Heart – Alone

“Alone” – Single by Heart from the album Bad Animals.
B-side: “Barracuda” (live)
Released on May 15, 1987.
Songwriters: Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly.

“Alone” spent three weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in July 1987. It ranked No. 2 on the Billboard Year-End Top Pop Singles of 1987. It is also Heart’s most successful single in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart in June, representing a commercial breakthrough for the band there as their first top 40 hit. It is the band’s only song to peak inside the UK top five.

The music video was directed by Marty Callner, whose work includes “Dude (Looks Like A Lady)” for Aerosmith and “Always” for Bon Jovi. The video is mostly performance footage, but with a vague subplot where Ann Wilson is on a balcony, wearing a black veil. Videos were a big part of Heart’s resurgence; they got airplay on both MTV and VH1, which launched in 1985.