Scaggs introduced it on his 1976 album Silk Degrees. The original lyrics of "We're All Alone" include lines "Close your eyes ami" and "Throw it to the wind my love". Song Title: We're All AloneOriginal Artist: Boz ScaggsCover By: Ganny LusungSUBSCRIBE:https://www.youtube.com/c/nivremusmusic?sub_confirmation=1 We're All Alone. Although the first single off the US release of Anytime...Anywhere was "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher", "We're All Alone" was the first single taken off the album in the UK where it reached #6 in August 1977 when "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher" was moving up the US Top 10; that same month "We're All Alone" reached #6 in Ireland. In New Zealand, Coolidge's "We're All Alone" charted with a #34 peak in February 1978. The 1997 release California Dreamin', a project comprising a cappella versions of soft rock classics credited to the West Coast All Stars, featured "We're All Alone" with a lead vocal by Bill Champlin: the other members of the West Coast All Stars were Jason Scheff, Bobby Kimball and Joseph Williams. She also recorded his "Slow Dancer" which appears on his 1974 album of the same name. Regardless, it is a beautiful song. Jennifer from Grandblanc, Mi I've loved this song since I was a child.So It's about a broken heart. In December 1977, "We're All Alone" entered the charts in Australia to remain for 16 weeks with a #32 peak - the original Boz Scaggs version had been a minor Australian hit in the autumn of 1977 reaching #54 in a tandem charting with its flip "Lowdown". Coolidge sings these lines as "Close your eyes and dream" and "Owe it to the wind my love". Scaggs introduced it on his 1976 album Silk Degrees. Scaggs included it as the B-side of two of the four single releases from that LP, including "Lido Shuffle". No n [G7] eed to bother n [C] ow [G/B] Let it out, [Bbdim7] let it all [Am7] begin [D7sus4] Learn how [D7] to pret [G] end (repeat intro) Verse 3: Once a story's told. Rita also sings "Owe it to the wind" instead of "Throw it to the wind". In 2005 bilingual singer Angela Aki of Japanese and Italian-American descent released a version of "We're All Alone" with her own Japanese lyrics retaining one verse in the original English. これらの解釈は現在でも割れており、たとえばNHK Eテレの「アンジェラ・アキのSONG BOOK」で取り上げられた際は、We're All Alone は「二人きり」と「しょせん一人ぼっち」という意味の両方の解釈が可能とされている。 That same month, C&W singer LaCosta had a single release of "We're All Alone" in both the US - where it charted at #75 C&W - and also the UK where the track was the B-side of a remake of "I Second That Emotion". This is a great song, but I suspected there is more going on than the typical pop love song. Scaggs introduced it on his 1976 album Silk Degrees. Maybe it was an album track or maybe it was a single, but not such a big hit. He said, 'It's called "We're All Alone" and as he's not doing it as a single, I think you ought to record it.'"[4]. Chorus 1: [G] Close the [Am] window, calm the l [G/B] ight. A heartfelt ballad which closed Silk Degrees, "We're All Alone" garnered attention soon after the album's March 1976 release. Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. The song is sad. Probably some philosophical musings could be made about how unsatisfying chasing desire through multiplicity is (ie not alone, in a world of me and other) vs how satisfying it is to know your all-one nature (no lack, no this hole to be filled by that other substance). LOL...do you live in some magical fairytale where everybody's happy in their dreams. I love your interpretation and I am so sorry for your loss. Rita's lyrics don't make as much sense to me as the original. Other versions of "We're All Alone" have been recorded by Maj Britt ("Alene Her"), Cecilio & Kapono, Petula Clark ("On est tout seul"), Anne Cochran, Ben Cramer ("Gelukkig Zijn"), Linda Eder, René Froger, Monica Forsberg, René Froger, Bob James, Salena Jones, Kiri Te Kanawa, Engelbert Humperdinck, Arja Koriseva ("Me Kaksi Vain"), Kisu Jernström ("Niin yksin oon"), Steve Lawrence, Liesbeth List ("Vertrouwd Gevoel"), Johnny Mathis, Reba McEntire with Jose e Durval ("Solo yo, sola tu") in Spanish, and in Portuguese (“Coração Vazio”) (José y Durval appearing with their original stage name Chitãozinho e Xororó), Natalia, Newton, Mary O'Hara, Natalia Oreiro and also Manolo Otero ("Estamos Todos Solos"), Päivi ("Kun Luonain Oot"), Zsa Zsa Padilla, Pieces of a Dream, Rico J. Puno, Patty Pravo ("Da Soli Noi"), Kurt Ravn, Collin Raye, Gilberto Santa Rosa ("Impaciencia"), Doreen Shaffer, Stutz Bear Cats, Masayoshi Takanaka, The Walker Brothers, Susan Wong, Yulia (singer), and Emil Chau (1992). I would visit Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, and it was a very open, communicative group of people. We're All Alone Lyrics as written by William R. Royce Scaggs, Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Spirit Music Group. Scaggs included it as the B-side of two of the four single releases from that LP, including "Lido Shuffle". Log in now to tell us what you think this song means. "We're All Alone" is a song written by Boz Scaggs, which became a 1977 top-ten hit for Rita Coolidge in the US and the UK. Watch the video for We're All Alone from Frankie Valli's Selected Solo Works for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. We're all alone, we're all alone. Then Rita did a cover and it was a hit. One day I was in Jerry Moss' office and he said that the Boz Scaggs album Silk Degrees was in a million homes and there was a song on it that was perfect for a woman to sing. This is my favourite by Boz Skaggs. However, unlike "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", which featured Columbia Records label mates Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond, Skaggs and Coolidge were signed to competing record companies which, for whatever reason, declined to allow the two to remake the song as an official, separate single. "We're All Alone" is a song written by Boz Scaggs, which became a 1977 top-ten hit for Rita … The Rita Coolidge version of "We're All Alone" was featured on the album Anytime...Anywhere released in March 1977. The song We're All Alone was written by Boz Scaggs and was first released by Boz Scaggs in 1976. Scaggs included it as the B-side of two of the four single releases from that … The whole song seems to be about accepting reality and being okay with things in spite of it, which is why that line makes no sense to me. Well said. That is the reason sometimes we have to pretend and forget the wrong doing of the other half. It is a song about change and being able to accept it and let things happen as they will. It was covered by Ton Van Bergeyk, Tony Eyers Singers, The Eddy … Listen Now Buy song $1.29. Sara from Silver Spring, Md Rita Coolidge was a backing singer for Boz Scaggs at one time. As far as I know, he was the original singer as he wrote the wong. Also, in the spring of 1977 a version by Bruce Murray was an airplay item in Canada. Japanese rock band Beat Crusaders did a cover of this song. "We're All Alone" was the first of Coolidge's two Adult Contemporary #1 hits[5] - the second would be "All Time High" - and after "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher" was her second single to be certified gold for US sales of 1,000,000. From the Album 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Rita Coolidge 4.7 out of 5 stars 37 ratings. @louichanon "Learn how to pretend" is the line that throws me off too. A single, totally committed and forever loving relationship is difficult to be found these days. Coolidge remade "We're All Alone" for her 2005 jazz release And So Is Love: Elysa Gardner of USA Today opined that Coolidge "brings a new wistfulness and knowing to her own hit of yore...proving that good interpretive singers, like fine wine, improve with age." Boz says "throw it to the wind". "We're All Alone" is a song written by Boz Scaggs, which became a 1977 top-ten hit for Rita Coolidge in the US and the UK. The Walker Brothers - one of Scaggs' formative influences - cut "We're All Alone" for their Lines album; the track had an October 1976 single release in the UK where the Frankie Valli version had a single release t… I'm also surprised only one other person commented so far. “We’re All Alone” is a song written by Boz Scaggs who introduced it on his 1976 album, Silk Degrees: in 1977 “We’re All Alone” was a Top 10 hit for Rita Coolidge in the US and the UK. In September Coolidge's version of "We're All Alone" entered the Dutch charts where it would peak at #15 (in August the Walker Brothers' version had reached #22 on the Dutch charts). Non-lyrical content copyright 1999-2021 SongMeanings, Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display. In March 1977, the version by the Three Degrees - recorded for the album Standing Up For Love - was a UK single release meaning that the Rita Coolidge version of "We're All Alone" which reached UK #6 that summer was the fourth UK single release to feature the song as an A-side. I heard the Rita Coolidge version first, but I like his more. I don't know if Boz then released his own version as a single based on that, or if people started paying attention to the original thanks to Rita. This song has meant different things to me with different situations. Your Amazon Music account is currently associated with a different marketplace. We're all alone We're all alone Close the window Calm the light And it will be all right No need to bother now Let it out let it all begin Learn how to pretend Once a story's told It can't help but grow old Roses do lovers too so cast Your seasons to the wind And hold me dear Oh hold me dear Close the window Calm the light And it will be all right The Walker Brothers - one of Scaggs' formative influences[2] - cut "We're All Alone" for their Lines album; the track had an October 1976 single release in the UK where the Frankie Valli version had a single release that July; the Walker Brothers' version did reach #22 in the Netherlands in August 1977 a month before the Rita Coolidge version reached the Dutch charts. Probably only in love story than real life. The song was first a hit for Frankie Valli. [6]. Frankie Valli had a single version from his Valli LP which reached #78 U.S. in August 1976 (#74 Cash Box, #27 Adult Contemporary; Canada #73 Pop, #36 AC).[1]. Rita Coolidge - We're All Alone (1978) HD 0815007 - YouTube In one night it represented my relationship and how the outside stressors might be changing the dynamics of our love, but if we let past expectations go we can move on to something that might be better. I don't know much about etymology of words but alone to all-one seems like not a very far leap. Coolidge would recall: "When I was with A&M Records, it was like a family. However, in Australia Scaggs' "We're All Alone" was issued with "Lowdown" as the flip to become a double A-side chart entry reaching #54 in the autumn of 1977, the only evident instance of the Scaggs original charting. We're all alone, we're all alone Close the window, calm the light And it will be all right No need to bother now Let it out, let it all begin Learn how to pretend Once a story's told It can't help but grow old Roses do Lovers too, so cast Your seasons to the wind And hold me, dear Oh, hold me, dear Close the window, calm the light And it will be all right "We're All Alone" is a song written by Boz Scaggs, which became a 1977 top-ten hit for Rita Coolidge in the US and the UK. 26, September 23, 1978 - RPM", "Top 100 Hits of 1978/Top 100 Songs of 1978", Working My Way Back to You and More Great New Hits, The Very Best of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, Jersey Boys: Original Broadway Cast Recording, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=We%27re_All_Alone&oldid=1010020970, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2017, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz work identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Sid Sharp – string conductor and concertmaster, This page was last edited on 3 March 2021, at 12:17. We're All Alone Lyrics: Outside the rain begins and it may never end / So cry no more on the shore a dream will take us out to sea / Forevermore, forevermore / Close your eyes and dream and you can be In a 1976 interview with Creem magazine, Scaggs stated that Michael Jackson had cut versions of "We're All Alone" and "What Can I Say" — both from Silk Degrees — but if so, these tracks have never been released.[3]. I'll check out Jeremy Griffith. And [B7] it will be all [Em] right. It’s super easy, we promise! Rita Coolidge. A heartfelt ballad which closed Silk Degrees, "We're All Alone" garnered attention soon after the album's March 1976 release. It is resigned but still comforting to me. The song was first a hit for Frankie Valli. we're all alone = I'm all alone - the peculiar experience of teenage depression close the window = on the real world calm the light = no longer see the magic of the world, see only physical things and it will be alright = depression will end, self will survive The song was first a hit for Frankie Valli. A Dutch version (Gelukkig zijn) exists by Ben Cramer. "We're All Alone" has got what it takes to be a great song. For gawd's sake, climb into the present and stay awhile... @GoRockTheirWorld It is a sad song, but not a hopeless song. Frankie Valli had a single version which reached #78 U.S. in August 1976 (#74 Cash Box; #73 Canada), and in the spring of 1977 a version by Bruce Murray was an airplay item in Canada. It's not happy. The second single from Anytime...Anywhere in the US, "We're All Alone" there ascended to #7 that September: the track also received enough airplay in the C&W market to reach #68 on the C&W chart. Don’t have an account? Reportedly the concurrent availability of both the Boz Scaggs original and the Coolidge version of "We're All Alone" at radio stations (and their versions having the same key and tempo) moved some disc jockeys to splice together the two tracks into one unofficial duet (a trend that had begun two years prior with the two concurrently released solo versions of "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"),[citation needed] in spite of the fact that the spliced duet version of "We're All Alone" was already receiving rave reviews by fans and DJs alike. Scaggs' own version of "We're All Alone" was the standard B-side of his international single release "Lido Shuffle" including its release in the US and UK where "Lido Shuffle" respectively charted at #11 and #13. 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