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“Alone Again Or” by Love
Released 1970
“Alone Again Or” by Love appears on 6 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2004 and 2026. It was first released in 1970. Its best result is #317 on the WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,453 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Bryan MacLean wrote "Alone Again Or" for Love, and the band cut it in 1967 for Forever Changes, though the tune had been rattling around since 1965, when it was plain "Alone Again" and meant for their debut. He didn't finish it until the Forever Changes sessions that summer.
The song grew out of a memory of waiting for a girlfriend, and its whole trick is the contrast: the melody rides high and bright, a tune Barney Hoskyns traced loosely back to Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kije Suite, while the words sink into loneliness. It was recorded on September 10 at Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood, where arranger David Angel worked with MacLean on a string section and a horn part. Then it all falls away to a lone acoustic guitar, sweet and desolate at once.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 725 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
| 2007 | 835 | WTMD | WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time | 897 |
| 2009 | 718 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2020 | 317 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2024 | 367 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
| 2026 | 595 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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