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All by Myself

December 07, 2023

For other uses, see All by Myself (disambiguation).

"All by Myself" is a song by American singer-songwriter Eric Carmen, released by Arista in December 1975 as the first single from Carmen's debut album, Eric Carmen (1975). The verse is based on the second movement (Adagio sostenuto) of Sergei Rachmaninoff's c. 1900–1901 Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Opus 18. The chorus was taken from the song "Let's Pretend", which Carmen wrote and recorded with the Raspberries in 1972.[5] The slide guitar solo was performed by studio guitarist Hugh McCracken.[6]

"All by Myself"
One of side-A labels of the US single
Single by Eric Carmen
from the album Eric Carmen
B-side"Everything"
ReleasedDecember 1975[1]
Recorded1975
Genre
Length
  • 7:10 (album version)
  • 4:22 (single edit)
LabelArista
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)Eric Carmen[4]
Producer(s)Jimmy Ienner
Eric Carmen singles chronology
"All by Myself"
(1975) 		"Never Gonna Fall in Love Again"
(1976)
Music video
"All by Myself" on YouTube

Background and composition edit

According to Carmen, he first wrote the solo part of the song, writing four bars at a time, eventually completed the interlude after two months.[7] He needed to put this into a song, and after listening to Rachmaninoff's 2nd piano concerto, a piece famously used to underscore the 1945 British film Brief Encounter, he adapted the melody of its second movement to write the verse.[7] Rachmaninoff's music was in the public domain in the United States at that time, so Carmen thought no copyright existed on it, but it was still protected outside the U.S. subsequent to the release of the album. He was later contacted by the Rachmaninoff estate and informed that it was protected.[8] An agreement was reached in which the estate would receive 12 percent of the royalties from "All by Myself" as well as from "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again", which was based on the third movement from Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2.[9][10]

Carmen has stated that he also incorporated part of another melody into this song. The melody of the chorus was taken from his previous hit with the Raspberries, "Let's Pretend".[7]

Television performance edit

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.[11]

Release edit

The power ballad[12] was the first single from Carmen's first solo LP after leaving the power pop group the Raspberries and was released in December 1975. Billboard described the song as "a superb rock ballad...faithfully capturing most of the good time feel in rock."[13] Cash Box said that Carmen "captures the vocal power of at least two of the three Bee Gees and seems also to have tapped the lyric capabilities of a Paul McCartney."[14] Record World said that Carmen "croons over a backdrop of cascading strings on this self-penned delight from his recent album."[15]

It reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100; both "Love Machine" by The Miracles and "December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" by The Four Seasons, kept the song from number one.[16] "All by Myself" did reach number one on the Cash Box Top 100 Singles and number three in Canada. The single sold more than one million copies in the United States and was certified gold by the RIAA in April 1976.[17] "All by Myself" was Carmen's first of eight US Top 40 hits. In the UK, however, this was his only Top 40 success, peaking at number 12.

Charts edit

Celine Dion version edit

"All by Myself"
 
Single by Celine Dion
from the album Falling into You
ReleasedDecember 9, 1996
Studio
GenreSoft rock[36]
Length
  • 5:09 (album version)
  • 4:30 (single version)
  • 3:54 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)David Foster
Celine Dion singles chronology
"The Power of the Dream"
(1996) 		"All by Myself"
(1996) 		"Call the Man"
(1997)
Music video
"All by Myself" on YouTube

The most notable cover version of "All by Myself" was recorded by Canadian singer Celine Dion in 1996. It was the fourth (or third, depending on the country) hit single from her fourth English-language studio album, Falling into You (1996).[38] Produced by David Foster at Compass Point Studios in The Bahamas, it was released on December 9, 1996, in the United Kingdom and on March 11, 1997, in the United States.

The single became one of Dion's biggest hits in the United States, reaching number one on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks (for three weeks) and the Latin Pop Airplay (two weeks). It peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 (number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay and number five 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 one on the Adult Contemporary Chart. "All by Myself" was certified gold in the US (500,000) and in the UK (400,000) and silver in France (125,000).

During an interview on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Dion revealed that the famous high note (F5) leading into the key change had not been planned but David Foster surprised her with it when she appeared for recording. When Dion asked why the surprise, Foster told her that if she couldn't sing it, other singers would, which prompted Dion to prove to Foster that she could sing it.[39]

Critical reception edit

Dion's cover received positive reviews from most music critics. Bill Lamb from About.com placed it at number nine in their ranking of "Top 10 Celine Dion Songs".[40] 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".[41] Pip Ellwood-Hughes from Entertainment Focus called it "incredible" and "one of the best recorded vocals ever captured." He added that "listening to Dion reach the highs she does on that song is magical and it sends goosebumps down your spine look (sic) nothing else can."[42] Dave Sholin from the Gavin Report commented, "Demand by both programmers and the public for this rendition of Eric Carmen's 1976 smash made it the obvious choice to be the third single lifted off Celine's multi-platinum and Grammy-nominated album, Falling into You".[43] Kevin Courtney from Irish Times said, "It's probably a good thing that Celine is all by herself people in the room with her might have their eardrums shattered by her climactic, over the top delivery."[44]

A reviewer from Music Week gave it top score with five out of five, stating that "Dion does a great job with the Eric Carmen power ballad and this one could be in for a long run given its guaranteed appeal to once-a-year record buyers. A contender for the top spot."[45] The magazine's Alan Jones noted that "it's handled with consummate ease by Dion".[46] Music.uk.launch.yahoo.com editor Dan Leroy wrote, "Trying to out-emote Eric Carmen was almost crazy enough to work".[47] The New York Times editor Stephen Holden stated that the cover, along with "Because You Loved Me", "are the strongest cuts on an album crammed with formulaic romantic bombast".[48] A reviewer from People said Dion "knocks herself out trying to match the classic bombast that Eric Carmen dished out on 'All By Myself'."[49] Geoff Edgers from Salon described it as a "dog-ear-shattering remake".[50] Christopher Smith from TalkAboutPopMusic wrote,

Only a few vocalists could possibly attempt to do justice to Eric Carmen's 1975 classic, but with her out-of-this-world voice, Celine is one of them and perhaps the only one big enough to lift the song's long and emotional chords at the end. Celine shatters glass and blows ear drums as she reaches that final "anymore". Bring on the orchestra, drums and guitar as they prove no match for Celine as she repeats the song's central line again and again "don't wanna be, all by myself". Earth shattering and epic are the words and it was hardly surprising that it wouldn't be released as a single in due course either.[51]

Music video edit

A music video was produced to promote the single, directed by British director Nigel Dick.[52] It contains fragments from Dion's photo session for the Falling into You album cover and some scenes from her Live à Paris concert. In between, there are also sepia toned footage showing an apparently lonely and sad Dion. The video was later made available on Dion's official YouTube channel in 2012 and had generated more than 63 million views as of October 2023.[53]

Track listings and formats edit

Charts edit

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[92] Silver 125,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[93] Gold 400,000‡
United States (RIAA)[94] Gold 500,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history edit

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom December 9, 1996
  • CD
  • cassette
 Epic [95]
Japan January 22, 1997 Mini CD SMEJ [96]
United States March 11, 1997
  • CD
  • cassette
  • 7-inch
[97][unreliable source?]

Other covers edit

In 1994, "All by Myself" was covered by New Zealand singer Margaret Urlich. Her version reached number 100 in Australia in November 1994,[98] and number 26 in New Zealand in March 1995.[99]

In 2018, a cover by Ghian Wright, renamed to "I'm All Alone (Belter Version)", was used in the science fiction television series The Expanse, in the episode of season 3 "Delta-V".[100] The lyrics of the song were rewritten in the mix of English and Belter Creole, a constructed language made for the TV series by Nick Farmer, that was used in the show by Belters, the inhabitants of the asteroid belt and outer planets.[101][102] The lyrics were additionally adjusted to fit the in-universe setting[102] The full version of the song was later placed on The Collector's Edition version of the TV series soundtrack, that was realized on December 13, 2019.[100]

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External links edit

  • Eric Carmen – All by Myself on YouTube
  • Celine Dion – All by Myself on YouTube

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For other uses see All by Myself disambiguation All by Myself is a song by American singer songwriter Eric Carmen released by Arista in December 1975 as the first single from Carmen s debut album Eric Carmen 1975 The verse is based on the second movement Adagio sostenuto of Sergei Rachmaninoff s c 1900 1901 Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Opus 18 The chorus was taken from the song Let s Pretend which Carmen wrote and recorded with the Raspberries in 1972 5 The slide guitar solo was performed by studio guitarist Hugh McCracken 6 All by Myself One of side A labels of the US singleSingle by Eric Carmenfrom the album Eric CarmenB side Everything ReleasedDecember 1975 1 Recorded1975GenreSoft rock 2 3 Length7 10 album version 4 22 single edit LabelAristaComposer s Eric CarmenSergei Rachmaninoff 4 Lyricist s Eric Carmen 4 Producer s Jimmy IennerEric Carmen singles chronology All by Myself 1975 Never Gonna Fall in Love Again 1976 Music video All by Myself on YouTube Contents 1 Background and composition 2 Television performance 3 Release 4 Charts 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 5 Celine Dion version 5 1 Critical reception 5 2 Music video 5 3 Track listings and formats 5 4 Charts 5 4 1 Weekly charts 5 4 2 Year end charts 5 5 Certifications 5 6 Release history 6 Other covers 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksBackground and composition editAccording to Carmen he first wrote the solo part of the song writing four bars at a time eventually completed the interlude after two months 7 He needed to put this into a song and after listening to Rachmaninoff s 2nd piano concerto a piece famously used to underscore the 1945 British film Brief Encounter he adapted the melody of its second movement to write the verse 7 Rachmaninoff s music was in the public domain in the United States at that time so Carmen thought no copyright existed on it but it was still protected outside the U S subsequent to the release of the album He was later contacted by the Rachmaninoff estate and informed that it was protected 8 An agreement was reached in which the estate would receive 12 percent of the royalties from All by Myself as well as from Never Gonna Fall in Love Again which was based on the third movement from Rachmaninoff s Symphony No 2 9 10 Carmen has stated that he also incorporated part of another melody into this song The melody of the chorus was taken from his previous hit with the Raspberries Let s Pretend 7 Television performance editCarmen 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 11 Release editThe power ballad 12 was the first single from Carmen s first solo LP after leaving the power pop group the Raspberries and was released in December 1975 Billboard described the song as a superb rock ballad faithfully capturing most of the good time feel in rock 13 Cash Box said that Carmen captures the vocal power of at least two of the three Bee Gees and seems also to have tapped the lyric capabilities of a Paul McCartney 14 Record World said that Carmen croons over a backdrop of cascading strings on this self penned delight from his recent album 15 It reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 both Love Machine by The Miracles and December 1963 Oh What a Night by The Four Seasons kept the song from number one 16 All by Myself did reach number one on the Cash Box Top 100 Singles and number three in Canada The single sold more than one million copies in the United States and was certified gold by the RIAA in April 1976 17 All by Myself was Carmen s first of eight US Top 40 hits In the UK however this was his only Top 40 success peaking at number 12 Charts editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart performance for All by Myself Chart 1975 1976 PeakpositionAustralia Kent Music Report 18 19 7Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 20 15Canada Top Singles RPM 21 3Canada Adult Contemporary RPM 22 1Ireland IRMA 23 16Italy Musica e Dischi 24 7Netherlands Dutch Top 40 25 10Netherlands Single Top 100 26 7New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 27 6South Africa Springbok 28 9UK Singles OCC 29 12US Billboard Hot 100 30 2US Adult Contemporary Billboard 31 6US Cash Box Top 100 32 1US Record World Singles 1 Year end charts edit Year end chart performance for All by Myself Chart 1976 PositionAustralia Kent Music Report 18 67Canada Top Singles RPM 33 48US Billboard Hot 100 34 40US Cash Box Top 100 35 41Celine Dion version edit All by Myself nbsp Single by Celine Dionfrom the album Falling into YouReleasedDecember 9 1996StudioThe Record PlantCompass PointCapitolGenreSoft rock 36 Length5 09 album version 4 30 single version 3 54 radio edit LabelEpic550 MusicColumbiaSongwriter s Eric CarmenSergei Rachmaninoff 37 Producer s David FosterCeline Dion singles chronology The Power of the Dream 1996 All by Myself 1996 Call the Man 1997 Music video All by Myself on YouTubeThe most notable cover version of All by Myself was recorded by Canadian singer Celine Dion in 1996 It was the fourth or third depending on the country hit single from her fourth English language studio album Falling into You 1996 38 Produced by David Foster at Compass Point Studios in The Bahamas it was released on December 9 1996 in the United Kingdom and on March 11 1997 in the United States The single became one of Dion s biggest hits in the United States reaching number one on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks for three weeks and the Latin Pop Airplay two weeks It peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay and number five 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 one on the Adult Contemporary Chart All by Myself was certified gold in the US 500 000 and in the UK 400 000 and silver in France 125 000 During an interview on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Dion revealed that the famous high note F5 leading into the key change had not been planned but David Foster surprised her with it when she appeared for recording When Dion asked why the surprise Foster told her that if she couldn t sing it other singers would which prompted Dion to prove to Foster that she could sing it 39 Critical reception edit Dion s cover received positive reviews from most music critics Bill Lamb from About com placed it at number nine in their ranking of Top 10 Celine Dion Songs 40 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 41 Pip Ellwood Hughes from Entertainment Focus called it incredible and one of the best recorded vocals ever captured He added that listening to Dion reach the highs she does on that song is magical and it sends goosebumps down your spine look sic nothing else can 42 Dave Sholin from the Gavin Report commented Demand by both programmers and the public for this rendition of Eric Carmen s 1976 smash made it the obvious choice to be the third single lifted off Celine s multi platinum and Grammy nominated album Falling into You 43 Kevin Courtney from Irish Times said It s probably a good thing that Celine is all by herself people in the room with her might have their eardrums shattered by her climactic over the top delivery 44 A reviewer from Music Week gave it top score with five out of five stating that Dion does a great job with the Eric Carmen power ballad and this one could be in for a long run given its guaranteed appeal to once a year record buyers A contender for the top spot 45 The magazine s Alan Jones noted that it s handled with consummate ease by Dion 46 Music uk launch yahoo com editor Dan Leroy wrote Trying to out emote Eric Carmen was almost crazy enough to work 47 The New York Times editor Stephen Holden stated that the cover along with Because You Loved Me are the strongest cuts on an album crammed with formulaic romantic bombast 48 A reviewer from People said Dion knocks herself out trying to match the classic bombast that Eric Carmen dished out on All By Myself 49 Geoff Edgers from Salon described it as a dog ear shattering remake 50 Christopher Smith from TalkAboutPopMusic wrote Only a few vocalists could possibly attempt to do justice to Eric Carmen s 1975 classic but with her out of this world voice Celine is one of them and perhaps the only one big enough to lift the song s long and emotional chords at the end Celine shatters glass and blows ear drums as she reaches that final anymore Bring on the orchestra drums and guitar as they prove no match for Celine as she repeats the song s central line again and again don t wanna be all by myself Earth shattering and epic are the words and it was hardly surprising that it wouldn t be released as a single in due course either 51 Music video edit A music video was produced to promote the single directed by British director Nigel Dick 52 It contains fragments from Dion s photo session for the Falling into You album cover and some scenes from her Live a Paris concert In between there are also sepia toned footage showing an apparently lonely and sad Dion The video was later made available on Dion s official YouTube channel in 2012 and had generated more than 63 million views as of October 2023 53 Track listings and formats edit Australian CD and cassette single All by Myself Edited Single Version 3 58 Because You Loved Me Live 4 52 Next Plane Out Radio Edit 4 37 Vole Live 4 03 All by Myself Album Version 5 12European CD and 7 inch single All by Myself 5 12 The Power of the Dream 4 31European CD maxi single All by Myself Single Version 4 26 All by Myself 5 12 Je sais pas Live 4 26 Pour que tu m aimes encore Live 4 52European 12 inch single All By Myself 5 12 The Power of the Dream 4 31 It s All Coming Back to Me Now Classic Paradise Radio Mix 1 4 22Japanese CD single All by Myself Single Version 4 24 Pour que tu m aimes encore Live 4 51Mexican promo CD single All by Myself 5 12 Sola Otra Vez 5 12 Sola Otra Vez Radio Edit 4 41 UK cassette single All by Myself Edited Single Version 3 58 All by Myself Spanish Version 5 12 When I Fall in Love 4 20UK CD single All by Myself Album Version 5 12 Pour que tu m aimes encore Live 4 38 Je sais pas Live 4 26 River Deep Mountain High Live 3 28UK CD single Limited All by Myself Edited Single Version 3 58 When I Fall in Love 4 20 Declaration of Love 4 20 A Message from Celine 0 34US CD and cassette single All by Myself Edited Single Version 3 57 Because You Loved Me Live 4 50US promo CD single All by Myself Radio Edit 1 3 57 All by Myself Album Version 5 12 All by Myself Radio Edit 2 3 52 Charts edit Weekly charts edit Chart 1996 1997 PeakpositionAustralia ARIA 54 38Austria O3 Austria Top 40 55 27Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 56 14Belgium Ultratop 50 Wallonia 57 7Canada Top Singles RPM 58 7Canada Adult Contemporary RPM 59 1Canada Nielsen BDS Airplay Chart 60 9European Hot 100 Singles Music amp Media 61 15European Hit Radio Music amp Media 62 28Finland Suomen virallinen radiosoittolista 63 10France SNEP 64 5Germany Official German Charts 65 55Hungary Radios Top 40 66 5Iceland Islenski Listinn Topp 40 67 5Ireland IRMA 68 8Netherlands Dutch Top 40 69 35Netherlands Single Top 100 70 20New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 71 21Norway VG lista 72 15Quebec ADISQ 73 1Scotland OCC 74 6Spain Top 40 Radio 75 31Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 76 36UK Singles OCC 77 6US Billboard Hot 100 78 4US Adult Contemporary Billboard 79 1US Adult Top 40 Billboard 80 12US Hot Latin Songs Billboard 81 Sola Otra Vez 5US Mainstream Top 40 Billboard 82 7US Rhythmic Billboard 83 33 Year end charts edit Chart 1996 PositionBelgium Ultratop 50 Wallonia 84 93France SNEP 85 49Chart 1997 PositionCanada Top Singles RPM 86 58Canada Adult Contemporary RPM 87 6Iceland Islenski Listinn Topp 40 88 69Romania Romanian Top 100 89 52US Billboard Hot 100 90 49US Adult Contemporary Billboard 90 13US Hot Latin Songs Billboard 90 Sola Otra Vez 38US Mainstream Top 40 Billboard 91 52 Certifications edit Region Certification Certified units salesFrance SNEP 92 Silver 125 000 United Kingdom BPI 93 Gold 400 000 United States RIAA 94 Gold 500 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Release history edit Region Date Format s Label s Ref United Kingdom December 9 1996 CDcassette Epic 95 Japan January 22 1997 Mini CD SMEJ 96 United States March 11 1997 CDcassette7 inch Epic550 Music 97 unreliable source Other covers editIn 1994 All by Myself was covered by New Zealand singer Margaret Urlich Her version reached number 100 in Australia in November 1994 98 and number 26 in New Zealand in March 1995 99 In 2018 a cover by Ghian Wright renamed to I m All Alone Belter Version was used in the science fiction television series The Expanse in the episode of season 3 Delta V 100 The lyrics of the song were rewritten in the mix of English and Belter Creole a constructed language made for the TV series by Nick Farmer that was used in the show by Belters the inhabitants of the asteroid belt and outer planets 101 102 The lyrics were additionally adjusted to fit the in universe setting 102 The full version of the song was later placed on The Collector s Edition version of the TV series soundtrack that was realized on December 13 2019 100 See also editBillboard Year End Hot 100 singles of 1976 Billboard Year End Hot 100 singles of 1997 List of Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles in 1997 List of number one adult contemporary singles of 1997 U S List of number one Billboard Hot Latin Pop Airplay of 1997 List of UK top 10 singles in 1996 List of Cash Box Top 100 number one singles of 1976References edit Hogya Bernie 2005 All by Myself 30th Anniversary EricCarmen com Archived from the original on September 19 2011 Retrieved 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