"Tired of Being Alone" is a soul song written by American singer Al Green. It reached number 11 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number seven on the Soul Singles Chart in 1971. ''Billboard'' ranked it as the number-12 song for 1971.

Background

Though released on the 1971 album, '' Al Green Gets Next to You'', the song was written in late 1968 and intended to be released on the 1969 album, ''

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''. Problems occurred with the first recording, so it was postponed for production. It was altered and perfected the second time around. "Tired of Being Alone" was produced and recorded by Willie Mitchell at

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and mixed by Mitchell and

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. In 1973, Green performed the song with

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on the TV special ''Chicago in the Rockies''. In 2002, this recording appeared as a bonus track on the remastered version of ''

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''. In 2004, Green's version was ranked number 293 on ''

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Charts

Certifications

Texas version

In 1992, Scottish band

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covered "Tired of Being Alone", which became a substantial hit in the United Kingdom, reaching number 19 on the

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. A re-recorded version later appeared on their 2000 album, '' The Greatest Hits''.

Track listings

7-inch single (TEX 8) # "Tired of Being Alone" – 3:17 # "Wrapped in Clothes of Blue" – 4:18 CD1 (TEXCD 8 / 866 883-2) # "Tired of Being Alone" – 3:17 # "

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" – 4:25 # " In My Heart" (12") – 6:36 # "

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" – 6:51 CD2 'Acoustic EP' (TEXCB 8 / 866 769-2) # "Tired of Being Alone" – 3:02 # "Walk the Dust" – 5:11 # "

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" – 3:32 # "Return" – 2:34 * Limited edition of 5000 copies (in oversized packaging), includes three exclusive black and white

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Charts

Other noteworthy versions

* "Tired of Being Alone" has been covered by other artists. Among the more successful is American singer Sybil who released the song as a non-album single in 1996, peaking at number 53 in the UK.

References

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