Alone again

Alone Again (Naturally)

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"Alone Again (Naturally)"
Single by Gilbert O'Sullivan
from the album Himself
Released	1972
Format	7"
Recorded	1971
Genre	Pop
Label	MAM
Writer(s)	Gilbert O'Sullivan
Producer	Gilbert O'Sullivan
Gilbert O'Sullivan singles chronology
"No Matter How I Try" (1971) "Alone Again (Naturally)" (1972) "Ooh-Wakka-Do-Wakka-Day" (1972)

"Alone Again (Naturally)" is a song by Irish singer–songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan. It was released in 1972, and in total spent six weeks, non-consecutively, at #1 on the United States Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. In Casey Kasem's American 'Top 40 of the 1970s', "Alone Again (Naturally)" was #5 (Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life" was #1). The track reached #3 in the UK Singles Chart.^[1]
It is an introspective ballad, starting with the singer telling of his plans to commit suicide after being left at the altar, and then telling about the death of his parents. O'Sullivan has said that the song is not autobiographical, as he did not know his father (who died when O'Sullivan was 11) very well, and that his father had mistreated his mother.^[2] "Alone Again (Naturally)" 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 break in the original recorded version of the song.
The landmark 1991 copyright case Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records, Inc. centered on the unauthorized use of a sample from "Alone Again (Naturally)" by rapper Biz Markie.