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Gilbert Osullivan- Alone Again

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1972 unmarried by Gilbert O'Sullivan

"Alone Again (Naturally)"
Alone Again single.jpg
Single by Gilbert O'Sullivan
B-side "Save Information technology"
Released eighteen February 1972 (United kingdom)[1]
May 1972 (Us)[2]
Recorded 1971
Genre Soft stone[3] [iv]
Length iii:36
Label MAM
Songwriter(due south) Gilbert O'Sullivan
Producer(s) Gordon Mills
Gilbert O'Sullivan singles chronology
"No Affair How I Endeavour"
(1971) 		"Alone Over again (Naturally)"
(1972) 		"Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Solar day"
(1972)

"Solitary Again (Naturally)" is a vocal by Irish gaelic singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan. It was released in 1972 at the same time as, but not included on, the album, Dorsum to Forepart. In total, the single spent vi weeks, non-consecutively, at No. one on the United States Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. 2 song for 1972. In Casey Kasem's American Peak 40 of the 1970s, "Solitary Over again (Naturally)" ranked as the fifth virtually-popular song of the decade (Debby Boone'south "Y'all Lite Up My Life" was No. 1). "Alone Again (Naturally)" besides spent 6 weeks at No. 1 on the Piece of cake Listening chart.[five] The track reached No. 3 in the UK Singles Nautical chart.[6]

Lyrics [edit]

"Alone Again (Naturally)" is an introspective ballad. In the first verse, the singer contemplates suicide after 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 vocal is not autobiographical: his mother was alive during its composition; O'Sullivan was eleven when his father, who was cruel to his female parent, died, and he'due south said that he didn't know his male parent well.[7] O'Sullivan later commented "Neil Diamond covered "Alone Once more (Naturally)" and said he couldn't believe a 21-year-old wrote it, but for me information technology was just one song I had written".[8] Neil Sedaka was similarly effusive in his praise for the song, stating as he covered the song in 2020 that he wished that he himself had written the vocal because its complexity was more than typical of a man much older than 21.[9] The song is included on O'Sullivan's The Berry Vest of Gilbert O'Sullivan anthology (2004) on the EMI record label. Big Jim Sullivan plays the guitar intermission in the original recorded version of the song.

Chart performance [edit]

Copyright lawsuit [edit]

One thousand Upright Music, Ltd v. Warner Bros. Records Inc. , 780 F. Supp. 182 (S.D.N.Y. 1991), was a copyright case heard by the U.s.a. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The example pitted singer/songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan against rapper Biz Markie afterwards Biz Markie sampled O'Sullivan's vocal "Alone Over again (Naturally)". The courtroom ruled that sampling without permission can authorize as copyright infringement. The judgment inverse the hip hop music industry, requiring that any hereafter music sampling be preapproved by the original copyright owners to avert a lawsuit.[26]

Maison Ikkoku [edit]

This song, along with another one of O'Sullivan's songs, "Go Downwardly", were featured as the opening and ending for episode 24 of the Japanese anime hit Maison Ikkoku. At the time, O'Sullivan was signed to production visitor Kitty Flick's associated record label, Kitty Records, which wanted to apply the anime's popularity as a mode to promote the singer's career in Japan. Co-ordinate to serial managing director Kazuo Yamazaki, the reason the songs were dropped after only one episode was that they were unpopular with viewers; due to copyright problems, they were not included on the English language-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 cover versions [edit]

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

References [edit]

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  2. ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally)". 45cat.com . Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  3. ^ Fontenot, Robert. "Soft Rock Music and Songs". Oldies.about.com . Retrieved 2016-ten-06 .
  4. ^ Kuge, Mara (7 February 2019). "fourteen Secretly Vicious Soft Rock Love Songs". Ultimate Classic Stone.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Superlative Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 187.
  6. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness Globe Records Limited. p. 411. ISBNane-904994-10-5.
  7. ^ ""Alone Again (Naturally)" - Gilbert O'Sullivan". Superseventies.com. 1972-07-29. Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  8. ^ Kernan; Andrews. "'I tin still compete with anyone despite beingness around so long'". Galway Advertiser . Retrieved 26 Jan 2019.
  9. ^ "Today'southward Mini-Concert - ten/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. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-ten-06 .
  13. ^ "Toutes les Chansons N° one des Années 70" (in French). InfoDisc. 1972-07-13. Retrieved 22 Dec 2019.
  14. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Solitary Again (Naturally)". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  15. ^ "Nederlandse Height forty – Gilbert O Sullivan" (in Dutch). Dutch Peak 40.
  16. ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan – Alone Again (Naturally)" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  17. ^ "season of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz . Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  18. ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  19. ^ "Gilbert OSullivan Nautical chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  20. ^ "Gilbert OSullivan Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  21. ^ "Cash Box Meridian 100 8/26/72". Tropicalglen.com. 1972-08-26. Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  22. ^ "Tiptop 100 1972 - United kingdom Music Charts". U.k.-charts.top-source.info . Retrieved 2016-ten-06 .
  23. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972". Musicoutfitters.com . Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  24. ^ "Greenbacks Box YE Pop Singles - 1972". Tropicalglen.com. 1972-12-30. Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  25. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard . Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  26. ^ Music Sampling and Copyright Law (PDF), p. 21
  27. ^ Wallflower | track four

External links [edit]

  • Gilbert O'Sullivan - Solitary Once more (Naturally) on YouTube

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

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