You Are Not Alone (Modern Talking song) explained

You Are Not Alone
Cover:Modern Talking - You Are Not Alone.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Modern Talking
Album:Alone
Released:1 February 1999
Genre:Eurodance
Dance-pop[1]
Length:3:45
Label:BMG
Ariola
Producer:Dieter Bohlen
Prev Title:We Take the Chance
Prev Year:1998
Next Title:Sexy, Sexy Lover
Next Year:1999

"You Are Not Alone" is Modern Talking's first single released off their eighth album Alone. It was released in Germany and in other European Territories on February 1, 1999.

Background

In Germany, the single peaked at No. 7 on March 8, 1999, over a month after its release date.[2] "You Are Not Alone" spent five weeks within the German single chart and total of 15 weeks on the top-100,[3] it eventually reached a gold status for shipping over 250,000 in Germany alone.

While, "You Are Not Alone" entered the top-20 in Switzerland, France, Sweden, it managed to enter the top-10 in Finland and the top-5 in Austria and Norway.[4]

Single release

CD-Maxi Hansa 74321 63800 2 (BMG) / EAN 0743216380022 01.02.1999

No.Title"Length
1. You Are Not Alone (Video Version)3:23
2. You Are Not Alone (Radio Edit)3:41
3. You Are Not Alone (Extended Version)4:55
4. You Are Not Alone (Remix)4:32
5. Space Mix (Radio Edit)4:31

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1999)Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[5] 19
Spain (AFYVE)[6] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1999)Position
France (SNEP)[7] 93
Germany (Official German Charts)[8] 56

Notes and References

  1. Book: Arena, James . 2017 . Stars of '90s Dance Pop: 29 Hitmakers Discuss Their Careers . The CD Rack: Recommended Listening . 231–238 . . 978-1-4766-6756-0 . https://books.google.com/books?id=2UauDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA235.
  2. Web site: Top 100 Single Official Media Control (March 8, 1999) . charts.de. 2010-10-15. de.
  3. Web site: Chartverfolgung/MODERN TALKING/Single. Musicline.com. 2009-12-10. 2012-09-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20120928231835/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/MODERN+TALKING/single. dead.
  4. Web site: Modern Talking: You Are Not Alone. Swisscharts.com. 2009-12-10.
  5. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 26 June 2018.
  6. Book: Salaverri, Fernando. Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002. 1st . September 2005. Fundación Autor-SGAE. Spain. 84-8048-639-2.
  7. Web site: Top de l'année Top Singles 1999. SNEP. fr. 1 September 2020.
  8. Web site: Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts. de . . 21 April 2018.