Alone (Heart song)

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"Alone"
Image:Heart Alone.jpg
Single by Heart
from the album Bad Animals
B-side(s)	"Barracuda (live)"
Released	1987
Genre	Hard Rock (Power ballad)
Label	Capitol Records
Writer(s)	Tom Kelly Billy Steinberg
Producer(s)	Ron Nevison
Chart positions
#1 (U.S.) #3 (UK)
Heart singles chronology
"If Looks Could Kill" (1986)	"Alone" (1987)	"Who Will You Run To" (1987)

"Alone" is a song recorded by American rock band Heart. It was composed by Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg in 1983, who were also responsible for writing two previous number-one U.S. hits: Madonna's "Like a Virgin" and Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors". Kelly and Steinberg had recorded the song as I-10 four years previously.

The song was given to Heart and was released as the first single from their ninth studio album Bad Animals. It is a power ballad which begins with a piano line and a subdued vocal from Ann Wilson, only to build to a dramatic love song. "Alone" is Heart's biggest hit, spending three weeks at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It also became their most successful single in the UK, where it peaked at number three in the UK Singles Chart.

On American Idol season 4, eventual winner Carrie Underwood performed "Alone" on the top 11 (number one hits theme) night and received rave reviews from the judges.

Preceded by: "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" by Whitney Houston	Billboard Hot 100 number one single July 11 1987	Succeeded by: "Shakedown" by Bob Seger