# I Alone

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{{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](/source/Live_(band))
| album      = [Throwing Copper](/source/Throwing_Copper)
| B-side     =
* "Pain Lies on the Riverside"
* "[Selling the Drama](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Classic_Rock_(magazine))}}</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](/source/Consequence_(publication))|date=May 20, 2024|access-date=April 1, 2025}}</ref>
| length     = 3:48
| label      = [Radioactive](/source/Radioactive_Records)
| writer     = Live
| producer   =
* [Jerry Harrison](/source/Jerry_Harrison)
* Live
| prev_title = [Selling the Drama](/source/Selling_the_Drama)
| prev_year  = 1994
| next_title = [Lightning Crashes](/source/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](/source/Live_(band))'s third studio album, ''[Throwing Copper](/source/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](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'' [Modern Rock Tracks](/source/Modern_Rock_Tracks) chart and was ranked 62nd-best song of the 1990s by [VH1](/source/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](/source/VH1)}}</ref> Live performed "I Alone" at the [Woodstock '99](/source/Woodstock_'99) festival on July 23, 1999, in [Rome, New York](/source/Rome%2C_New_York).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7tCbo3ZZpw "Live – I Alone (Woodstock 1999)"] ''[YouTube](/source/YouTube)''</ref>

==Composition==
"I Alone" is written in the key of [G major](/source/G_major) (recorded a half step lower in [G♭ major](/source/G%E2%99%AD_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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Radioactive_Records), [MCA Records](/source/MCA_Records)|id=MCADS32579}}</ref>
# "I Alone"
# "Pain Lies on the Riverside"
# "[Selling the Drama](/source/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](/source/ARIA_Charts))<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](/source/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association)|via=[Imgur](/source/Imgur)|access-date=August 13, 2016}}</ref>
|align="center"|97
|-
|Iceland ([Íslenski Listinn Topp 40](/source/%C3%8Dslenski_listinn))<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2731266?iabr=on#page/n19/mode/2up/search|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40|newspaper=[Dagblaðið Vísir](/source/DV_(newspaper))|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](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|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](/source/Radioactive_Records)
|<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](/source/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](/source/YouTube)''

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Category:Live (band) songs
Category:1994 singles
Category:1994 songs
Category:Radioactive Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Jerry Harrison
Category:Songs written by Ed Kowalczyk

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