Left Outside Alone

Infobox Single
Name = Left Outside Alone


Artist = Anastacia
from Album = Anastacia
Released = flagicon|World March 15, 2004
flagicon|US March 22, 2005
Format = see track listings
Recorded = 2003
Genre = Soul rock
Length = 4:17 (Album Version)
3:55 (US Radio Edit)
3:40 (Radio Edit)
Label = Epic
Writer = Anastacia, Dallas Austin, Glen Ballard
Producer = Glen Ballard, Dallas Austin
Certification =
Last single = "Love Is a Crime"
(2003)
This single = "Left Outside Alone"
(2004)
Next single = "Sick and Tired"
(2004)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = single


Lower caption = American cover"Left Outside Alone" is a soul rock song written by American pop singer 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, Austria, Argentina, Finland, Italy, Greece Spain, and Switzerland, number two in Denmark, the Dutch Top 40, the Euro 200 chart, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Romania, and the United World Chart, and number three in the United Kingdom. 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.

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 Mehling, though also being shot in Los Angeles, California. 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 dove fly.

Charts

Formats and tracklisting

These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Left Outside Alone".
*Australian CD single
#"Left Outside Alone" [Radio Edit] 3:40
#"Get Ready" 3:30
#"Left Outside Alone" [Jason Nevins Global Club Edit] 4:16

*European maxi single
#"Left Outside Alone" [Radio Edit] 3:40
#"Get Ready" 3:30
#"Left Outside Alone" [Jason Nevins Global Club Edit] 4:16
#"Left Outside Alone" [Jason Nevins Mix Show Edit] 3:14
#"Left Outside Alone" [M*A*S*H Rock Mix] 4:04

*European promo single
#"Left Outside Alone" [Radio Edit] 3:40

*German limited 3" CD single (POCK IT!)
#"Left Outside Alone" [Radio Edit] 3:40
#"Left Outside Alone" [Jason Nevins Global Club Edit] 4:16

*UK CD single
#"Left Outside Alone" [Radio Edit] 3:40
#"Get Ready" 3:30

*UK promo maxi single
#"Left Outside Alone" [Radio Edit] 3:40
#"Left Outside Alone" [Love To Infinity Mix]
#"Left Outside Alone" [Soda Club Remix]
#"Left Outside Alone" [Jason Nevins Remix]

*US maxi single
#"Left Outside Alone" [Radio Edit] 3:40
#"Get Ready" 3:30
#"Left Outside Alone" [Jason Nevins Global Club Edit] 4:16
#"Left Outside Alone" [Jason Nevins Global Club] 8:05
#"Left Outside Alone" [Jason Nevins Mix Show] 5:21
*UK 12" promo singleA-side
#"Left Outside Alone" [Jason Nevins Global Club Mix] 7:51B-side
#"Left Outside Alone" [M*A*S*H Master Mix] 6:23
#"Left Outside Alone" [Jason Nevins Mix Show] 5:21

*US promo single
#"Left Outside Alone" [Jason Nevins Global Club] 8:05
#"Left Outside Alone" [Jason Nevins Global Club Edit] 4:16

*US promo maxi single
#"Left Outside Alone" [Jason Nevins Global Club Edit] 4:16
#"Left Outside Alone" [Jason Nevins Global Club] 8:05
#"Left Outside Alone" [Jason Nevins Mix Show Edit] 3:14
#"Left Outside Alone" [Jason Nevins Mix Show] 5:21

*US 12" promo singleA-side
#"Left Outside Alone" [Jason Nevins Global Club] B-side
#"Left Outside Alone" [M*A*S*H Master Mix] 6:23
#"Left Outside Alone" [Jason Nevins Mix Show] 5:21

Notes

External links

*YouTube|XjDHSrb5ISc|Music video for the Jason Nevins Global Club Edit version
*YouTube|I1vrwcPJEf8|Music video for the American version