Left Outside Alone
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| Single by Anastacia | ||
| from the album Anastacia | ||
| Released | March 15, 2004 | |
| Format | see track listings | |
| Recorded | 2003 | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 4:17 | |
| Label | Epic | |
| Writer(s) | Anastacia, Dallas Austin, Glen Ballard | |
| Producer(s) | Glen Ballard, Dallas Austin | |
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| Anastacia singles chronology | ||
| "Love Is a Crime" (2003) |
"Left Outside Alone" (2004) |
"Sick and Tired" (2004) |
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"Left Outside Alone" is a pop-rock song written by American pop singer-songwriter Anastacia, and producers Dallas Austin and Glen Ballard for her third studio album Anastacia (2004). It was released as the album's lead single in on March 15, 2004 (see 2004 in music) and reached number one in Australia (where it became the second-highest selling of the year), Austria, Argentina, Finland, Italy, Greece Spain, and Switzerland, while it reached the top ten of the majority of all other charts it appeared on. In the United States "Left Outside Alone" was another success on the Billboard dance charts, where it reached the top position on the Hot Dance Singles Sales.
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[edit] Music videos
Shot in January 2004 in California, the regular music video for "Left Outside Alone" was directed by Bryan Barber. There are actually three music videos for the song. The regular - first - version was for the worldwide market, excluding North America.
In the normal version, the video begins showing Anastacia singing the intro to the song on some sort of a bridge. After that, she is walking on a street and you can see a red poster of her on an advertising pillar. Then she gets in a car and drives away. During her drive, she is singing and looking to the car next to her, where she sees 'herself' kissing a man. Throughout the video, cuts of Anastacia in all these scenes are shown too. Later she gets out of the car and notices people dancing to her song on the street. While heading to a club, she opens a curtain, when a mysterious light is shining out.
The alternate version of this video, also known as "the blue-poster version", which is actually a video for the Jason Nevins Global Club Edit of the song, contains some editings, one of them being the fact that this version has a blue poster instead of the red one that is in the regular version also has a different ending.
In 2005, a completely new video was released for the American audience. Shot on May 19 and 20, 2005, this version was directed by David Lippman and Charles Mahling, though also being shot in Los Angeles, United States. Although this version was recorded specially for the American market, "Left Outside Alone" was never officially released there. In this version, Anastacia is in a kind of castle lying alone in a bed surrounded by candles. She is vested sparely and everything has a romantic atmosphere. You also see her outside in a wood when she lets a pigeon fly.
[edit] Chart performance
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2004) |
Peak position |
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| Argentine Singles Chart | 1 |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 1 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Belgian Singles Chart | 5 |
| Denmark Singles Chart | 2 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 2 |
| Finland Singles Chart | 1 |
| French Singles Chart | 9 |
| German Singles Chart | 2 |
| Greece Singles Chart | 7 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 2 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 1 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 20 |
| Norway Singles Chart | 2 |
| Sweden Singles Chart | 6 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 5 |
- Year end charts positions
- Australia: #2
- Belgium: #15
- Germany: #16
- Netherlands: #9
[edit] Formats and tracklisting
These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Left Outside Alone".
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[edit] External links
- Music video for "Left Outside Alone" at YouTube
- Music video for the Jason Nevins Global Club Edit version at YouTube
- Music video for the American version at YouTube
| Anastacia |
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| Discography | Awards | Music videos |
| Albums |
| Not That Kind (2000) · Freak of Nature (2001) Anastacia (2004) · Pieces of a Dream (2005) |
| Singles |
| I'm Outta Love · Not That Kind · Cowboys & Kisses · Made for Lovin' You Paid My Dues · One Day in Your Life · Why'd You Lie to Me · You'll Never Be Alone Left Outside Alone · Sick and Tired · Welcome to My Truth · Heavy on My Heart Everything Burns · Pieces of a Dream · I Belong to You |
| Soundtrack Singles |
| Boom · Love Is a Crime |
| DVDs |
| The Video Collection · Live at Last |
| Preceded by "My Band" by D12 |
ARIA (Australia) number one single May 9, 2004 |
Succeeded by "My Band" by D12 |
