Left Outside Alone

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"Left Outside Alone"
LeftOutsideAlone.jpg
Single by Anastacia
from the album Anastacia
B-side "Get Ready"
ReleasedMarch 15, 2004 (2004-03-15)
Studio
Genre Pop rock
Length
  • 4:17 (album version)
  • 3:40 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Dallas Austin
  • Glen Ballard
Anastacia singles chronology
"Love Is a Crime"
(2003)		"Left Outside Alone"
(2004)		"Sick and Tired"
(2004)
Audio sample
Left Outside Alone

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the Anastacia album booklet. [16]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [67] 2× Platinum140,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria) [68] Gold15,000*
Belgium (BEA) [69] Gold25,000*
Germany (BVMI) [70] Gold150,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway) [71] Gold5,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [72] Gold20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [73] Platinum600,000‡

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

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref(s).
AustraliaMarch 15, 2004CD [74]
Europe [75]
United KingdomMarch 22, 2004 [75] [76]
North AmericaApril 6, 2004 [75]
United StatesApril 19, 2004 [77]

Cover versions

In 2020, Finnish nu metal band Blind Channel recorded a cover version of the song. [78] Blind Channel released a short clip of Anastacia and the band singing "Left Outside Alone" on Instagram in June 2023. [79]

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