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“I Alone” by Live

From the album Throwing Copper (1994)

“I Alone” by Live appears on 97 radio countdowns from 36 stations between 1994 and 2026. It was first released in 1994 on the album Throwing Copper. Its best result is #4 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1994. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #11 alternative song of 1994, #105 alternative song of all time and #114 of the '90s.

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Live pulled "I Alone" from Throwing Copper, their third studio album, in 1994, the second single after "Selling the Drama". It went out to radio in the US and Canada that August, though it only reached record shops overseas, in December. Ed Kowalczyk wrote the words, and the music is credited to him along with Chad Taylor, Patrick Dahlheimer and Chad Gracey.

It's a slow-boil song that builds from a brooding, murmured verse to a chorus where Kowalczyk throws his whole chest into it, the guitars swelling behind him like a storm finally breaking. Jerry Harrison produced it with the band, Lou Giordano engineered, and Tom Lord-Alge's mix keeps it big and clear.

It climbed to No. 6 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks, VH1 later ranked it the 62nd best song of the '90s, and Live played it at Woodstock '99 in Rome, New York, on July 23, 1999. "Lightning Crashes" came next.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 21 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1994 107
1994 12 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1994 91
1994 27 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1994 106
1994 4 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1994 101
1994 16 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1994 100
1994 27 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1994 100
1994 22 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 94 Songs of 1994 94
1995 89 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1995 91
1995 80 Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 1995 104
1995 58 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL The Buzz Top 103 Alternative Songs of '95 103
1995 34 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1995 116 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1995 550 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1995 47 Studio Brussel Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1995) 100
1996 286 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 443 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1997 575 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1998 373 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1998 100 Studio Brussel Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1998) 100
1999 164 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 105 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 220 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 214 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 259 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 131 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 163 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 372 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 154 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
1999 68 The Buzz The Buzz Top 99 Songs of All-Time (1999) 99
1999 369 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
1999 35 Studio Brussel Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1999) 150
2000 57 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of the '90s (September 2000) 100
2000 139 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 372 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2000 31 Studio Brussel Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2000) 100
2001 141 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 372 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 28 Studio Brussel Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2001) 100
2001 148 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 119 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 372 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 52 Studio Brussel Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2002) 100
2002 380 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2002 213 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 126 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 372 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 73 Studio Brussel Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2003) 100
2004 305 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 372 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 79 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 74 Studio Brussel Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2004) 100
2005 375 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 94 Studio Brussel Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2005) 100
2005 105 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 349 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 200 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 169 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 333 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 153 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 101 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 159 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 155 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2010 485 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2011 167 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 172 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 186 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 176 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 164 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 61 X96 X96's Top 100 Songs of the 90's 100
2019 239 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2019 374 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019) 499
2019 169 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 85 DC101 Top DC101 of the 90's 101
2020 173 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 377 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 102 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2020 167 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2021 871 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 316 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2021 109 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2021 190 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2022 325 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 112 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2022 323 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2022 404 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500
2023 218 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 106 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2023 137 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2024 303 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 155 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) 400
2025 264 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s 500
2025 115 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 232 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) 400
2026 181 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500
2026 315 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500
2026 85 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 U-Man 500 (2026) 499
2026 95 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500

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