{{Short description|1994 single by Live}} {{About|the song by Live|the episode of The Vampire Diaries|I Alone (The Vampire Diaries)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox song | name = I Alone | cover = LiveIAlone.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Live | album = Throwing Copper | B-side = * "Pain Lies on the Riverside" * "Selling the Drama" (acoustic) | released = {{start date|1994|12}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Live&titel=I+Alone&cat=s|title=Live discography}}</ref> | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Post-grunge<ref>{{cite web|last=Yates|first=Henry|date=January 25, 2021|title=The story behind I Alone by Live|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-behind-i-alone-by-live|access-date=July 2, 2021|website=Classic Rock}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/list/best-post-grunge-songs/|title=50 Best Post-Grunge Songs|last=Graves|first=Wren|website=Consequence|date=May 20, 2024|access-date=April 1, 2025}}</ref> | length = 3:48 | label = Radioactive | writer = Live | producer = * Jerry Harrison * Live | prev_title = Selling the Drama | prev_year = 1994 | next_title = Lightning Crashes | next_year = 1994 | misc = {{External music video | type = single | header = Music videos | 1 = {{YouTube|FNrQOUtXYOo|"I Alone"}} }} }}
"'''I Alone'''" is the second single from the American rock band Live's third studio album, ''Throwing Copper'' (1994). The single was serviced to radio stations in Canada and the United States in August 1994<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=I+Alone+by+Live&id=26152#gsc.tab=0|title=US charts}}</ref> but was only released commercially overseas in December. "I Alone" reached {{abbr|No.|Number}} 6 on the US ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart and was ranked 62nd-best song of the 1990s by VH1.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 100 Songs of the '90s|url=https://blog.vh1.com/2007-12-13/top-100-songs-of-the-90s|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214035830/https://blog.vh1.com/2007-12-13/top-100-songs-of-the-90s|archive-date=February 14, 2012|access-date=December 13, 2007|publisher=VH1}}</ref> Live performed "I Alone" at the Woodstock '99 festival on July 23, 1999, in Rome, New York.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7tCbo3ZZpw "Live – I Alone (Woodstock 1999)"] ''YouTube''</ref>
==Composition== "I Alone" is written in the key of G major (recorded a half step lower in G♭ major). Kowalczyk's vocal range spans from C{{music|sharp}}{{Sup|3}}-G{{Sup|4}}.<ref>[http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0084842 Live "I Alone" Sheet Music] ''musicnotes.com''</ref> Lead singer Ed Kowalczyk said of the song's lyrics, "People think 'I Alone' is a love song but it really wasn't. The lyrics were more abstract, encompassing a much larger message."<ref>{{cite web| url=http://music.yahoo.com/read/interview/12028300h |title=Men With A Message |access-date=February 23, 2008}} ''Yahoo! Music'' (link no longer working)</ref> He explained the line, "The greatest of teachers won't hesitate to leave you there by yourself chained to fate," by saying that a profound lesson he derived from studying spiritual teachings was that religion and truth must be found for oneself and practiced, rather than just accepting the word of others.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://listenin.org/interviews/archive/artists/Live/default.aspx | title=Live – interview page | access-date=February 23, 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080218022221/http://listenin.org/interviews/archive/artists/Live/default.aspx | archive-date=February 18, 2008 }} – ''Listenin.org'' (link no longer working)</ref>
==Track listings== All songs were written by Live.
'''Australian release'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=I Alone|year=1994|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Radioactive Records, MCA Records|id=MCADS32579}}</ref> # "I Alone" # "Pain Lies on the Riverside" # "Selling the Drama" (acoustic)
'''UK and German releases'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=I Alone|year=1995|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=Radioactive Records|id=RAXTD 13}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=I Alone|year=1995|type=German CD single liner notes|publisher=Radioactive Records|id=RAD 32280}}</ref> # "I Alone" – 3:51 # "I Alone" (acoustic) – 3:47 # "Pain Lies on the Riverside" – 5:10
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1994–1995) !Peak<br/>position |- |Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/wdr4HAV.jpg|title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 22 Jan 1995|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur|access-date=August 13, 2016}}</ref> |align="center"|97 |- |Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2731266?iabr=on#page/n19/mode/2up/search|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=20|date=August 12, 1995|access-date=August 24, 2025}}</ref> |align="center"|15 |- {{single chart|Dutch40|22|year=1995|week=5|access-date=November 20, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Dutch100|20|artist=Live|song=I Alone|access-date=November 20, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Scotland|42|date=19950212|access-date=July 30, 2020}} |- {{single chart|UK|48|date=19950219}} |- {{single chart|UKrock|8|date=19950312|access-date=July 30, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Billboardradiosongs|38|artist=Live|access-date=July 30, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|6|artist=Live}} |- {{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|6|artist=Live}} |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable" !Chart (1994) !Position |- |US Modern Rock Tracks (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZAgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA42-IA2|title=The Year in Music: Hot Modern Rock Tracks|magazine=Billboard|volume=106|issue=52|page=YE-62|date=December 24, 1994|access-date=April 2, 2025}}</ref> |align="center"|26 |} {|class="wikitable" !Chart (1995) !Position |- |US Album Rock Tracks (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Year in Music: Hot Album Rock Tracks|magazine=Billboard|volume=107|issue=51|page=YE-76|date=December 23, 1995}}</ref> |align="center"|39 |} {{col-end}}
==Release history== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !scope="col"|Region !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Format(s) !scope="col"|Label(s) !scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- !scope="row"|United States |August 1994 |Radio |rowspan="3"|Radioactive |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=I+Alone+by+Live&id=26152#gsc.tab=0|title=US charts}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|Europe |December 1994 |{{hlist|CD}} |<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Live&titel=I+Alone&cat=s|title=Live discography}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|United Kingdom |February 6, 1995 |{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}} |<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=35|date=February 4, 1995}}</ref> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://freaks4live.com/ Official website] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNrQOUtXYOo "I Alone" Music Video] via ''YouTube''
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