Composition and Critical Reception
"You'll Never Be Alone" was written by Anastacia and co-written and produced by Louis Biancaniello and Sam Watters.
Jose F. Promis wrote for Allmusic that "When Anastacia slows down the tempo for the ballads (some organic and acoustic, some bordering on power ballads), she succeeds by utilizing her strong vocal chops without venturing into vocal histrionics." Louis Pattison from NME wrote that the song "drips like Celine Dion dipped in honey. Yahoo! Music's James Salmon called it "an insipid halt", while Slant Magazine's Sal Cinquemani named it "syrupy".
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