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Eric Carmen

All By Myself

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“All by Myself” is a power ballad written and performed by Eric Carmen in 1975. The verse borrows very heavily from the second movement (Adagio Sostenuto) of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Opus 18, which Carmen believed was in the public domain. Having found it was not only after the record had been issued, Carmen had to come to an agreement with the Rachmaninoff estate. Early versions, therefore, only give writing credit to Carmen while later versions also credit Rachmaninoff. The chorus borrows from a song “Let’s Pretend” that Carmen had written for the Raspberries in 1973. Carmen’s full version has an extended piano solo and lasts over seven minutes. There is also an edited version of 4 minutes 22 seconds. The song was the first release from... Read on...

Song lines: ♪ All by myself ... Don't wanna be, all by myself anymore ... Don't wanna live, all by myself anymore

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