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Gilbert Osullivan - Alone Again (Naturally)

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1972 single by Gilbert O'Sullivan

"Lone Again (Naturally)"
Alone Again single.jpg
Single past Gilbert O'Sullivan
B-side "Salvage It"
Released xviii Feb 1972 (U.k.)[1]
May 1972 (US)[ii]
Recorded 1971
Genre Soft stone[3] [iv]
Length 3:36
Characterization MAM
Songwriter(s) Gilbert O'Sullivan
Producer(due south) Gordon Mills
Gilbert O'Sullivan singles chronology
"No Matter How I Try"
(1971) 		"Alone Over again (Naturally)"
(1972) 		"Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day"
(1972)

"Lone Again (Naturally)" is a song past Irish gaelic singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan. It was released in 1972 at the same fourth dimension as, but non included on, the album, Back to Front. In full, the single spent six weeks, non-consecutively, at No. 1 on the U.s. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Billboard ranked it every bit the No. ii song for 1972. In Casey Kasem'southward American Top forty of the 1970s, "Lonely Over again (Naturally)" ranked as the fifth virtually-popular song of the decade (Debby Boone's "You Lite Up My Life" was No. 1). "Alone Once again (Naturally)" too spent six weeks at No. 1 on the Piece of cake Listening nautical chart.[five] The track reached No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart.[6]

Lyrics [edit]

"Alone Over again (Naturally)" is an introspective carol. In the first poetry, the vocaliser contemplates suicide after having been left "in the lurch at a church"; in the 2nd, 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 mother was alive during its composition; O'Sullivan was 11 when his father, who was vicious to his mother, died, and he's said that he didn't know his male parent well.[seven] O'Sullivan subsequently commented "Neil Diamond covered "Solitary Again (Naturally)" and said he couldn't believe a 21-year-erstwhile wrote information technology, 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 song 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 Belong of Gilbert O'Sullivan album (2004) on the EMI record label. Big Jim Sullivan plays the guitar break 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 (Southward.D.N.Y. 1991), was a copyright case heard past the United States District Courtroom for the Southern Commune of New York. The example pitted singer/songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan against rapper Biz Markie after Biz Markie sampled O'Sullivan'due south song "Lone Again (Naturally)". The court ruled that sampling without permission can authorize every bit copyright infringement. The judgment changed the hip hop music industry, requiring that whatsoever future music sampling exist preapproved by the original copyright owners to avoid a lawsuit.[26]

Maison Ikkoku [edit]

This song, along with another one of O'Sullivan's 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 Film'due south associated record characterization, Kitty Records, which wanted to utilise the anime's popularity every bit a style to promote the singer'due south career in Japan. Co-ordinate 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 issues, 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 proper name by Rumiko Takahashi.

The vocal was besides used every bit 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 as a bonus track on the 1988 digital reissue of her 1982 anthology Provender on My Wings; and a version by Lazlo Blight'southward frontman Chad Fischer, from the 2009 animated picture Ice Historic period: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Both versions feature substantially rewritten lyrics; Simone's version savagely exhumes her troubled relationship with her late begetter, whereas Fischer'south version explores the unrequited want of an acorn for the prehistoric squirrel who one time 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 - Alone Once more (Naturally)". 45cat.com . Retrieved 22 Apr 2021.
  2. ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally)". 45cat.com . Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  3. ^ Fontenot, Robert. "Soft Rock Music and Songs". Oldies.almost.com . Retrieved 2016-ten-06 .
  4. ^ Kuge, Mara (vii February 2019). "14 Secretly Roughshod Soft Rock Love Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Inquiry. 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-ten-06 .
  8. ^ Kernan; Andrews. "'I can yet compete with anyone despite being effectually so long'". Galway Advertiser . Retrieved 26 January 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 Book". Austchartbook.com.au. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  11. ^ "Prototype : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-ten-06 .
  12. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-ten-06 .
  13. ^ "Toutes les Chansons Due north° 1 des Années 70" (in French). InfoDisc. 1972-07-13. Retrieved 22 Dec 2019.
  14. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Solitary Once more (Naturally)". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  15. ^ "Nederlandse Meridian xl – Gilbert O Sullivan" (in Dutch). Dutch Tiptop 40.
  16. ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan – Lonely Again (Naturally)" (in Dutch). Single Summit 100.
  17. ^ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz . Retrieved 2016-ten-06 .
  18. ^ "Gilbert O'Sullivan: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  19. ^ "Gilbert OSullivan Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  20. ^ "Gilbert OSullivan Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved June iii, 2018.
  21. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 8/26/72". Tropicalglen.com. 1972-08-26. Retrieved 2016-ten-06 .
  22. ^ "Summit 100 1972 - U.k. Music Charts". Uk-charts.pinnacle-source.info . Retrieved 2016-10-06 .
  23. ^ "Pinnacle 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972". Musicoutfitters.com . Retrieved 2016-x-06 .
  24. ^ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1972". Tropicalglen.com. 1972-12-thirty. Retrieved 2016-ten-06 .
  25. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard . Retrieved ten Dec 2018.
  26. ^ Music Sampling and Copyright Law (PDF), p. 21
  27. ^ Wallflower | track 4

External links [edit]

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

staleymintly1944.blogspot.com

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

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