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| A-side = | B-side = "Save It" | Released = June 1972 | Format = 7" | Recorded = 1971 | Genre = Soft rock〔(Soft Rock Music - What is Soft Rock? - Oldies Music Songs and Artists )〕 | Length = 3:36 | Label = MAM | Writer = Gilbert O'Sullivan | Producer = Gilbert O'Sullivan | Certification = Gold | Last single = "No Matter How I Try" (1971) | This single = "Alone Again (Naturally)" (1972) | Next single = "Ooh-Wakka-Do-Wakka-Day" (1972) | Misc = }} "Alone Again (Naturally)" is a song by Irish singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan. It was released in 1972 at the same time as, but not on, the album, ''Back to Front''. In total, the single spent six weeks, non-consecutively, at #1 on the United States ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart. ''Billboard'' ranked it as the No. 2 song for 1972.〔Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972〕 In Casey Kasem's American 'Top 40 of the 1970s', "Alone Again (Naturally)" ranked as the fifth most-popular song of the decade (Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life" was #1). "Alone Again (Naturally)" also spent six weeks at number one on the Easy Listening chart. The track reached #3 in the UK Singles Chart. ==Lyrics== It is an introspective ballad, starting with the singer telling of his plans to commit suicide after being left at the altar after his bride deserted him, and then telling about the death of his parents. O'Sullivan has said that the song is not autobiographical, as he did not know his father (who died when O'Sullivan was 11) very well, and that his father had mistreated his mother. His mother was not dead at the time that his song was written.〔("Alone Again (Naturally)" )〕 "Alone Again (Naturally)" is included on O'Sullivan's ''The Berry Vest of Gilbert O'Sullivan'' album (2004) on the EMI record label. Big Jim Sullivan plays the guitar break in the original recorded version of the song. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alone Again (Naturally)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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