Alone Again (Dokken song)

"Alone Again"
Single by Dokken
from the album Tooth and Nail
ReleasedMarch 4, 1985 (1985-03-04) (US)[1]
July 25, 1985 (1985-07-25) (Japan)[2]
Recorded1975, April–August 1984
StudioCherokee Studios, Hollywood
Genre
Length4:30
LabelElektra Records
Songwriters
Producers
Dokken singles chronology
"Just Got Lucky"
(1984) 		"Alone Again"
(1985) 		"The Hunter"
(1985)
Music video
"Alone Again" on YouTube

"Alone Again" is a power ballad[6] written and released by the American heavy metal band Dokken on their 1984 album Tooth and Nail. The single reached #64 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #20 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 1985.[7] The song was written by singer Don Dokken and bassist Jeff Pilson.

Composition

Don Dokken wrote the song in 1975, when he was 22 years old, recorded it on a cassette, and it stayed in a closet for nearly a decade. During the recording of Tooth and Nail, many other glam metal bands at the time were releasing ballads, so Elektra Records told Dokken they needed a ballad.[8] This prompted Don to search his closet and rediscover the song, which he reworked with bassist Jeff Pilson in the studio. "People ask me all the time, 'Who did you write it about?' I don't know. 'Was it about a girlfriend?' I don't know! I just wrote it. My memory's not that good," said Dokken.[9]

Music video

Its lyrics talk about a man's depression after a break-up. The music video had a story similar to a lot of other power ballads. Almost 70% of it is filmed in black and white along with some coloured scenes. It shows the band performing the song live along with some shots of Don Dokken being alone in a room.

Track listing

US 7" single
Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Alone Again"4:20
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Tooth and Nail"3:40
Alone Again / Just Got Lucky 7" and 12" single
Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Alone Again"4:20
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Just Got Lucky"4:30
CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Alone Again" (Live Edit)4:29
2."Alone Again" (Live Extended Edit)5:22

Charts

Chart (1985) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[10] 64
US Top Rock Tracks (Billboard)[11] 20

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b "New Releases" (PDF). 1985-02-22. p. 25. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  2. ^ "Dokken — Alone Again".
  3. ^ Bowar, Chad. "Best 20 Hair Metal Ballads of the '80s and '90s". ThoughtCo. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  4. ^ Benson, John (2018-12-28). "Concerts: Travis Scott adds Columbus to tour stop". Mansfield News Journal. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  5. ^ Harrison, Thomas (2011). Music of the 1980s. ABC-CLIO. p. 59. ISBN 9780313366000.
  6. ^ Popoff, Martin (2014). The big book of hair metal : the illustrated oral history of heavy metal's debauched decade. Minneapolis, MN. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-7603-4546-7. OCLC 858901054.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ "Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 November 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  8. ^ "The Story Behind DOKKEN's Most Famous Ballad 'Alone Again'". Blabbermouth.net. March 11, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
  9. ^ Prato, Greg (July 3, 2020). "Don Dokken: Songwriter Interviews". Songfacts. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  10. ^ "The Hot 100 : June 8, 1985 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard.com. 1985-06-08. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
  11. ^ "Billboard Top Rock Tracks - June 8, 1985" (PDF). Billboard. Billboard. September 25, 2020. p. 18. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
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