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“Alone Again Or” by The Damned

From the album Anything (1986)

“Alone Again Or” by The Damned appears on 29 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1987 and 2024. It was first released in 1986 on the album Anything. Its best result is #36 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #48 alternative song of 1987, #1,044 alternative song of all time and #358 of the '80s.

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#36best position
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1987–2024years charted

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The Damned reached back to 1967 for "Alone Again Or", covering the Bryan MacLean song that Love had put on Forever Changes, and their version arrived in December 1986 on the album Anything. MacLean had started it as "Alone Again" back in 1965 and only finished it two years later, drawing on the memory of waiting for a girlfriend. The whole song turns on the gap between a melody that sounds bright and a lyric that is anything but, sunshine on top and heartache underneath.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1987 36 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987 107
1987 42 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987 91
1987 101 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987 105

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 333 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 464 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1989 334 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1990 217 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) 299
1991 112 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1992 321 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1992 94 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) 299
1994 68 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 159 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1995 215 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1995 290 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1996 335 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1998 436 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 440 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
2002 695 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 1993 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 817 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2007 1381 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1369 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1366 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1398 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1422 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1357 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1330 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2023 270 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850
2024 143 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs 850

Also listed as: Along Again Or.

Charting alongside it in 1987

Best songs of 1987 →
  1. 1Girlfriend in a ComaThe Smiths
  2. 2With or Without YouU2
  3. 3Dear GodXTC
  4. 4Why Can't I Be You?The Cure
  5. 5StrangeloveDepeche Mode
  6. 6Lips Like SugarEcho and the Bunnymen

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