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Gilbert Osullivan Alone Again (Naturally) Other Recordings of This Song

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1972 single by Gilbert O'Sullivan

"Alone Once again (Naturally)"
Alone Again single.jpg
Unmarried by Gilbert O'Sullivan
B-side "Save Information technology"
Released 18 February 1972 (UK)[1]
May 1972 (US)[2]
Recorded 1971
Genre Soft rock[iii] [four]
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 Once more (Naturally)" is a song by Irish singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan. It was released in 1972 at the aforementioned time equally, but not included on, the anthology, Dorsum to Front. In full, the single spent half dozen weeks, not-consecutively, at No. one on the United States Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Billboard ranked information technology as the No. two song for 1972. In Casey Kasem's American Top 40 of the 1970s, "Alone Again (Naturally)" ranked every bit the fifth almost-popular song of the decade (Debby Boone'south "You lot Light Up My Life" was No. 1). "Alone Again (Naturally)" also spent 6 weeks at No. 1 on the Easy Listening nautical chart.[five] The track reached No. 3 in the Great britain Singles Chart.[half dozen]

Lyrics [edit]

"Alone Once more (Naturally)" is an introspective ballad. In the first verse, the singer contemplates suicide afterward having been left "in the lurch at a church"; in the second, he wonders if at that place is a god; finally, he laments the decease of his parents. O'Sullivan has said the song is not autobiographical: his mother was live during its limerick; O'Sullivan was eleven when his begetter, who was cruel to his female parent, died, and he's said that he didn't know his father well.[7] O'Sullivan later commented "Neil Diamond covered "Alone Again (Naturally)" and said he couldn't believe a 21-year-erstwhile wrote it, but for me it was just i song I had written".[8] Neil Sedaka was similarly effusive in his praise for the vocal, stating every bit he covered the song in 2020 that he wished that he himself had written the song considering its complexity was more 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 break in the original recorded version of the song.

Chart functioning [edit]

Copyright lawsuit [edit]

Thou 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. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The instance pitted vocaliser/songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan confronting rapper Biz Markie after Biz Markie sampled O'Sullivan'south song "Lone Over again (Naturally)". The court ruled that sampling without permission can authorize every bit copyright infringement. The judgment inverse the hip hop music industry, requiring that any future music sampling be preapproved by the original copyright owners to avert a lawsuit.[26]

Maison Ikkoku [edit]

This song, forth with some other one of O'Sullivan's songs, "Go Downwards", 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 product visitor Kitty Picture's associated record label, Kitty Records, which wanted to use the anime's popularity as a way to promote the vocalist's career in Nippon. According to series 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 American release of the anime, replaced by the previously used Japanese theme songs. The anime was based upon the popular manga of the same name by Rumiko Takahashi.

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

Notable cover versions [edit]

Many artists accept covered the song. Amidst the more than notable are a version past Nina Simone, included every bit a bonus runway on the 1988 digital reissue of her 1982 album Fodder on My Wings; and a version by Lazlo Bane's frontman Republic of chad Fischer, from the 2009 blithe film Ice Historic period: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Both versions characteristic substantially rewritten lyrics; Simone's version savagely exhumes her troubled human relationship with her belatedly begetter, whereas Fischer'southward version explores the unrequited desire of an acorn for the prehistoric squirrel who in one case chased it. 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 Again (Naturally)". 45cat.com . Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan - Lonely 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 Fell Soft Rock Love Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Tape Inquiry. p. 187.
  6. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 411. ISBN1-904994-x-5.
  7. ^ ""Lonely Once again (Naturally)" - Gilbert O'Sullivan". Superseventies.com. 1972-07-29. Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  8. ^ Kernan; Andrews. "'I can still compete with anyone despite existence around so 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 2016-10-06 .
  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 N° 1 des Années lxx" (in French). InfoDisc. 1972-07-xiii. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  14. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Alone Again (Naturally)". Irish gaelic Singles Chart. Retrieved July xi, 2017.
  15. ^ "Nederlandse Peak xl – Gilbert O Sullivan" (in Dutch). Dutch Acme 40.
  16. ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan – Lone Again (Naturally)" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  17. ^ "flavor 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 three, 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 Elevation 100 eight/26/72". Tropicalglen.com. 1972-08-26. Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  22. ^ "Top 100 1972 - Uk Music Charts". Uk-charts.tiptop-source.info . Retrieved 2016-ten-06 .
  23. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972". Musicoutfitters.com . Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  24. ^ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1972". Tropicalglen.com. 1972-12-30. Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  25. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 60th Ceremony Interactive Chart". Billboard . Retrieved ten December 2018.
  26. ^ Music Sampling and Copyright Law (PDF), p. 21
  27. ^ Wallflower | track four

External links [edit]

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

knightgeould.blogspot.com

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

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