Alone (Heart Song) - Other Versions

Other Versions

• The Romanian rock singer Dida Drăgan, accompanied by new wave band Monolit (headed by Sorin Chifiriuc), covered this song in 1987, in a Romanian version named "Singurătate".
• The Australian singer Robert Forster covered this song on his 1995 album I Had a New York Girlfriend.
• The Mexican singer Marianne covered the song in 1995 in a Spanish version named "Sola".
• The Finnish progressive metal band Warmen covered this song for their 2002 album Beyond Abilities. The vocals were provided by Kimberly Goss.
• A dance-pop version of the song was recorded by Kim Sozzi in 2006.
• Carrie Underwood, Gina Glocksen, Ramiele Malubay, Allison Iraheta and Jacob Lusk have all covered this song on their live performances on American Idol. Malubay's cover was released as "Alone (American Idol Studio Version) - Single" on the iTunes Music Store in March 2008. Iraheta's live performance version was released as "Alone (American Idol Performance) - Single" in February 2009. Lusk's studio recording was released as "Alone (American Idol Performance) - Single" and as part of the "American Idol Top 12 Season 10" compilation album in March 2011. Following Underwood's performance, judge Simon Cowell correctly predicted that she would win the competition. He further predicted that she would outsell all previous Idol contestants.
• Melissa O'Neil, Ashley Coles and Mark Day have all covered this song on their live performances on Canadian Idol.
• Penelope had covered this song on her live performance on Pinoy Idol, second Philippine version of Pop Idol.
• American singer Becca covered this song as a b-side to her single "I'm Alive" in 2008.
• Jill Gioia performed "Alone" on elimination night in week 5 of Rock Star: Supernova.
• The Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever recorded a cover which was released on the compilation Metallic Emotions (Vol. 1)
• The Puerto Rican singer Janina Irizarry covered this song for her third studio album, but in a Spanish version named "Fantasma"
• The song was covered on the hit television series Glee and was performed by Matthew Morrison and Kristin Chenoweth.
• Doctors Rak and Tak performed this song on America's Got Talent during New York auditions.
• Alyssa Reid had a hit in 2011 with the single, "Alone Again" that samples the original song, while adding new lyrics and a rap verse.
• Australian singer Anne Curtis covered this song on her 2011 album Annebisyosa.