Alone (Falling in Reverse song)

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"Alone"
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Single by Falling in Reverse
from the album Fashionably Late
ReleasedMay 7, 2013 [1]
RecordedJune 2012–2013
Genre
Label Epitaph
Songwriter(s) Ronnie Radke
Producer(s) Michael Baskette
Falling in Reverse singles chronology
"Pick Up the Phone"
(2012)
"Alone"
(2013)
"Fashionably Late"
(2013)

"Alone" is a song by American rock band Falling in Reverse. It served as the lead single for the band's second studio album Fashionably Late .

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Music video

The music video contains the band performing while girls dance around them with shots of Radke in an electric blue Stacy Adams suit walking down an airport runway with a Ferrari 458 Italia driving beside him. [7]

Critical reception

The song was described by Zoiks! Online as, "Blending big radio beats with moshpit inducing riffage, the track addresses Ronnie's critics head-on." In a press statement, Radke stated that "Alone" was, "... Everything I've ever wanted to say to all these Twitter followers that talk shit... [and] I wanted to let everyone that dedicates their lives to just one genre of music know why they are so unhappy." [8]

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
UK Rock & Metal (OCC) [9] 14
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [10] 27

Accolades

YearAwardResultRef
2014Alternative Press Music Awards: Song of the YearNominated [11]

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References

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