"You're Not Alone" is a song by American
electronica
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project
Owl City. The song features American vocalist and songwriter
Britt Nicole. It was released on October 7, 2014 as a promotional single from his fifth studio album, ''
Mobile Orchestra
''Mobile Orchestra'' is the fifth studio album by American electronica project Owl City, which was released on July 10, 2015. The album debuted at number 11 on the ''Billboard'' 200. This is the project's last album under Republic Records befo ...
''.
Background
Owl City announced the release date of the song on September 29, 2014 along with another track, "Tokyo". Young stated that the song is about "being alone in a crowd" and that the message is how "we've all been there and you're not the only person to go through that." A lyrics video for the track was released on October 8, 2014.
Composition
Written and produced by Young, the track runs at 84
BPM and is in the key of
D-sharp major
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Double-flats and double-sharps are often used as accidentals, but placing them in the key signature (in music that use ...
. Young's range in the song spans from the notes Eb3 to C5. According to an interview with
Power 88 FM radio, the song was inspired after Young read a news report online about a Sudanese woman, who was sentenced to death for her Christian beliefs, but was later rescued.
Speaking about working with
Britt Nicole on the song, he stated;
Critical reception
Tony Cummings of ''
Cross Rhythms
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'' gave a positive review for the song. He called the collaboration "a brilliant idea" and the track the "perfect pop single." He remarked, "The duo have come up with one of the prettiest mid-tempo tracks."
Personnel
Owl City
*
Adam Young – vocals
Additional musicians
*
Britt Nicole – additional vocals, featured artist
*Bryan Fowler – guitar
*Jasper Nephew – guitar
Production
*Joshua Crosby – vocal producer
*Bryan Fowler – assistant mixing engineer
*
Ted Jensen
Ted Jensen (born September 19, 1954) is an American mastering engineer, known for having mastered many recordings, including the Eagles' ''Hotel California'', Green Day's '' American Idiot'' and Norah Jones' ''Come Away with Me''.
Biography
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– mastering engineer
*Jerrico Scroggins – assistant mixing engineer
*
Christopher Stevens – mixing, programming
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
{{Owl City
2014 songs
Owl City songs