Heart - Alone (1987) - Toppop

’Alone’ is no 614 in the Top 2000 of best songs ever in the Netherlands! ’Alone’ is the ultimate power ballad from Heart, written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly. American rock band Heart covered it on their 1987 album ’Bad Animals’, and this version reached number one in the US and Canada. Heart is an American rock band formed in 1967 in Seattle, Washington as The Army. Two years later, The Army changed their name to Hocus Pocus, then they changed their name again to White Heart a year later, but eventually changed the name a final time to Heart in 1973. By the mid-1970s, original members Roger Fisher (guitar) and Steve Fossen (bass guitar) had been joined by sisters Ann Wilson (lead vocals and flute) and Nancy Wilson (rhythm guitar, backing and occasional lead vocals), Michael Derosier (drums), and Howard Leese (guitar and keyboards) to form the lineup for the band’s initial mid- to late-1970s success period. These core members were included in the band’s 2013 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Heart rose to fame with music influenced by hard rock and heavy metal, as well as folk music. The band’s popularity declined in the early 1980s, but the band began a successful comeback in 1985 which continued into the mid-1990s. Heart disbanded in 1998, resumed performing in 2002, went on hiatus in 2016, and resumed performing in the summer of 2019. Heart’s US Top 40 singles include “Magic Man“ (1975), “Crazy on You“ (1976), “Barracuda“ (1977), “What About Love“ (1985), “Never“ (1985), and “All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You“ (1990), along with no. 1 hits “These Dreams“ (1986) and “Alone“ (1987). “Alone“ became Heart’s biggest hit. It was their second number 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 after “These Dreams“ and stayed at number one for three weeks. It ranks second in the chart of the year’s biggest hits, only behind “Walk Like an Egyptian“ by The Bangles. The song was also a big hit in Europe, reaching number 3 in the UK Singles Chart in the United Kingdom. Heart featured, next to lead singers Ann and Nancy Wilson in the mid 1980’s: Howard Leese – keyboards, lead and rhythm guitars, mandolin, percussion, accordion, backing vocals, bass Michael Derosier – drums, percussion Denny Carmassi – drums, percussion Mark Andes – bass, backing vocals, occasional acoustic guitar This unique performance was filmed by TROS tv on May 21, 1987 in the Netherlands. Nederlands: “Alone“ werd de grootste hit van Heart. Het werd na “These Dreams“ in thuisland de Verenigde Staten hun tweede nummer 1-hit in de Billboard Hot 100 en bleef drie weken op de eerste plaats staan. In de lijst met grootste hits van het jaar staat het op de tweede plaats, enkel achter “Walk Like an Egyptian“ van The Bangles. Ook in Europa was het nummer een grote hit, zo bereikte de plaat in het Verenigd Koninkrijk de 3e positie in de UK Singles Chart. In Nederland was de plaat op vrijdag 19 juni 1987 Veronica Alarmschijf op Radio 3 en werd een gigantische hit. De plaat bereikte de 6e positie in zowel de Nederlandse Top 40 als de Nationale Hitparade Top 100. In België bereikte de plaat de 8e positie van de Vlaamse Ultratop 50. De groep Heart was te gast in het TROS programma ’Linda’ op 21 mei 1987 Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: May 21, 1987 This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons with Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Queen, Golden Earring, Boney M, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chic, Donna Summer and many many more.