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1972 single past Gilbert O'Sullivan

"Alone Once more (Naturally)"
Alone Again single.jpg
Single by Gilbert O'Sullivan
B-side "Save Information technology"
Released xviii Feb 1972 (United kingdom)[1]
May 1972 (US)[i]
Recorded 1971
Genre Soft rock[ii] [three]
Length 3:36
Label MAM
Songwriter(due south) Gilbert O'Sullivan
Producer(southward) Gordon Mills
Gilbert O'Sullivan singles chronology
"No Matter How I Endeavor"
(1971) 		"Lonely Again (Naturally)"
(1972) 		"Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Solar day"
(1972)

"Alone Once more (Naturally)" is a song by Irish vocaliser-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan. It was released in 1972 at the same time as – but non included on – his anthology Back to Front, and was a popular striking.

The single spent 6 not-sequent weeks at No. i on the United States Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, which ranked it as the No. 2 song for 1972. In Casey Kasem'due south American Top forty of the 1970s, "Alone Again (Naturally)" ranked as the 5th virtually-popular song of the decade (Debby Boone's "Y'all Light Up My Life" was No. one). Information technology too spent six weeks at No. 1 on the Like shooting fish in a barrel Listening chart,[4] and reached No. three on the UK Singles Chart.[5] The vocal 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 interruption in the original recorded version of the song.

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

Lyrics [edit]

"Alone Again (Naturally)" is a melancholy, introspective ballad. In the showtime verse, the singer contemplates suicide subsequently having been left "in the lurch at a church"; in the 2d, he wonders if at that place is a God; finally, he laments the expiry of his parents. O'Sullivan has said the song is not autobiographical: for case, his mother was alive during its composition, and he was not close to his father, who was cruel to his mother and died when the vocalizer was xi years old.[6]

Reception [edit]

The song received extensive radio airplay in the months after 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-old wrote it, but for me it was just one vocal I had written".[7] Neil Sedaka stating when he covered the song in 2022 that he wished that he himself had written the song, considering its complication was more typical of someone much older than 21.[8]

Chart performance [edit]

Copyright lawsuit [edit]

Grand Upright Music, Ltd v. Warner Bros. Records Inc. was a copyright case heard by the United States District Court for the Southern Commune of New York. The case pitted O'Sullivan against Biz Markie later on the rapper sampled O'Sullivan's vocal "Solitary Over again (Naturally)". The court ruled that sampling without permission can be copyright infringement. The judgment changed the hip hop music industry, requiring that music sampling be preapproved by the original copyright owners to avert a lawsuit.[25]

Maison Ikkoku [edit]

This vocal and O'Sullivan's "Become 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 production company Kitty Movie's associated record label, Kitty Records, which wanted to use the anime's popularity equally a way to promote the singer in Japan. According to series director Kazuo Yamazaki, the songs were dropped after only one episode considering 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 catastrophe theme for the 1986 live-action Maison Ikkoku film, Apartment Fantasy.

Notable comprehend versions [edit]

Several artists have covered the song. A recording past Andy Williams was the title track for the U.S. release of his album of cover songs afterward in 1972. Among the notable covers are versions by Nina Simone, included as a bonus runway on the 1988 digital reissue of her 1982 album Forage on My Wings; and by Lazlo Bane'due south frontman Chad Fischer, from the 2009 animated film Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Both feature substantially rewritten lyrics; Simone's version savagely exhumes her troubled human relationship with her tardily father, whereas Fischer's humorously explores the desire of an acorn for the fictional prehistoric squirrel who once 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 Again (Naturally)". 45cat.com . Retrieved 22 Apr 2021.
  2. ^ Fontenot, Robert. "Soft Rock Music and Songs". Oldies.about.com . Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  3. ^ Kuge, Mara (7 Feb 2019). "14 Secretly Vicious Soft Stone Love Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Gimmicky: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 187.
  5. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness Earth Records Limited. p. 411. ISBN1-904994-10-5.
  6. ^ ""Alone Once more (Naturally)" - Gilbert O'Sullivan". Superseventies.com. 1972-07-29. Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  7. ^ Kernan; Andrews. "'I tin withal compete with anyone despite being around so long'". Galway Advertiser . Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Today's Mini-Concert - 10/22/2020". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-xiii. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Australian Chart Volume". Austchartbook.com.au. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-ten-06 .
  10. ^ "Epitome : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  11. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Athenaeum Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  12. ^ "Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70" (in French). InfoDisc. 1972-07-13. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  13. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Lone Again (Naturally)". Irish gaelic Singles Nautical chart. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  14. ^ "Nederlandse Top xl – Gilbert O Sullivan" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  15. ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan – Lone Once more (Naturally)" (in Dutch). Unmarried Summit 100.
  16. ^ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz . Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  17. ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan: Creative person Nautical chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  18. ^ "Gilbert OSullivan Nautical chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  19. ^ "Gilbert OSullivan Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  20. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 8/26/72". Tropicalglen.com. 1972-08-26. Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  21. ^ "Top 100 1972 - U.k. 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. ^ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1972". Tropicalglen.com. 1972-12-thirty. Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  24. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 60th Ceremony Interactive Chart". Billboard . Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  25. ^ Music Sampling and Copyright Law (PDF), p. 21
  26. ^ Wallflower | track 4

External links [edit]

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

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

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