"Leave Me Alone" is the first solo song by American rock musician
Jerry Cantrell, the guitarist/vocalist of the band
Alice in Chains. It was originally featured on the soundtrack to the 1996 film ''
The Cable Guy'' and was also the film's closing track. The song was released as a single and peaked at No. 14 on
Billboard's
Mainstream Rock Tracks
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chart.
A remixed version of the song was included on Jerry Cantrell's 2016 digital
EP ''
My Song''.
Origin
Jerry Cantrell talked about the song to ''Guitar School'' magazine in August 1996:
Reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of
AllMusic
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wrote: "Jerry Cantrell's contribution
'Leave Me Alone''rocks as hard as any Alice in Chains track".
Music video
A black and white music video directed by
Rocky Morton was released in June 1996 to accompany the single. It features
Jerry Cantrell and drummer
Sean Kinney performing while footage from ''The Cable Guy'' is displayed on a screen behind them.
Jim Carrey also appears in the video coming out of a television screen haunting Jerry Cantrell.
The music video was included as a bonus feature on the 15th-anniversary edition
Blu-ray
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of ''The Cable Guy'' in 2011.
Chart positions
Track listing
Personnel
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Jerry Cantrell – vocals, guitar and bass
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Sean Kinney – drums
Production
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Produced by Jerry Cantrell,
Toby Wright
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Engineered by Darrell Peters,
David Bryant
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Mixed by Toby Wright
References
External links
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1996 songs
1996 debut singles
Jerry Cantrell songs
Songs written by Jerry Cantrell
Film theme songs
Sony BMG singles
Song recordings produced by Jerry Cantrell