Alone

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"Alone"
Single by the Bee Gees
from the album Still Waters
B-side	"Rings Around The Moon"
Released	February 17, 1997
Format	7" single, CD
Recorded	1996
Genre	Pop
Length	4:49 (album) 4:20 (single edit)
Label	Polydor Records (US)
Producer	Barry Gibb Robin Gibb Maurice Gibb Russ Titelman
the Bee Gees singles chronology
"How to Fall in Love, Part 1" (1994) "Alone" (1997) "I Could Not Love You More" (1997)

"Alone" is a song by the Bee Gees. It is the opening track on the multi-platinum Still Waters album released by the Bee Gees in 1997, and the first single from the album. The song is a pop ballad written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb recorded in 1996. The track was a big hit worldwide, peaking at #5 in the UK and dominating the charts in Hong Kong, Thailand and Malaysia at #1. In the U.S. the single peaked at #28, making it their final top 40 hit in that country, after being a Billboard "Hot Shot" debut at #34.

Maurice Gibb explained about the track:

"That was one of the first ones we wrote for the album. I really remember having a good time writing it. We were sort of set up in the studio here with the three of us just together and I got some bagpipe sounds. We were just screwing around. And BG programmed this groove on the computer. We thought it was cool. We don't actually go in and plan to write a ballad or an R&B song. We just say, 'Let's go that route.' And we'll follow it. And 'Alone' came out of that. I love the line 'I'm on a wheel of fortune with a twist of fate.' Because of the harmony and that chorus, it was like a bit of '50s as well. And I like the idea of being that sort of Beatlesque type of song. I wanted that rambling. That sort of Byrds type, the 12-string thing going, but we just did it with the bagpipes instead and made it all connect. It was a very exciting demo. We weren't too sure about the bagpipes, but Robin actually persisted. He said, 'They're great; you gotta keep the bagpipes.'"^{[citation needed]}

Music video

Two promotional videos directed by Nick Egan were made for the song.^{[citation needed]} The first one, not shown in the United States, featured the brothers singing in a room, intercut with other imagery. The promo for the US featured the brothers recording the song in a studio, intercut with various clips of the brothers throughout the years, as well as segments of the original video.

Track listing

1. "Alone" (single mix)
2. "Stayin' Alive" (live)
3. "You Should Be Dancing" (Decadance)
4. "Rings Around the Moon"

Chart performance

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