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Alone Again Naturally by Gilbert O sullivan

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1972 single by Gilbert O'Sullivan

"Alone Again (Naturally)"
Alone Again single.jpg
Unmarried by Gilbert O'Sullivan
B-side "Relieve It"
Released 18 February 1972 (Great britain)[one]
May 1972 (United states of america)[2]
Recorded 1971
Genre Soft rock[three] [iv]
Length iii:36
Label MAM
Songwriter(s) Gilbert O'Sullivan
Producer(s) Gordon Mills
Gilbert O'Sullivan singles chronology
"No Matter How I Effort"
(1971) 		"Alone Again (Naturally)"
(1972) 		"Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day"
(1972)

"Alone Again (Naturally)" is a song by Irish singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan. Information technology was released in 1972 at the same fourth dimension as, but not included on, the album, Dorsum to Forepart. In full, the single spent six weeks, not-consecutively, at No. i on the The states Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. two song for 1972. In Casey Kasem'south American Top 40 of the 1970s, "Lonely Again (Naturally)" ranked every bit the 5th most-popular song of the decade (Debby Boone'due south "Y'all Lite Upwards My Life" was No. 1). "Alone Again (Naturally)" likewise spent six weeks at No. ane on the Easy Listening nautical chart.[5] The track reached No. 3 in the Britain Singles Nautical chart.[six]

Lyrics [edit]

"Lone Again (Naturally)" is an introspective ballad. In the first verse, the singer contemplates suicide later on having been left "in the lurch at a church"; in the second, he wonders if there is a God; finally, he laments the death of his parents. O'Sullivan has said the song is not autobiographical: his mother was live during its limerick; O'Sullivan was 11 when his male parent, who was cruel to his female parent, died, and he's said that he didn't know his begetter well.[seven] O'Sullivan later commented "Neil Diamond covered "Alone Once more (Naturally)" and said he couldn't believe a 21-year-sometime wrote it, but for me information technology was just one song I had written".[viii] Neil Sedaka was similarly effusive in his praise for the vocal, stating as he covered the vocal in 2020 that he wished that he himself had written the song because its complication was more typical of a homo much older than 21.[nine] The song is included on O'Sullivan's The Berry Vest of Gilbert O'Sullivan album (2004) on the EMI tape label. Big Jim Sullivan plays the guitar break in the original recorded version of the song.

Chart operation [edit]

Copyright lawsuit [edit]

Grand Upright Music, Ltd v. Warner Bros. Records Inc. , 780 F. Supp. 182 (S.D.N.Y. 1991), was a copyright case heard past the United States Commune Courtroom for the Southern District of New York. The case pitted singer/songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan against rapper Biz Markie after Biz Markie sampled O'Sullivan'southward vocal "Alone Again (Naturally)". The court ruled that sampling without permission tin can qualify equally copyright infringement. The judgment changed the hip hop music industry, requiring that any hereafter music sampling be preapproved by the original copyright owners to avoid a lawsuit.[26]

Maison Ikkoku [edit]

This song, along with another one of O'Sullivan'due south songs, "Get Down", were featured as the opening and catastrophe for episode 24 of the Japanese anime hitting Maison Ikkoku. At the time, O'Sullivan was signed to production company Kitty Film'south associated record label, Kitty Records, which wanted to use the anime's popularity as a way to promote the vocalist'due south career in Japan. According to serial director Kazuo Yamazaki, the reason the songs were dropped after but one episode was that they were unpopular with viewers; due to copyright problems, they were non included on the English-language American release of the anime, replaced by the previously used Japanese theme songs. The anime was based upon the pop manga of the same name by Rumiko Takahashi.

The song was also used as the ending theme for the 1986 live-action Maison Ikkoku film, Apartment Fantasy.

Notable embrace versions [edit]

Many artists accept covered the song. Among the more notable are a version by Nina Simone, included as a bonus track on the 1988 digital reissue of her 1982 anthology Fodder on My Wings; and a version by Lazlo Bane'south frontman Chad Fischer, from the 2009 animated film Water ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Both versions feature essentially rewritten lyrics; Simone's version savagely exhumes her troubled relationship with her tardily male parent, whereas Fischer'southward version explores the unrequited want of an acorn for the prehistoric squirrel who one time chased information technology. Besides in 2015, Diana Krall released a duet version with Michael Bublé on her album titled "Wallflower".[27]

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Over again (Naturally)". 45cat.com . Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan - Lone Again (Naturally)". 45cat.com . Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  3. ^ Fontenot, Robert. "Soft Rock Music and Songs". Oldies.about.com . Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  4. ^ Kuge, Mara (7 February 2019). "14 Secretly Cruel Soft Rock Dear Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Meridian Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Inquiry. p. 187.
  6. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 411. ISBN1-904994-10-5.
  7. ^ ""Alone Again (Naturally)" - Gilbert O'Sullivan". Superseventies.com. 1972-07-29. Retrieved 2016-ten-06 .
  8. ^ Kernan; Andrews. "'I can still compete with anyone despite being effectually then long'". Galway Advertiser . Retrieved 26 Jan 2019.
  9. ^ "Today's Mini-Concert - 10/22/2020". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Australian Chart Volume". Austchartbook.com.au. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-x-06 .
  11. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  12. ^ "Prototype : RPM Weekly - Library and Athenaeum Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  13. ^ "Toutes les Chansons North° one des Années 70" (in French). InfoDisc. 1972-07-13. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  14. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Lone Once again (Naturally)". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  15. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Gilbert O Sullivan" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  16. ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan – Alone Again (Naturally)" (in Dutch). Single Tiptop 100.
  17. ^ "flavor of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz . Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  18. ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan: Artist Nautical chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June iii, 2018.
  19. ^ "Gilbert OSullivan Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June three, 2018.
  20. ^ "Gilbert OSullivan Nautical chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved June three, 2018.
  21. ^ "Greenbacks Box Pinnacle 100 viii/26/72". Tropicalglen.com. 1972-08-26. Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  22. ^ "Top 100 1972 - Great britain Music Charts". U.k.-charts.top-source.info . Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  23. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1972/Tiptop 100 Songs of 1972". Musicoutfitters.com . Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  24. ^ "Cash Box YE Popular Singles - 1972". Tropicalglen.com. 1972-12-thirty. Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  25. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 60th Ceremony Interactive Chart". Billboard . Retrieved x December 2018.
  26. ^ Music Sampling and Copyright Police force (PDF), p. 21
  27. ^ Wallflower | runway 4

External links [edit]

  • Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally) on YouTube

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alone_Again_%28Naturally%29

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