29-30 Nov 84 E-Zee Hire Studios demo –

27 June 1985 Marcus recording studio backing track rough mix

(v) September 1995. Elevator Studios, Liverpool, England
Running length 3:22
Musicians & Credits
Mike Peters – Vocals, Acoustic, Electric and Bass Guitar
Owen Thomas – Drums
Recorded and mixed at Elevator Studios, Liverpool, England, 16th to 18th September 1995
Produced by Michael Peters
Engineered and mixed by Mark Phythian
Appears on Mike Peters – Second Generation Volume 1 – Rare songs of the Alarm Revisited released in December 1995

2000. 1985 Marcus Studios, London recording remastered
Running length 3:37
Musicians & Credits
Mike Peters – Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Dave Sharp – Electric, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals
Eddie Macdonald – Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Nigel Twist – Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Remastering Engineered by Gary Butler @ RTS Liverpool in 2000
Appears on the album The Alarm – Strength [1985-1986]. Part of the Alarm 2000 CD box-set released in 2000

2015 Majority Recording
Running length 4:11
Musicians & Credits
Mike Peters – Lead Vocals
Appears on the album The Alarm – Majority released in 2015

2015 We Are Majority Recording
Running length 3:30
Musicians & Credits
Mike Peters – Lead Vocals
Appears on the single The Alarm – Strength released in 2015
Appears on the album The Alarm – Majority released in 2015

28th March 2020. Big Night In broadcast for Season 1 Episode 2 live stream
Running Length 3:15
Musicians & Credits
Mike Peters – Vocals, Guitar
Recorded for Big Night In, Dyserth, Wales
Appears on the album The Alarm Music Will Keep Us Strong Disc 1 released in 2020

All the following are Worldwide releases except where stated


(v) 15th December 1995 : Mike Peters – Second Generation Volume 1 -Rare Songs Of The Alarm Revisited
Released on CD by The Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21C002
1995 Elevator Studios recording


13th April 1998 : The Alarm And Mike Peters ‎– The Best Of The Alarm and Mike Peters
Released on CD in the UK & Europe by EMI, catalogue number 7243 4 93751 2 3
1985 Marcus Studios, London recording


2000 : The Alarm – Strength [1985-1986]
Released on CD by The Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21C012
Appearing as part of the Alarm 2000 collection box set and then later as an individual disc
1985 Marcus Studios, London recording remastered


12th November 2001 : The Alarm – Alt-Strength
Released on Double CDr. Disc 1 by The Twenty First Century Recording Company, no catalogue number (CD)
29-30th November 1984 E-Zee Hire Studios Electric demo We Are Majority version
Released on Double CDr. Disc 2 by The Twenty First Century Recording Company, no catalogue number (CD)
27 June 1985 Backing track rough mix, Marcus Studio, London


2004 : The Alarm – Strength
Released on CD 2004 in by I.R.S. Records 7243 5 77668 2 1
1985 Marcus Studios, London recording remastered


2006 : The Alarm ‎- The Best Of The Alarm.
Released on CD in Europe, USA & Canada on Capitol Records, catalogue number 09463-57607-2-9 (CD).
1985 Marcus Studios, London recording


2007 : The Alarm – The Collection
Released on CD in Europe on EMI GOLD, catalogue number 50999 5 08656 2 8
1985 Marcus Studios, London recording


2012 : The Alarm – Two classic albums : Strength / Eye of the Hurricane
Released on CD by EMI GOLD, no catalogue number
1985 Marcus Studios, London recording


1st October 2015 :  The Alarm – Majority
Released on CD by The Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21C071
2015 Majority 30th anniversary recording
2015 We Are Majority 30th anniversary recording


15th March 2019 : The Alarm – Strength (1985-1986)
Released on double vinyl album by the Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21C105LP
We Are The Majority  version, Absolute Reality album demo tapes
Released on double CD, disc 2, by the Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21C105CD
1985 Marcus Studios, London recording remastered


15th March 2019 : The Alarm – A Story of Strength
Released on CD by the Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21C108
We Are Majority demo version


10th September 2020 : The Alarm – Music Will Keep Us Strong (Disc 1)
Released on 4 x CD set as The Alarm Music Will Keep Us Strong – Disc 1 by First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21C118
Recorded on 28th March 2020 for the Big Night In broadcast from Season 1 Episode 2 live stream recording


4th June 2021 : The Alarm – History Repeating 1981-2021
Released on as a 4 vinyl album box set by The Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21C119LP
1985 Marcus Studios, London recording remastered

All the following are Worldwide releases except where stated

9th September 1985 : 7″ vinyl single. The Alarm – Strength
Track listing : Strength / Majority
Released by IRS Records, catalogue number IRM 104
1985 Marcus Studio, London recording
Also released as a fold out Strength tour poster sleeve catalogue number IRMB 104

Also released in Europe on IRS Records, catalogue number ILSA6550
Also released in USA/Canada on IRS Records, catalogue number IRS-52736
Also released in Australia on IRS Records, catalogue number ES 1089

9th September 1985 : 12″ vinyl single. The Alarm – Strength
Track listing : Strength / Majority / Absolute Reality (Acoustic version)
Released by IRS Records, catalogue number IRT 104
1985 Marcus Studio, London recording

Also released in Europe on IRS Records, catalogue number ILSA12.6550
Also released in Japan on IRS Records, catalogue number 12AP3135


May 1986 : 12″ vinyl promo single. The Alarm – Absolute Reality
Track listing : Absolute Reality / Majority / Reason 36
Released in the USA by IRS Records, catalogue number L33-17108
1985 Marcus Studio, London recording

8th September 2015 : 7″ vinyl single – poster sleeve. The Alarm – Strength
Track listing : Strength / We Are Majority
Released by The Twenty First Recording Company , catalogue number21C072
2015 We Are Majority 30th anniversary recording

All are Worldwide releases unless stated


17th October 1985. Recorded live at The Marquee, London, England
Running length 3:27
Performed by The Alarm : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald and Nigel Twist
Appears on CD box-set disck 2 as The Alarm – The Sound & The Fury Live 1981 to 1991, released in 2003 by Shakedown records, catalogue number SHAKEBX112Z (UK, Export)
Appears on double CD disc 2 as 2014 as The Alarm – When The Storm Broke, released in 2014 by Secret records, catalogue number SECDD098 (UK)


9th November 1985. Recorded live at Orpheum Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts. USA
Running length tbc
Performed by The Alarm : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald, Nigel Twist and Mark Taylor
Released on Double Vinyl album 13th April 2019 as The Alarm -Strength Live’ 85 by The Twenty First Recording Company, catalogue number 21C107LP


15th January 2000. Recorded at The Gathering 8, The North Wales Conference Centre, Llandudno, Wales
Running Length 3:06
Performed by Mike Peters and The New Electric Band : Mike Peters, James Stevenson, Craig Adams, Steve Grantley
Appears on triple CD – disc 3 gold as Mike Peters – The Millennium Gathering released in 2000 by The Twenty First Recording Company


4th December 2000. Recorded at The Garage, Glasgow, Scotland
Running length 3:13
5th December 2000. Recorded at University, Newcastle, England
Running length 3:34
7th December 2000. Recorded at The Cockpit, Leeds, England
Running length 3:27
8th December 2000. Recorded at Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton, England
Running length 3:15
9th December 2000. Recorded at The Lomax, Liverpool, England
Running length 3:18
10th December 2000. Recorded at Leadmill, Sheffield, England
Running length 3:23
13th December 2000. Recorded at Rock City, Nottingham, England
Running length 3:17
15th December 2000. Recorded at Shepherds Bush Empire, Shepherds Bush, London W12, England
Running length 3:15
16th December 2000. Recorded at University, Cardiff, Wales
Running length 3:21
17th December 2000. Recorded at University, Manchester, England.
Running length 3:21
Performed by The Alarm 2000 : Mike Peters, James Stevenson, Richard Llewellyn, Steve Grantley.
 These December dates were part of the Second Generation 2000 tour to promote The Alarm 2000 collection and were billed as The Alarm MM with the Double CDR’s released as “Live at ….” released in 2000 by The Twenty First Recording Company



6th February 2001. Recorded at Logo, Hamburg, Germany
Running length 3:25
10th February 2001. Recorded at Colosaal, Aschaffenburg, Germany
Running length 3:38
12th April 2001. Recorded at T.T. The Bear’s Place, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Running length 3:10
13th April 2001. Recorded at The Vanderbilt, Plainview, New York, USA
Running length 3:16
20th April 2001. Recorded at Cotton Club, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Running length 3:16
Performed by The Alarm MMI : Mike Peters, James Stevenson, Richard Llewellyn, Steve Grantley.
These dates were part of the Second Generation 2001 tour billed as The Alarm MMI with the Double CDR’s released as “Live at ….” released in 2001 by The Twenty First Recording Company



12th November 2003. Recorded at The Middle East, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
17th November 2003. Recorded at The Knitting Factory (East), New York, USA
Running length 3:05
19th November 2003. Recorded at The Middle East, Boston, Massachusetts,USA
Running length 3:12
20th November 2003. Recorded at Elbo Room, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Running length 3:05
Performed by The Alarm MMIII : Mike Peters, James Stevenson, Craig Adams, Steve Grantley.
These dates were part 2003 tour billed as The Alarm MMIII with the Double CDR’s released as “Live at ….” released in 2003 by The Twenty First Recording Company


29th August 2004. Recorded at William Aston Hall, NEWI, Wrexham, Wales
Running length 3:18
Performed by Mike Peters solo acoustic
Released on CD in 2004 on Alarmstock 2 Volume 7 – Out Come The Flags And Banners Again, released by The Twenty First Recording Company


13th August 2005. Recorded at Electric Lady Studio A, New York, USA
Running length 3:27
Performed by Mike Peters solo acoustic
Released on CD in 2005 on Alarmstock III – Electric Lady Studio A, New York, USA – Set 4 Flowers In The Dressing Room, released by The Twenty First Recording Company


22nd October 2010. Record at King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Scotland
Running length 2:25
Performed by Mike Peters solo acoustic
Released on Double CD in 2010 Mike Peters // The Alarm – Direct Acoustic MMX live in Glasgow, by The Twenty First Recording Company, catalogue number 21C054


29th January 2011. Recorded at The Gathering 19, Pontins Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park, Prestatyn, Wales 
Running length 3:43
Performed by The Alarm : Mike Peters, James Stevenson, Craig Adams and Steve “Smiley” Barnard, Mark Taylor
Released in 2011 on DVD/CD box set on CD 1 as The Alarm – Live at The Gathering 2011 by Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21CDVD015


28th October 2011. Record at Manchester Academy, Manchester, England
Running length 3:31
Performed by Mike Peters solo acoustic
Released on Double CD in 2012 Mike Peters of the Alarm – 30th Anniversary Acoustic Alarm Tour 1981-2011, by The Twenty First Recording Company, catalogue number 21C059

All are Worldwide releases unless stated

17th December 1993. Recorded at The Gathering 2, The Town Hall, Rhyl, Wales
Performed by Mike Peters solo
Released on VHS Video in 1995 as Mike Peters The Gathering 2 by The Twenty First Recording Company


15th December 2000. Recorded at Shepherds Bush Empire, London W12, England
Running length 3:15
Performed by The Alarm MM : Mike Peters, James Stevenson, Richard Llewellyn, Steve Grantley
Released on DVD in 2002 as The Alarm MM Greatest Hits Live by The Twenty First Recording Company catalogue number 21CDVD001


13th January 2001. Recorded at The Gathering 9, The North Wales Conference Centre, Llandudno, Wales.
Performed by The Alarm MMI : Mike Peters, James Stevenson, Richard Llewellyn and Steve Grantley
Released as a DVD box-set in 2005 as The Alarm The Gathering History, by The Twenty First Recording Company catalogue number 21CDVD003



24th January 2004. Recorded at The Gathering 12, The North Wales Conference Centre, Llandudno, Wales
Performed by The Alarm MMIV : Mike Peters, James Stevenson, Craig Adams, Steve Grantley, Mark Taylor
Released as a DVD box-set in 2005 as The Alarm The Gathering History, by The Twenty First Recording Company, catalogue number 21CDVD003

28th January 2006. Recorded at The Gathering 14, The North Wales Conference Centre, Llandudno, Wales
Performed by Mike Peters solo
Released on DVD in 2006 as The Alarm The Gathering MMVI Acoustic by The Twenty First Recording Company, catalogue number 21CDVD007


29th January 2011. Recorded at The Gathering 19, Pontins Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park, Prestatyn, Wales
Performed by The Alarm : Mike Peters, James Stevenson, Craig Adams, Steve Grantley
Released in 2011 on DVD as The Alarm Live At The Gathering 2011 by The Twenty First Recording Company, catalogue number 21CDVD015

5th April 2014. Recorded at The Deaf Institute, Manchester, England
Performed by Mike Peters solo acoustic
Released in 2014 on DVD as Mike Peters Declaration Live From The Deaf Institute by The Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21CDVD017

31st January 2015. Recorded at The Gathering 23, Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales
Performed by The Alarm : Mike Peters, James Stevenson, Craig Adams, Steve Grantley, Mark Taylor
Released in 2015 on DVD/CD box-set – DVD 2 as The Alarm Live At The Gathering 2015 Hands Held High – Saturday Concert Part One by The Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21CDVD018

2nd May 2015. Recorded at The Globe, Cardiff, Wales
Performed live by Mike Peters acoustic
Released on CD on 7th December 2015 as Mike Peters presents The Alarm Live At The Globe 2015 -Majority Set by the Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21CDVD019

I used to put the flowers in the dressing room
I’m no longer a child I’m all grown up now
I’ve set them up seen them let me down
I’ve been in the crowd swirling round and round
All as one, with those songs of Freedom
Saying all the things I could never say
And I rode with fate on a wing and a prayer
And there were four in the bed and the little one said

We were running so fast
We didn’t even know what had hit us
And we were blind to the world
And the world was blind to us
Majority
Like the majority

I see a sea of faces staring up
I hear the sound of my beloved in the crowd
She’s saying ‘give me a future, I want it now
I don’t want my life to know any bounds’

‘Cause I’m young and I want to run
I don’t care where to just as I’m with you’
It could be you or you or you or you
And there were four in the bed and the little one said

We were running so fast
We didn’t even know what had hit us
And we were blind to the world
And the world was blind to us
Majority
Like the majority

I see them rise and I see them fall
The broken trust and the promises rust
When will another one bite the dust, bite the dust

I give everything I’ve ever had to give
I bought the books, the records all the politics
It was all those words that shaped my dreams
There were times when I felt like a human being
I say ‘hello, are you listening now
I say ‘hello’, I say ‘hello, hello’
I’m in the lost generation and I’m calling out
There were four in the bed and the little one said

We were running so fast
We didn’t even know what had hit us
And we were blind to the world
And the world was blind to us
Majority
Like the majority

I used to put the flowers in the dressing room
I’m no longer a child I’m all grown up now
I’ve set them up seen them let me down
I’ve been in the crowd swirling round and round
All as one, with those songs of freedom
Saying all the things I could never say
And I rode with fate on a wing and a prayer
And there were four in the bed and the little one said

We were running so fast
We didn’t even know what had hit us
And we were blind to the world
The world was blind to us
Oh Oh Oh like the majority

I see a sea of faces staring up
I hear the sound of my beloved in the crowd
She’s saying ‘give me a future, I want it now
I don’t want my life to know any bounds’

‘Cause I’m young and I want to run
I don’t care where to just as I’m with you’
It could be you or you or you or you
And there were four in the bed and the little one said

We were running so fast
We didn’t even know what had hit us
And we were blind to the world
The world was blind to us
Oh Oh Oh like the majority

I see them rise and I see them fall
The broken trust and the promises rust
When will another one bite the dust, bite the dust

I see them rise and I see them fall
The broken trust and the promises rust
When will another one bite the dust, bite the dust
Bite the dust

Oh I give everything I’ve ever had to give
I bought the books, the records all the politics
It was all those words that shaped my dreams
There were times when I felt like a human being
I said ‘hello, are you listening now
I said ‘hello’, I said ‘hello, hello’
I’m in the lost generation and I’m calling out
To the four in the bed and the little one said

We were running so fast
We didn’t even know what had hit us
And we were blind to the world
The world was blind to us
Oh oh oh Like the majority