Alone Again (Naturally)

"Alone Again (Naturally)"
German single picture sleeve
Single by Gilbert O'Sullivan
B-side"Save It"
Released18 February 1972 (UK)
May 1972 (US)
Recorded1971
Genre
Length3:36
LabelMAM
Songwriter(s)Gilbert O'Sullivan
Producer(s)Gordon Mills
Gilbert O'Sullivan singles chronology
"No Matter How I Try"
(1971)
"Alone Again (Naturally)"
(1972)
"Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day"
(1972)
Music video
"Alone Again (Naturally)" on YouTube

"Alone Again (Naturally)" is a song by Irish singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan. Recorded in 1971, it became a worldwide hit. The song did not originally appear on his 1972 studio album Back to Front, but has been included in reissues (often replacing "Clair").

The single spent six non-consecutive weeks at number one on Billboard's Hot 100 between late July and early September 1972 in America. It ranked number two in the year-end chart and sold over two million copies.

The song was involved in a notable 1991 court case in which it set a precedent for the music industry that unauthorized sampling of music can constitute copyright infringement.