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All by Myself [by KLEINGESCHRIEBEN!]

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All by Myself ist eine Powerballade des US-amerikanischen Musikers Eric Carmen, erstmals veröffentlicht 1975 und seither vielfach gecovert, so beispielsweise von Celine Dion, Frank Sinatra, Il Divo, John Barrowman und Only Men Aloud!.

Die Single war die erste Auskopplung aus Carmens erster Solo-LP (Eric Carmen) nach der Trennung von der Power Pop-Gruppe The Raspberries. Die Veröffentlichung im Dezember 1975 wurde von der Kritik gefeiert. Sie erreichte den zweiten Platz der Billboard Hot 100 und die Spitze der Cash Box Charts (Top 100 Singles), in Kanada schaffte sie es auf Platz 3. In den Vereinigten Staaten verkaufte sich die Single mehr als eine Million mal und erhielt die goldene Schallplatte der RIAA im April 1976.[1] All By Myself war der erste von Carmens acht US-Top40-Hits. Im Vereinigten Königreich war das Lied sein einziger Top-40-Erfolg, dort schaffte es die Single auf Platz 12. In einer Umfrage für die Channel-5-Show Britain’s Favourite Break-up Songs wurde Eric Carmens Originalversion seines Lied 2006 auf Platz 17 gewählt.

Die Strophe basiert auf dem zweiten Satz (Adagio sostenuto) von Sergei Rachmaninows Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 in C-moll, Opus 18. Der Refrain ist dem Lied Let’s Pretend entliehen, welches aus Carmens Feder stammt und 1972 mit den Raspberries aufgenommen wurde.[2][3]

Rachmaninows Musik war in den Vereinigten Staaten bereits in die Public Domain übergegangen, Carmen ging daher davon aus, dass kein Copyright mehr existierten, außerhalb der USA war das Lied aber noch geschützt. Nach der Veröffentlichung des Albums wurde er vom Anwesen Rachmaninows kontaktiert und über die Rechtslage in Kenntnis gesetzt.[4] Er einigte sich mit den Inhabern der Rechte auf eine Auszahlung von 12 % der Tantiemen für sein Lied. Die gleiche Einigung trafen sie bezüglich Never Gonna Fall in Love Again, welches auf dem dritten Satz aus Rachmaninows 2. Sinfonie aufbaut.[5][6]

Das Slide-Gitarren-Solo wurde von Hugh McCracken eingespielt.[7]

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Carmen performed "All By Myself" and his follow-up hit, "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again," on The Midnight Special television program on July 23, 1976 (season 4, episode 37). The show was hosted by The Spinners.[8]

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Chart (1975–76) Peak
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[9] 7
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Canada (RPM) Top Singles[10] 3
Canadian Adult Contemporary[11] 1
Ireland (IRMA)[12] 16
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South Africa (Springbok Radio)[13] 9
UK (Official Charts Company) 12
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US Cash Box Top 100[14] 1
US Record World 1

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Chart (1976) Rank
Australia[9] 67
Canada (RPM) Top Singles[15] 54
US Billboard Hot 100[16] 40
US Cash Box [17] 41

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Celine Dion version[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]

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One of the most notable cover versions of "All by Myself" was recorded by Celine Dion in 1996. It was the fourth (or third, depending on the country) hit single from her album Falling into You.[18] Produced by David Foster at Compass Point Studios in The Bahamas, it was released on October 7, 1996 in Europe, January 13, 1997 in Australia, and March 11, 1997 in North America.

There were three music videos made. The first one was released in October 1996. It contains fragments from Dion's photo session for the Falling into You album cover and some scenes from her Live à Paris concert. It was made for the single version and it was directed by Nigel Dick. The second version was made for the UK market with the same white T-shirt scenes but adding footage of a young couple in love at Christmas time, instead of scenes from Dion's concert. This was made for the album version. Finally, a live music video was released in March 1997 in North America (from the 1996 concert in Montreal).

Dion performed this song many times during world tours, TV shows and music events such as the Grammy Awards (1997), Billboard Music Awards (1997) and Bambi Awards (1996). A performance from her 2008-2009 Taking Chances Tour can be found on the Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert DVD/CD. It is currently included in the set list of Dion's Las Vegas residency show Céline which premiered on March 15, 2011. The song was also performed during the 2013 Sans attendre Tour; the Quebec City performance was included in the Céline... une seule fois / Live 2013 CD/DVD.[19] The song was also performed in Dion's 2017 European tour.

Dion also recorded a Spanish version of "All by Myself," called "Sola otra vez" (English: By Myself Again). It was added to the Falling into You Latin American/Spanish edition, and as a B-side to other singles from that album. This version became available worldwide on Dion's later compilation The Collector's Series, Volume One. The CD single was released in 1996 in Brazil only. Dion's "Sola otra vez" was selected the number one Spanish language cover of an English pop song by TheSpanishVersion.Org.[20]

The "All by Myself" single became one of Dion's biggest hits in the United States, reaching number 1 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks (for three weeks) and the Latin Pop Airplay (two weeks). It peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 (number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay and number 5 on the Hot 100 Singles Sales). It was also a top 10 hit in France, United Kingdom, Wallonia in Belgium and the Republic of Ireland. In Canada, "All by Myself" was released as a promotional single only, hitting number 1 on the Adult Contemporary Chart. "All by Myself" was certified gold in the US (500,000), and silver in the UK (200,000) and France (165,000).

The track was included on some editions of Dion's greatest hits All the Way... A Decade of Song in 1999 and on My Love: Essential Collection in 2008.

This version also features on the ITV game show Take Me Out if the contestant leaves the show without a date.

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Dion's cover received positive reviews. New York Times editor Stephen Holden wrote that the remake, along with "Because You Loved Me," "are the strongest cuts on an album crammed with formulaic romantic bombast."[21] Music.uk.launch.yahoo.com editor Dan Leroy wrote: "Trying to out-emote Eric Carmen was almost crazy enough to work."[22] Entertainment Weekly editor Chuck Eddy said:" ...But only in her desolate cover of Eric Carmen's All by Myself does she truly crash through the glass ceiling of passion."[23]

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Canada (Nielsen BDS Airplay Chart)[24] 9
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[25] 15
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Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[26] 5
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Spain (Top 40 Radio)[27] 31
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Year-end charts[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]

Chart (1996) Position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[28] 93
France (SNEP)[29] 49
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[30] 292
Chart (1997) Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[31] 58
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[32] 6
Romania (Romanian Top 100)[33] 52
US Billboard Hot 100[34] 49
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[34] 13
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[34]
"Sola Otra Vez" 		38

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Release history[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]

Country Date Format
United Kingdom[35] December 9, 1996 CD, cassette
United States[35] March 11, 1997 CD, cassette, 7"

Other cover versions[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]

In 1994, "All By Myself" was covered by New Zealand singer Margaret Urlich. Her version reached #100 in Australia in November 1994,[36] and #26 in New Zealand in March 1995.[37]

The 2001 motion picture Bridget Jones's Diary featured a cover version performed by Jamie O'Neal[38] showing actress Renée Zellweger singing to it in the famous pajamas scene. This track is also played over the other Bridget Jones films Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and Bridget Jones's Baby.

In 2008, the male voice choir Only Men Aloud! covered the song on their self-named album and also released it as a single.

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The Carmen version is used in the video introduction for Conan O'Brien's "Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour", when an obese and bearded version of the talk show host struggles to cope with losing his job as host of Tonight Show. The Carmen version is also featured in the second season's episode 17 of the popular 1990s sitcom Friends (set on Joey & Chandler's friendship), and a season 4 episode of the hit sitcom That '70s Show whereas Eric Forman breaks up with Donna Pinciotti. It was also featured in the films Under Wraps, Bridget Jones' Diary and To Die For. The version is used also in the film I nuovi mostri directed by Dino Risi, with Ornella Muti and Yorgo Voyagis. In the Disney film Zootopia, a snippet is heard of it as the main character, Judy Hopps, browses through one depressing song after another on her clock radio.

A character is featured performing the song as karaoke in the 2001 Angel episode "Happy Anniversary".

The song was used in advertisements:

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  1. ↑ RIAA - Gold and Platinum - Search Results - Eric Carmen singles. Archiviert vom Original am 24. Mai 2012;.
  2. ↑ An Interview with Eric Carmen. Abgerufen am 12. Februar 2016.
  3. ↑ Gordon Pogoda: An Interview with Eric Carmen. ericcarmen.com, 1991, archiviert vom Original am 28. September 2011; abgerufen am 30. August 2011.
  4. ↑ Victor Rust: The Cliff Richard Recording Catalogue 1958-2010. 2010, ISBN 978-0-9567384-0-0 (google.com [abgerufen am 30. November 2014]).
  5. ↑ John Soeder: One Lonely Song, But Many Voices Keep Eric Carmen's Tear-Jerker in Rotation In: The Plain Dealer vom 12. Februar 2006: J1
  6. ↑ Mary Vandeventer: Symphony Promises a Crowd Pleaser In: The Beaumont Enterprise vom 19. Januar 2007.
  7. ↑ Eric Carmen interview. 2005, abgerufen am 9. September 2017.
  8. ↑ TV.com: The Midnight Special. In: TV.com.
  9. ↑ a b Archived copy. Archiviert vom Original am 2. Juni 2016; abgerufen am 4. Mai 2016.
  10. ↑ Library and Archives Canada: Image : RPM Weekly. 17. Juli 2013;.
  11. ↑ Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada. In: Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Abgerufen am 10. Oktober 2016.
  12. ↑ Jaclyn Ward - Fireball Media Group - http://www.fireballmedia.ie: The Irish Charts - All there is to know. In: www.irishcharts.ie.
  13. ↑ SA Charts 1965–1989. Abgerufen am 17. Januar 2018.
  14. ↑ Cash Box Top 100 3/13/76. In: tropicalglen.com.
  15. ↑ Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977. In: RPM. Library and Archives Canada, abgerufen am 13. Juni 2016.
  16. ↑ Billboard Top 100 - 1976. Archiviert vom Original am 11. Juni 2009; abgerufen am 24. November 2012.
  17. ↑ Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 25, 1976
  18. ↑ Falling into You celinedion.com (Memento vom 15. September 2008 im Internet Archive)Vorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/Linktext_fehlt 15. September 2008, abgerufen am 31. Januar 1996
  19. ↑ Archived copy. Archiviert vom Original am 20. Mai 2014; abgerufen am 20. Mai 2014.
  20. ↑ LOS DIEZ: The Spanish Version's Ten Best. In: Thespanishversion.org. Archiviert vom Original am 27. Januar 2012;.
  21. ↑ New Releases In: The New York Times, April 14, 1996. Abgerufen im February 12, 2016 
  22. ↑ Archived copy. Archiviert vom Original am 8. Juli 2012; abgerufen am 9. März 2012.
  23. ↑ Falling Into You - EW.com. In: Entertainment Weekly's EW.com. Abgerufen am 12. Februar 2016.
  24. ↑ Nanda Lwin: Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide. Music Data Canada, 1999, ISBN 1-896594-13-1.
  25. ↑ The Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media, 28. Dezember 1996, archiviert vom Original am 13. Mai 2008; abgerufen am 28. September 2014.
  26. ↑ Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (23.01.1997-29.01.1997). Dagblaðið Vísir - Tónlist, abgerufen am 5. Februar 2018 (isländisch).
  27. ↑ Fernando Salaverri: Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002. 1st Auflage. Fundación Autor-SGAE, Spain 2005, ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  28. ↑ Rapports annuels 1996. Ultratop, abgerufen am 28. September 2014 (französisch).
  29. ↑ Classement Singles - année 1996. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique, archiviert vom Original am 15. September 2012; abgerufen am 28. September 2014 (französisch).
  30. ↑ Jaarlijsten 1996. Dutch Top 40, abgerufen am 29. September 2014 (niederländisch).
  31. ↑ RPM '97 Year End ...Top 100 Hit Tracks. In: RPM. 15. Dezember 1997, abgerufen am 28. September 2014.
  32. ↑ RPM '97 Year End ...Top 100 Adult Contemporary Tracks. In: RPM. 15. Dezember 1997, abgerufen am 28. September 2014.
  33. ↑ Romanian Top 100: Top of the Year 1997. Romanian Top 100, archiviert vom Original am 22. September 2005; abgerufen am 19. September 2017 (romanian).
  34. ↑ a b c The Year in Music. In: Billboard. 27. Dezember 1997, abgerufen am 28. September 2014.
  35. ↑ a b Celine Dion – All by Myself. Discogs, abgerufen am 23. Februar 2017.
  36. ↑ Gavin Ryan: Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Moonlight Publishing, Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia 2011.
  37. ↑ NZ Top 40 Singles Chart - The Official New Zealand Music Chart. In: THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART. Abgerufen am 12. Februar 2016.
  38. ↑ Bridget Jones's Diary (2001).
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