Better Off Alone
| "Better Off Alone" | ||||
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Orbit Records German cover | ||||
| Single by Alice Deejay | ||||
| from the album Who Needs Guitars Anyway? | ||||
| Released | December 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Studio | Violent (Studio 4045) (Hilversum, Netherlands) | |||
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| Label | Violent | |||
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| DJ Jurgen version | ||||
Violent Records DJ Jurgen single | ||||
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21-second excerpt where the song's primary line is featured.
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| "Better Off Alone" on YouTube | ||||
| "Better Off Alone" (Alternative version) on YouTube | ||||
"Better Off Alone" is a song by Alice Deejay, the Eurodance project of Dutch producer DJ Jurgen in collaboration with Wessel van Diepen, Dennis van den Driesschen, Sebastiaan Molijn and Eelke Kalberg (Pronti & Kalmani). In 1997, the song was released as an instrumental by DJ Jurgen on Violent Records. Later releases of the track included vocals by Judith Pronk, who would later become an important part of the Alice Deejay project. The song was included on the project's debut album, Who Needs Guitars Anyway? (2000). In 2023 and 2025, Billboard magazine featured "Better Off Alone" on their lists of the "Best Pop Songs of All Time" and "Best Dance Songs of All Time".