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Alone Again (Dokken song)
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Wikipedia article
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| name = Alone Again
| cover = Alone_Again_(Dokken).jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Dokken
| album = Tooth and Nail
| released = March 1985 (US)
* July 1985 (Japan)
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| length = 4:30
| label = Elektra Records
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| prev_title = Just Got Lucky
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = The Hunter
| next_year = 1985
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"'Alone Again'" is a power ballad 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. The song was written by singer Don Dokken and bassist Jeff Pilson.
Composition
Don Dokken wrote the song in 1975 or 1976, when he was 22 or 23, 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. 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.
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
;Alone Again / Just Got Lucky 7" and 12" single
;CD single
Charts
Personnel
* Don Dokken vocals
* George Lynch guitar
* Jeff Pilson bass guitar, keyboards
* Mick Brown drums
References
Category:1984 singles
Category:1980s ballads
Category:Dokken songs
Category:Glam metal ballads
Category:Song recordings produced by Roy Thomas Baker
Category:Song recordings produced by Tom Werman
Category:Songs written by Jeff Pilson
Category:1984 songs
Category:Elektra Records singles
Category:Songs written by Don Dokken
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