Gilbert O Sullivan Alone Again Naturally

1972 unmarried by Gilbert O'Sullivan

"Alone Again (Naturally)"
Alone Again single.jpg
Single by Gilbert O'Sullivan
B-side "Save It"
Released 18 February 1972 (U.k.)[1]
May 1972 (Us)[2]
Recorded 1971
Genre Soft rock[3] [iv]
Length 3:36
Characterization MAM
Songwriter(s) Gilbert O'Sullivan
Producer(s) Gordon Mills
Gilbert O'Sullivan singles chronology
"No Matter How I Try"
(1971)
"Alone Again (Naturally)"
(1972)
"Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day"
(1972)

"Alone Over again (Naturally)" is a vocal past Irish singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan. It was released in 1972 at the same time as, only not included on, the album, Back to Front. In total, the single spent vi weeks, non-consecutively, at No. 1 on the Us Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Billboard ranked information technology every bit the No. 2 song for 1972. In Casey Kasem's American Top 40 of the 1970s, "Alone Again (Naturally)" ranked equally the 5th most-popular song of the decade (Debby Boone'due south "You Calorie-free Up My Life" was No. 1). "Alone Again (Naturally)" likewise spent 6 weeks at No. 1 on the Easy Listening nautical chart.[v] The rail reached No. iii in the UK Singles Chart.[6]

Lyrics [edit]

"Alone Once again (Naturally)" is an introspective ballad. In the first poetry, the vocalizer contemplates suicide subsequently having been left "in the lurch at a church"; in the second, he wonders if there is a god; finally, he laments the expiry of his parents. O'Sullivan has said the song is not autobiographical: his mother was alive during its composition; O'Sullivan was xi when his begetter, who was cruel to his female parent, died, and he's said that he didn't know his father well.[vii] O'Sullivan after commented "Neil Diamond covered "Alone Over again (Naturally)" and said he couldn't believe a 21-year-old wrote it, merely for me information technology was only 1 song I had written".[8] Neil Sedaka was similarly effusive in his praise for the song, stating equally he covered the song in 2020 that he wished that he himself had written the song because its complexity was more typical of a man much older than 21.[9] The song is included on O'Sullivan'south The Berry Vest of Gilbert O'Sullivan anthology (2004) on the EMI tape label. Large Jim Sullivan plays the guitar break in the original recorded version of the vocal.

Chart operation [edit]

Copyright lawsuit [edit]

G Upright Music, Ltd 5. Warner Bros. Records Inc. , 780 F. Supp. 182 (S.D.Due north.Y. 1991), was a copyright case heard by the U.s.a. District Court for the Southern Commune of New York. The case pitted vocaliser/songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan against rapper Biz Markie after Biz Markie sampled O'Sullivan's song "Alone Again (Naturally)". The court ruled that sampling without permission tin can authorize as copyright infringement. The judgment changed the hip hop music industry, requiring that any time to come music sampling be preapproved past the original copyright owners to avoid a lawsuit.[26]

Maison Ikkoku [edit]

This song, forth with another 1 of O'Sullivan'due south songs, "Go Downward", were featured as the opening and ending for episode 24 of the Japanese anime hit Maison Ikkoku. At the fourth dimension, O'Sullivan was signed to product company Kitty Film'due south associated tape characterization, Kitty Records, which wanted to use the anime's popularity as a fashion to promote the singer's career in Japan. According to series manager Kazuo Yamazaki, the reason the songs were dropped after merely one episode was that they were unpopular with viewers; due to copyright bug, they were not included on the English-language American release of the anime, replaced past the previously used Japanese theme songs. The anime was based upon the pop manga of the same name past Rumiko Takahashi.

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

Notable comprehend versions [edit]

Many artists have covered the song. Among the more notable are a version past Nina Simone, included as a bonus track on the 1988 digital reissue of her 1982 album Fodder on My Wings; and a version by Lazlo Bane's frontman Chad Fischer, from the 2009 blithe moving picture Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Both versions feature substantially rewritten lyrics; Simone's version savagely exhumes her troubled relationship with her late father, whereas Fischer'due south version explores the unrequited desire of an acorn for the prehistoric squirrel who once chased it. Also in 2015, Diana Krall released a duet version with Michael Bublé on her album titled "Wallflower".[27]

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan - Lone Again (Naturally)". 45cat.com . Retrieved 22 Apr 2021.
  2. ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan - Lonely Again (Naturally)". 45cat.com . Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  3. ^ Fontenot, Robert. "Soft Stone Music and Songs". Oldies.about.com . Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  4. ^ Kuge, Mara (7 February 2019). "fourteen Secretly Cruel Soft Rock Love Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Height Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Tape Enquiry. p. 187.
  6. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Express. p. 411. ISBN1-904994-10-5.
  7. ^ ""Alone Again (Naturally)" - Gilbert O'Sullivan". Superseventies.com. 1972-07-29. Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  8. ^ Kernan; Andrews. "'I can even so compete with anyone despite beingness around then long'". Galway Advertiser . Retrieved 26 Jan 2019.
  9. ^ "Today's Mini-Concert - 10/22/2020". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-xiii. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Australian Chart Volume". Austchartbook.com.au. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  11. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-x-06 .
  12. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  13. ^ "Toutes les Chansons N° one des Années seventy" (in French). InfoDisc. 1972-07-13. Retrieved 22 Dec 2019.
  14. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Alone Again (Naturally)". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July xi, 2017.
  15. ^ "Nederlandse Elevation 40 – Gilbert O Sullivan" (in Dutch). Dutch Top twoscore.
  16. ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan – Alone Once more (Naturally)" (in Dutch). Single Acme 100.
  17. ^ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz . Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  18. ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan: Creative person Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  19. ^ "Gilbert OSullivan Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June three, 2018.
  20. ^ "Gilbert OSullivan Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved June three, 2018.
  21. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 8/26/72". Tropicalglen.com. 1972-08-26. Retrieved 2016-ten-06 .
  22. ^ "Top 100 1972 - UK Music Charts". United kingdom-charts.superlative-source.info . Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  23. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 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 Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard . Retrieved ten December 2018.
  26. ^ Music Sampling and Copyright Law (PDF), p. 21
  27. ^ Wallflower | track 4

External links [edit]

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

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