice by Smokie is included for 1976 on the basis of the cited chart-associated source. This establishes the annual connection, not the circumstances in which the song was written. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Hot 100 weekly data mirror, 1976-12-25
Secondary source reviewed for title, artist and annual chart association only. Supplemental selection, not an official annual rank.
Other appearances and versions
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Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Hot 100 weekly data mirror, 1976-12-25
Secondary source reviewed for title, artist and annual chart association only. Supplemental selection, not an official annual rank.
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