You're Not Alone (Tinchy Stryder song)

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"You're Not Alone"
Tinchy Stryder
singles chronology
"I Got Soul"
(2009) 		"You're Not Alone"
(2009) 		"Give It All U Got"
(2009)
Music video
"You're Not Alone" on
YouTube

"You're Not Alone" is a song

UK Singles Chart on 10 October 2009 at number 32, next week on 17 October it climbed to number 14 in the UK, it dropped to number 15 in its 3rd week in the UK top 40.[2] The song interpolates "You're Not Alone", a hit in 1997 for the band Olive.[3] Olive claimed in an interview they would hope Tinchy Stryder would return the favour and collaborate with them on a song for their upcoming album.[4]

Reception

The song was praised by The Guardian for its "powerfully nagging hook" and "unshakeable chorus".[3] Nick Levine of Digital Spy gave the song and a positive review stating: "That whopping great chorus sounds as ace as ever, Stryder's rhymes are simple and good-natured, and Fraser T Smith's production gleams like the gold medallion Tinchy hangs round his neck."[5]

Music video

The music video premiered on the

Tinchy Stryder in various scenes around empty streets in the London Docklands at night, paralleling Olive's video for the original version in which Tim Kellet, Robin Taylor-Firth and Ruth-Ann Boyle can be seen in similar Paris locations.[7]

Track listing

CD single / Digital download[8]
No.TitleLength
1."You're Not Alone" (Full Length Version)3:50
2."You're Not Alone" (Red Top Remix)3:38
3."You're Not Alone" (Lost Daze Radio Edit)3:11
4."Stryderman" (Live)5:22
Total length:13:11

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100)[9] 35
European Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[10] 23
Ireland (IRMA)[11] 21
UK Singles (OCC)[12]
 14

End-of-year charts

Chart (2009) Position
UK Singles Chart[13]
 142

References

  1. ^ Balls, David (24 August 2009). "Tinchy Stryder thanks fans for number two". Digital Spy. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
  2. UK Singles Chart
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  3. ^ a b Petridis, Alexis (14 August 2009). "Tinchy Stryder: Catch 22". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
  4. ^ Olive want Tinchy Stryder Collaboration. Digital Spy
  5. ^ Tinchy Stryder You're Not Alone. Digital Spy.
  6. ^ You're Not Alone video. starinthehood.net.
  7. ^ You're Not Alone video. YouTube.
  8. ^ "Tinchy Stryder; Amelle – Never Leave You (4-Track Maxi-Single)". hmv.com. 2 August 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  9. ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – RADIO – TOP 100 and insert 200951,52 into search.
  10. ^ "Tinchy Stryder – Chart Search" Billboard European Hot 100 Singles for Tinchy Stryder. [dead link]
  11. ^ "Chart Track: Week 44, 2009". Irish Singles Chart.
  12. ^ "Tinchy Stryder: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  13. ^ "Charts Plus Year end 2009" (PDF). Charts Plus. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
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