Song · Heart
“Alone” by Heart
From the album Bad Animals (1987)
“Alone” by Heart appears on 15 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2014 and 2026. It was first released in 1987 on the album Bad Animals. Its best result is #133 on the WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '80s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,506 indie & aaa song of all time and #395 of the '80s.
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Heart's "Alone" was a song with a past before it reached Bad Animals in 1987. Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly wrote it and first cut it themselves as i-Ten on a 1983 album that barely made a ripple, and it had another run-through for a TV sitcom soundtrack before Heart got hold of it and turned it into a number one in the United States and Canada.
Their version is the power ballad at maximum wattage. It starts close and wounded and then blows the doors off, with Ann Wilson's voice doing the demolition work, Nancy Wilson and Howard Leese stacking the backing vocals, Leese on guitar, Mark Andes on bass and Denny Carmassi's drums landing like thunderclaps. Ron Nevison produced and engineered it, and he made sure every crescendo hit the back of the arena.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 813 | Big 100 | BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) | 1000 |
| 2020 | 1749 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2021 | 678 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s | 909 |
| 2021 | 609 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) | 1043 |
| 2021 | 489 | 100.7 KSLX | KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) | 499 |
| 2022 | 382 | 100.7 KSLX | KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) | 500 |
| 2022 | 215 | WMGK | WMGK Philly 500 (2022) | 500 |
| 2022 | 680 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) | 1043 |
| 2023 | 335 | WMGK | WMGK Philly 500 (2023) | 500 |
| 2023 | 519 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) | 1043 |
| 2024 | 356 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) | 1043 |
| 2024 | 352 | WMGK | WMGK Philly 500 (2024) | 500 |
| 2025 | 347 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) | 1043 |
| 2026 | 133 | WFPK | WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '80s | 498 |
| 2026 | 474 | WMGK | WMGK Philly 500 (2026) | 500 |
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