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| name          = Alone Again (Naturally)
| cover         = Alone Again single.jpg
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| type          = single
| artist        = [[Gilbert O'Sullivan]]
| B-side        = Save It
| released      = 18 February 1972 (UK)<ref name="45cat">((Cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/mam66|title=Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally)|access-date=22 April 2021|website=45cat.com))</ref><br> May 1972 (US)<ref name="45cat" />
| recorded      = 1971
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* [[Soft rock]]<ref>((cite web |last=Fontenot |first=Robert |url=http://oldies.about.com/od/70spopandsoul/g/Oldies-Music-Encyclopedia-Soft-Rock.htm |title=Soft Rock Music and Songs |website=Oldies.about.com |access-date=2016-10-06 |archive-date=2012-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121101504/http://oldies.about.com/od/70spopandsoul/g/Oldies-Music-Encyclopedia-Soft-Rock.htm |url-status=dead ))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/cruel-love-songs/|title=14 Secretly Cruel Soft Rock Love Songs|last=Kuge|first=Mara|date=7 February 2019|website=Ultimate Classic Rock))</ref>
* [[Pop music|pop]]<ref name= "Breihan 2019">((cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= The Number Ones: Gilbert O'Sullivan's "Alone Again (Naturally)"|website= [[Stereogum]] |date= March 5, 2019 |url= https://www.stereogum.com/2034341/the-number-ones-gilbert-osullivans-alone-again-naturally/columns/the-number-ones/|quote= ...the popularity of “Alone Again (Naturally).” One of the year’s most popular songs was a florid pop trifle...|access-date= June 17, 2023))</ref>
| length        = 3:36
| label         = [[MAM Records|MAM]]
| writer        = Gilbert O'Sullivan
| producer      = [[Gordon Mills]]
| prev_title    = No Matter How I Try
| prev_year     = 1971
| next_title    = [[Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day]]
| next_year     = 1972
| misc          = ((External music video|header=Music video|((YouTube|wR0hIUlxdcQ|"Alone Again (Naturally)" at Studio 10))))
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"'''Alone Again (Naturally)'''" is a song by Irish singer-songwriter [[Gilbert O'Sullivan]]. Recorded in 1971, it became a worldwide hit. The song did not originally appear on his 1972 studio album ''[[Back to Front (Gilbert O'Sullivan album)|Back to Front]]'', but has been included in reissues (often replacing "[[Clair (song)|Clair]]").

The single spent six non-consecutive weeks at number one on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'s'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] between late July and early September 1972 in America. It ranked number two in the year-end chart and sold over two million copies.<ref>[https://www.songfacts.com/facts/gilbert-osullivan/alone-again-naturally '"Alone Again Naturally" by Gilbert O'Sullivan']. Song Facts (undated), accessed 27 November 2022</ref>

The song was involved in a notable 1991 court case in which it set a precedent for the music industry that unauthorized sampling of music can constitute copyright infringement.<ref>((Cite web |last=Ech |first=Joey|date=2018-12-17 |title=Biz Markie Guilty of Copyright Infringement - Today in Hip-Hop - XXL |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/judge-finds-biz-markie-guilty-of-copyright-infringement-today-in-hip-hop/ |access-date=2023-07-25 |website=XXL Mag |language=en))</ref>

==Lyrics==
"Alone Again (Naturally)" is a melancholy, introspective [[ballad]]. In the first verse, the singer contemplates suicide after having been left at the altar; 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: for example, his mother was alive during its composition, and he was not close to his father, who was abusive to his mother and died when the singer was 11 years old.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.superseventies.com/1972_2singles.html |title="Alone Again (Naturally)" - Gilbert O'Sullivan |website=Superseventies.com |date=1972-07-29 |access-date=2016-10-06))</ref>

== Reception ==
The song received extensive radio airplay in the months after its release and was critically praised. O'Sullivan commented: “[[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 song I had written.”<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/96322/i-can-still-compete-with-anyone-despite-being-around-so-long|title='I can still compete with anyone despite being around so long'|last1=Kernan|last2=Andrews|website=Galway Advertiser|access-date=26 January 2019))</ref> [[Neil Sedaka]] stated when he covered the song in 2020 that he wished that he himself had written the song, because its complexity was more typical of someone much older than 21.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgMFdNUZG2o |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/hgMFdNUZG2o |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Today's Mini-Concert - 10/22/2020|access-date=22 April 2021|publisher=[[YouTube]]))((cbignore))</ref>

=== Chart performance ===
Between late July and early September 1972 in America the single spent six non-consecutive weeks at number one on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'s'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] – interrupted by [[Looking Glass (band)|Looking Glass]]'s "[[Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)]]" – and ranked no. 2 in the [[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972|year-end chart]]. It spent six weeks at number one, 11 weeks in the Top Ten, 15 weeks in the Top 40 and 18 weeks on the Hot 100. In a decade-end survey as counted down on syndicated radio show [[Casey Kasem]]'s [[American Top 40]], using ''Billboard'' statistics, "Alone Again (Naturally)" ranked five. It also spent six weeks at number one on ''Billboard'''s [[hot adult contemporary|Easy Listening]] chart.<ref>((cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=187))</ref> In April 1972 "Alone Again" peaked at no. 3 on the [[UK singles chart]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">((cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 411))</ref>

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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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!align="left"|Chart (1972)
!align="left"|Peak<br />position
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|align="left"|Australia ([[Kent Music Report|KMR]])<ref name="austchartbook1970">((cite web|url=http://www.austchartbook.com.au/ |title=Australian Chart Book |website=Austchartbook.com.au |access-date=2016-10-06 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305064644/http://www.austchartbook.com.au/ |archive-date=2016-03-05))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|align="left"|Canada ([[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'']] Top Singles)<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4187&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4187.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4187 |title=Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada |website=Bac-lac.gc.ca |date=17 July 2013 |access-date=2016-10-06))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|align="left"|Canada ([[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'']] Adult Contemporary)<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4189&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4189.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4189 |title=Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada |website=Bac-lac.gc.ca |date=17 July 2013 |access-date=2016-10-06))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|France ([[Institut français d'opinion publique|IFOP]])<ref>((cite web|title=Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70 |publisher= InfoDisc |date=1972-07-13 |access-date=22 December 2019 |url=http://infodisc.fr/Tubes_Artiste_Choisi.php |language= fr))</ref>
|align="center"|1
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|((single chart|Ireland2|2|song=Alone Again (Naturally)|access-date=July 11, 2017))
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((single chart|Dutch40|21|artist=Gilbert O Sullivan))
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((single chart|Dutch100|18|artist=Gilbert O'Sullivan|song=Alone Again (Naturally)))
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|align="left"|New Zealand (''[[New Zealand Listener|Listener]]'')<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=1277#n_view_location |title=flavour of new zealand - search listener |website=Flavourofnz.co.nz |access-date=2016-10-06 |archive-date=2023-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301131004/http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=1277#n_view_location |url-status=dead ))</ref> 
| style="text-align:center;"|2
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((single chart|UKsinglesbyname|3|artist=Gilbert O'Sullivan|access-date=June 3, 2018))
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((single chart|Billboardhot100|1|artist=Gilbert OSullivan|access-date=June 3, 2018))
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((single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|1|artist=Gilbert OSullivan|access-date=June 3, 2018))
|-
|US [[Cashbox (magazine)|''Cash Box'']] Top 100<ref>((cite web|url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19720826.html |title=Cash Box Top 100 8/26/72 |website=Tropicalglen.com |date=1972-08-26 |access-date=2016-10-06))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!align="left"|Chart (1972)
! style="text-align:center;"|Rank
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|Australia<ref name="austchartbook1970"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|13
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|Canada 
| style="text-align:center;"|6
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|UK<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.uk-charts.top-source.info/top-100-1972.shtml |title=Top 100 1972 - UK Music Charts |website=Uk-charts.top-source.info |access-date=2016-10-06))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|36
|-
|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1972.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972 |website=Musicoutfitters.com |access-date=2016-10-06))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|US ''Cash Box''<ref>((cite web|url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1972YESP.html |title=Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1972 |website=Tropicalglen.com |date=1972-12-30 |access-date=2016-10-06))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|}

===All-time charts===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Chart (1958-2018)
! Position
|-
|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>((cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100-60th-anniversary|title=Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart|magazine=Billboard|access-date=10 December 2018))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|137
|}
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==Copyright lawsuit==
((Main|Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc.))

Grand Upright Music, Ltd v. Warner Bros. Records Inc. was a [[copyright]] case heard in 1991 by the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York]]. The case pitted O'Sullivan against [[Biz Markie]], after the rapper [[Sampling (music)|sampled]] O'Sullivan's song "Alone 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 avoid a lawsuit.<ref>((citation |url=http://www.princeton.edu/~artspol/studentpap/undergrad%20thesis1%20JLind.pdf| title=Music Sampling and Copyright Law | page = 21))</ref>

==Notable cover versions==
((more citations needed section|date=June 2022))
Several artists have covered the song.

* A recording by [[Andy Williams]] was the title track for the U.S. release of [[Alone Again (Naturally) (album)|his album of cover songs]] later in 1972.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/alone-again-naturally-mw0000859715|title=Andy Williams - Alone Again (Naturally) Album Reviews, Songs & More  |website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=30 September 2023))</ref>
* [[Nina Simone]], included as a bonus track on the 1988 digital reissue of her 1982 album ''[[Fodder on My Wings]].''<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fodder-on-my-wings-mw0000252938|title=Nina Simone - Fodder on My Wings Album Reviews, Songs & More |website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=30 September 2023))</ref> Simone's version has rewritten lyrics, and refer to her troubled relationship with her late father
* [[Lazlo Bane]]'s frontman [[Chad Fischer]], from the 2009 animated film ''[[Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs]]''. Fischer's rewritten lyrics humorously explores the desire of an acorn for the [[Scrat|fictional prehistoric squirrel]] who once chased it.
* [[Diana Krall]] released a duet version with [[Michael Bublé]] on her 2015 album [[Wallflower (Diana Krall album)|''Wallflower'']].<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/wallflower-mw0002696943|title=Diana Krall - Wallflower Album Reviews, Songs & More |website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=30 September 2023))</ref>
* Vulfmon (Jack Stratton, of [[Vulfpeck]]) released a version, with vocals by Monica Martin and flute by Hailey Niswanger, for his 2022 album ''Here We Go Jack''.<ref>((Cite web|via=[[YouTube]] |title=Alone Again, Naturally - Vulfmon (feat. Monica Martin) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTnHAITmuYQ |language=en |access-date=2022-06-20))</ref>
*Sarah Vaughan had it recorded on her “Feelin’ Good” album released in 1972.

==References==
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