"Never Gonna Be Alone" | ||||
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Single by Nickelback | ||||
from the album Dark Horse | ||||
Released | September 29, 2009 | |||
Format | Digital download | |||
Recorded | March–July 2008 | |||
Studio | Mountain View Studios (Abbotsford, British Columbia) | |||
Length | 3:47 | |||
Label | Roadrunner | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Robert John "Mutt" Lange | |||
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"Never Gonna Be Alone" on YouTube |
"Never Gonna Be Alone" is a song recorded by Canadian rock group Nickelback for their sixth studio album, Dark Horse (2008). It was written by frontman Chad Kroeger with the record's producer, Robert John "Mutt" Lange. "Never Gonna Be Alone" was released to American radio on September 29, 2009 as the album's sixth overall single and third US pop single.
Deemed one of the album's best songs by critics, "Never Gonna Be Alone" became the group's tenth top 10 Adult Pop hit.
"Never Gonna Be Alone" is a ballad composed by Chad Kroeger and Mutt Lange. Kroeger's vocal style on the song is influenced by country music. The song's lyrics speak of love or spirituality and find the narrator asking for a second chance. According to the sheet music published by Alfred Publishing Co., "Never Gonna Be Alone" was composed in the key of E major and is set in common time to a "moderately slow" tempo of approximately 69 BPM. The song has a one octave vocal range, from B4 to B5.
The song made its North American debut on Montreal hot adult contemporary radio station CJFM-FM in December 2008 before its release as a single and later went into rotation on other Canadian stations. Roadrunner Records officially serviced the song to American contemporary hit radio on September 29, 2009. "Never Gonna Be Alone" serves as the third pop single in the US (after "Gotta Be Somebody" and "If Today Was Your Last Day") and fourth in Canada (including "I'd Come for You").