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Alone Again Nautrally From the Album

1972 unmarried by Gilbert O'Sullivan

"Lonely Again (Naturally)"
Alone Again single.jpg
Single by Gilbert O'Sullivan
B-side "Save It"
Released eighteen February 1972 (UK)[1]
May 1972 (US)[2]
Recorded 1971
Genre Soft rock[three] [4]
Length iii:36
Label MAM
Songwriter(s) Gilbert O'Sullivan
Producer(southward) Gordon Mills
Gilbert O'Sullivan singles chronology
"No Matter How I Effort"
(1971) 		"Solitary Again (Naturally)"
(1972) 		"Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day"
(1972)

"Alone Again (Naturally)" is a song by Irish vocalizer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan. It was released in 1972 at the same time as, but not included on, the anthology, Dorsum to Front end. In total, the single spent six weeks, non-consecutively, at No. one on the United States Billboard Hot 100 singles nautical chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. 2 song for 1972. In Casey Kasem'southward American Top 40 of the 1970s, "Solitary Again (Naturally)" ranked every bit the fifth nigh-popular song of the decade (Debby Boone's "Y'all Light Up My Life" was No. ane). "Alone Over again (Naturally)" as well spent six weeks at No. one on the Like shooting fish in a barrel Listening chart.[five] The track reached No. three in the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland Singles Nautical chart.[6]

Lyrics [edit]

"Alone Again (Naturally)" is an introspective carol. In the showtime verse, the singer contemplates suicide later on having been left "in the lurch at a church building"; 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 female parent was alive during its composition; O'Sullivan was eleven when his father, who was cruel to his female parent, died, and he's said that he didn't know his father well.[7] O'Sullivan later on commented "Neil Diamond covered "Lonely Over again (Naturally)" and said he couldn't believe a 21-year-erstwhile wrote it, simply for me information technology was merely one song I had written".[eight] Neil Sedaka was similarly effusive in his praise for the song, stating equally he covered the vocal in 2020 that he wished that he himself had written the song considering its complication was more typical of a man 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 record label. Big Jim Sullivan plays the guitar interruption in the original recorded version of the vocal.

Nautical chart performance [edit]

Copyright lawsuit [edit]

M Upright Music, Ltd v. Warner Bros. Records Inc. , 780 F. Supp. 182 (S.D.N.Y. 1991), was a copyright case heard by the Usa Commune Court for the Southern Commune of New York. The case pitted singer/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 can qualify as copyright infringement. The judgment changed the hip hop music industry, requiring that any future music sampling be preapproved past the original copyright owners to avoid a lawsuit.[26]

Maison Ikkoku [edit]

This song, forth with some other one of O'Sullivan'due south songs, "Get Down", were featured as the opening and ending for episode 24 of the Japanese anime striking Maison Ikkoku. At the time, O'Sullivan was signed to production company Kitty Motion picture'due south associated record label, Kitty Records, which wanted to use the anime'south popularity as a way to promote the vocalist's career in Japan. According to serial manager Kazuo Yamazaki, the reason the songs were dropped after but one episode was that they were unpopular with viewers; due to copyright issues, 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 past Rumiko Takahashi.

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

Notable cover 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 album Fodder on My Wings; and a version by Lazlo Bane's frontman Republic of chad Fischer, from the 2009 animated film Ice Historic period: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Both versions feature substantially rewritten lyrics; Simone'southward version savagely exhumes her troubled relationship with her tardily father, whereas Fischer's 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]

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  2. ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan - Lone Again (Naturally)". 45cat.com . Retrieved 22 Apr 2021.
  3. ^ Fontenot, Robert. "Soft Rock Music and Songs". Oldies.about.com . Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  4. ^ Kuge, Mara (seven February 2019). "14 Secretly Barbarous Soft Rock Love Songs". Ultimate Archetype Rock.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Summit Adult Gimmicky: 1961-2001. Tape Inquiry. p. 187.
  6. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 411. ISBNone-904994-10-5.
  7. ^ ""Alone Again (Naturally)" - Gilbert O'Sullivan". Superseventies.com. 1972-07-29. Retrieved 2016-ten-06 .
  8. ^ Kernan; Andrews. "'I tin still compete with anyone despite being effectually so long'". Galway Advertiser . Retrieved 26 Jan 2019.
  9. ^ "Today'southward Mini-Concert - 10/22/2020". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 22 Apr 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Australian Chart Book". 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. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Athenaeum Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  13. ^ "Toutes les Chansons N° ane des Années 70" (in French). InfoDisc. 1972-07-thirteen. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  14. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Alone Again (Naturally)". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July eleven, 2017.
  15. ^ "Nederlandse Elevation forty – Gilbert O Sullivan" (in Dutch). Dutch Pinnacle 40.
  16. ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan – Alone Again (Naturally)" (in Dutch). Single Summit 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 iii, 2018.
  20. ^ "Gilbert OSullivan Chart History (Adult Gimmicky)". Billboard. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  21. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 8/26/72". Tropicalglen.com. 1972-08-26. Retrieved 2016-ten-06 .
  22. ^ "Elevation 100 1972 - UK Music Charts". Uk-charts.top-source.info . Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  23. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1972/Height 100 Songs of 1972". Musicoutfitters.com . Retrieved 2016-x-06 .
  24. ^ "Cash Box YE Popular Singles - 1972". Tropicalglen.com. 1972-12-30. Retrieved 2016-ten-06 .
  25. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard . Retrieved x December 2018.
  26. ^ Music Sampling and Copyright Police (PDF), p. 21
  27. ^ Wallflower | track iv

External links [edit]

  • Gilbert O'Sullivan - Solitary Over again (Naturally) on YouTube

northandoweent.blogspot.com

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