"You're Not Alone" is a song composed by British recording artist

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. The song was released as the fifth and final single from Stryder's second studio album, '' Catch 22'' on 2 November 2009. On the week of the album's release, the track charted at No. 50 in the UK, based mostly on hype around the track which had received its first play on the BBC Radio 1 chart show the previous week. Tinchy Stryder performed the song at the

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on 30 September, it then entered the top 40 on the UK Singles Chart on 10 October 2009 at number 32, next week on 17 October it climbed to number 14 in the UK, it dropped to number 15 in its 3rd week in the UK top 40. The song interpolates " You're Not Alone", a hit in 1997 for the band

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. Olive claimed in an interview they would hope Tinchy Stryder would return the favour and collaborate with them on a song for their upcoming album.

Reception

The song was praised by ''

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'' for its "powerfully nagging hook" and "unshakeable chorus". Nick Levine of

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gave the song and a positive review stating: "That whopping great chorus sounds as ace as ever, Stryder's rhymes are simple and good-natured, and Fraser T Smith's production gleams like the gold medallion Tinchy hangs round his neck."

Music video

The music video premiered on the

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Blog on 19 September 2009. The video features

in various scenes around empty streets in the

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at night, paralleling Olive's video for the original version in which Tim Kellet, Robin Taylor-Firth and Ruth-Ann Boyle can be seen in similar Paris locations.You're Not Alone video
YouTube.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{Kwasi Danquah III singles 2009 songs 2009 singles Tinchy Stryder songs Songs with music by Tinchy Stryder Songs written by Fraser T. Smith Song recordings produced by Fraser T. Smith Takeover Entertainment singles Songs written by Robin Taylor-Firth Songs written by Tim Kellett