title: Only the Strongest Will Survive
text: # Only the Strongest Will Survive
  
  Only the Strongest Will Survive is the second studio album by British rock band Hurricane #1. It was released on 21 April 1999. All songs were written by Andy Bell except "What Do I Know?" by Alex Lowe. It made number 55 in the UK album charts, and the top 20 in Japan.
  
  The band attempted a different musical approach with this album, with a heavier influence of electronic sounds, drum machines and sampling. Remixers were approached to provide the many remixes of songs from this album.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All songs written by Andy Bell (Creation Songs), except "What Do I Know?", written by Alex Lowe (Creation Songs).
  
  * "Intro" - 1:54
  * "N.Y.C." - 4:06
  * "The Greatest High" - 3:58
  * "Remote Control" - 4:47
  * "The Price That We Pay" - 3:16
  * "Separation Sunday" - 5:33
  * "Rising Sign" - 7:02
  * "Only the Strongest Will Survive" - 4:43
  * "Long Way Down" - 6:39
  * "Twilight World" - 3:59
  * "Come Alive" - 4:05
  * "What Do I Know?" - 3:58
  * "Afterhours" - 6:00
  * "Outro/N.Y.C.2" - 14:45
  * "Sweet Insanity" - 4:17 (Japanese bonus track)
  * "You Wear It Well" - 4:13 (Japanese bonus track)
  
  Note:
  
  * In the CD version, the track 14 was finished at 3:14, continue with silence, and latter with the hidden track (sometimes considered as the reprise of the "Intro"), which begins at 6:16.
  * In the digital version, the silence and the hidden track on track 14 were not included. However, some of the digital version was included the hidden track as separate track.
  * Japanese CD version includes 2 bonus tracks, with the silence and the hidden track on track 14 were omitted for this version due to limitation capacity of CD.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Alex Lowe - lead vocals
  * Andy Bell - guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
  * Will Pepper - bass
  * Gareth Farmer - drums
  * Steve Sidelnyck - programming, percussion
  * Ian "Mac" McLagan - Hammond organ, Wurlitzer, piano, clarinet
  * Idha - backing vocals on "Afterhours"
  
  ## Singles
  
  * Information
  * "Only the Strongest Will Survive"
  * Released: 9 February 1998
  * Writer: Andy Bell
  * Producers: Stephen Harris, Andy Bell
  * "Only the Strongest Will Survive (mixes)"
  * Released: 9 February 1998
  * Writer: Andy Bell
  * Producers: Stephen Harris, Andy Bell
  * "Rising Sign"
  * Released: 12 October 1998
  * Writer: Andy Bell
  * Producers: Stephen Harris, Andy Bell
  * "Rising Sign (mixes)"
  * Released: 12 October 1998
  * Writer: Andy Bell
  * Producers: Stephen Harris, Andy Bell
  * "The Greatest High"
  * Released: 22 March 1999
  * Writer: Andy Bell
  * Producers: Stephen Harris, Andy Bell
  * "The Greatest High (mixes)"
  * Released: 22 March 1999
  * Writer: Andy Bell
  * Producers: Stephen Harris, Andy Bell
  * "Remote Control"
  * Released: 3 October 1999
  * Writer: Andy Bell
  * Producers: Stephen Harris, Andy Bell
  * "Remote Control (mixes)"
  * Released: 3 October 1999
  * Writer: Andy Bell
  * Producers: Stephen Harris, Andy Bell
  