Alone Again (Dokken song)

"Alone Again"
Single by Dokken
from the album Tooth and Nail
Released	April 1985 (US)[1] July 1985 (Japan)[2]
Genre	Glam metal[3][4] hard rock[5]
Length	4:30
Label	Elektra Records
Songwriter(s)	Don Dokken Jeff Pilson
Producer(s)	Tom Werman Roy Thomas Baker
Dokken singles chronology
"Just Got Lucky" (1984) "Alone Again" (1985) "The Hunter" (1985)

"Alone Again" is a power ballad^[6] written and released by the American heavy metal band Dokken on their 1984 album Tooth and Nail. The single reached #64 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #20 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 1985.^[7] The song was written by singer Don Dokken and bassist Jeff Pilson.

Don Dokken wrote the song in 1975 or 1976, when he was 22 or 23, recorded it on a cassette, and it stayed in a closet for nearly a decade. During the recording of Tooth and Nail, many other glam metal bands at the time were releasing ballads, so Elektra Records told Dokken they needed a ballad. This prompted Don to search his closet and rediscover the song, which he reworked with bassist Jeff Pilson in the studio. "People ask me all the time, 'Who did you write it about?' I don't know. 'Was it about a girlfriend?' I don't know! I just wrote it. My memory's not that good," said Dokken.^[8]

Its lyrics talk about a man's depression after a break-up. The music video had a story similar to a lot of other power ballads. Almost 70% of it is filmed in black and white along with some coloured scenes. It shows the band performing the song live along with some shots of Don Dokken being alone in a room.

US 7" single

Alone Again / Just Got Lucky 7" and 12" single

CD single

• Don Dokken – vocals
• George Lynch – guitar
• Jeff Pilson – bass guitar, keyboards
• Mick Brown – drums