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1972 single by Gilbert O'Sullivan

"Alone Again (Naturally)"
Alone Again single.jpg
Single by Gilbert O'Sullivan
B-side "Salvage It"
Released 18 Feb 1972 (UK)[i]
May 1972 (US)[1]
Recorded 1971
Genre Soft stone[ii] [3]
Length 3:36
Characterization MAM
Songwriter(s) Gilbert O'Sullivan
Producer(s) Gordon Mills
Gilbert O'Sullivan singles chronology
"No Matter How I Attempt"
(1971) 		"Lone Once more (Naturally)"
(1972) 		"Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Twenty-four hours"
(1972)

"Lone Over again (Naturally)" is a song by Irish gaelic vocaliser-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan. Information technology was released in 1972 at the aforementioned time equally – but not included on – his album Back to Front end, and was a pop hit.

The single spent six non-consecutive weeks at No. i on the United States Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, which ranked it every bit the No. two song for 1972. In Casey Kasem's American Top xl of the 1970s, "Alone Again (Naturally)" ranked as the fifth most-popular song of the decade (Debby Boone'southward "Y'all Light Upwardly My Life" was No. 1). Information technology also spent six weeks at No. i on the Like shooting fish in a barrel Listening chart,[4] and reached No. 3 on the Britain Singles Nautical chart.[5] The song is included on O'Sullivan's The Berry Belong of Gilbert O'Sullivan album (2004) on the EMI record label. Big Jim Sullivan plays the guitar break in the original recorded version of the song.

The song was involved in an important 1991 courtroom case which held that sampling of music – every bit had been done with O'Sullivan's recording – can institute copyright infringement.

Lyrics [edit]

"Solitary Again (Naturally)" is a melancholy, introspective carol. In the kickoff verse, the singer contemplates suicide later having been left "in the lurch at a church"; in the 2nd, he wonders if there is a God; finally, he laments the death of his parents. O'Sullivan has said the song is not autobiographical: for instance, his mother was alive during its composition, and he was not close to his father, who was barbarous to his female parent and died when the singer was 11 years old.[vi]

Reception [edit]

The vocal received extensive radio airplay in the months afterward its release, and was critically praised. O'Sullivan commented that "Neil Diamond covered 'Alone Again (Naturally)' and said he couldn't believe a 21-year-erstwhile wrote information technology, but for me it was just one song I had written".[vii] Neil Sedaka stating when he covered the song in 2020 that he wished that he himself had written the song, because its complexity was more typical of someone much older than 21.[8]

Chart performance [edit]

Copyright lawsuit [edit]

Grand Upright Music, Ltd 5. Warner Bros. Records Inc. was a copyright case heard by the United states District Court for the Southern District of New York. The example pitted O'Sullivan against Biz Markie afterwards the rapper sampled O'Sullivan'southward song "Alone Again (Naturally)". The court ruled that sampling without permission tin be copyright infringement. The judgment changed the hip hop music industry, requiring that music sampling exist preapproved by the original copyright owners to avoid a lawsuit.[25]

Maison Ikkoku [edit]

This song and O'Sullivan's "Get Down" were featured as the opening and ending for episode 24 of the popular Japanese anime Maison Ikkoku, based on the manga by Rumiko Takahashi. O'Sullivan was signed to product company Kitty Film's associated record label, Kitty Records, which wanted to use the anime'due south popularity as a style to promote the vocalist in Japan. According to series director Kazuo Yamazaki, the songs were dropped subsequently only one episode because they were unpopular with viewers. They were not included on the English language-language American release of the anime, replaced by the previously used Japanese theme songs.

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

Notable cover versions [edit]

Several artists have covered the song. A recording by Andy Williams was the title rails for the U.S. release of his album of cover songs later in 1972. Amid the notable covers are versions by Nina Simone, included as a bonus track on the 1988 digital reissue of her 1982 album Fodder on My Wings; and past Lazlo Bane'due south frontman Chad Fischer, from the 2009 blithe movie Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Both feature essentially rewritten lyrics; Simone's version savagely exhumes her troubled relationship with her tardily male parent, whereas Fischer'southward humorously explores the desire of an acorn for the fictional prehistoric squirrel who in one case chased it. In 2015, Diana Krall released a duet version with Michael Bublé on her album Wallflower.[26]

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b "Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Once again (Naturally)". 45cat.com . Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  2. ^ Fontenot, Robert. "Soft Rock Music and Songs". Oldies.virtually.com . Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  3. ^ Kuge, Mara (7 Feb 2019). "14 Secretly Savage Soft Rock Honey Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Superlative Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Enquiry. p. 187.
  5. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hitting Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 411. ISBN1-904994-10-five.
  6. ^ ""Solitary Again (Naturally)" - Gilbert O'Sullivan". Superseventies.com. 1972-07-29. Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  7. ^ Kernan; Andrews. "'I can still compete with anyone despite being around so long'". Galway Advertiser . Retrieved 26 Jan 2019.
  8. ^ "Today's Mini-Concert - x/22/2020". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Australian Chart Book". Austchartbook.com.au. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  10. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  11. ^ "Paradigm : RPM Weekly - Library and Athenaeum Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  12. ^ "Toutes les Chansons Due north° one des Années 70" (in French). InfoDisc. 1972-07-13. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  13. ^ "The Irish gaelic Charts – Search Results – Alone Again (Naturally)". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  14. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Gilbert O Sullivan" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  15. ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan – Alone Again (Naturally)" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  16. ^ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz . Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  17. ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June iii, 2018.
  18. ^ "Gilbert OSullivan Nautical chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  19. ^ "Gilbert OSullivan Chart History (Developed Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved June three, 2018.
  20. ^ "Greenbacks Box Top 100 eight/26/72". Tropicalglen.com. 1972-08-26. Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  21. ^ "Top 100 1972 - UK Music Charts". Uk-charts.top-source.info . Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  22. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972". Musicoutfitters.com . Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  23. ^ "Greenbacks Box YE Pop Singles - 1972". Tropicalglen.com. 1972-12-30. Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  24. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 60th Ceremony Interactive Chart". Billboard . Retrieved ten December 2018.
  25. ^ Music Sampling and Copyright Law (PDF), p. 21
  26. ^ Wallflower | rails 4

External links [edit]

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

simpsonhungloned.blogspot.com

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alone_Again_(Naturally)

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