

So many times Said it was forever Said our love would always be true Something in my heart always knew I'd be lying here beside you On my own On my own On my own So many promises never should be spoken Now I know what loving you cost Now we're up to talking divorce And we weren't even married On my own Once again now One more time By myself No one said it was easy But it once was so easy Well I believed in love Now here I stand I wonder why I'm on my own Why did it end this way On my own This wasn't how it was supposed to be On my own I wish that we could do it all again So many times I know I should have told you Losing you it cut like a knife You walked out and there went my life I don't want to live without you On my own On my own On my own Chorus Repeat This wasn't how it was supposed to end I wish that we could do it all again I never dreamed I'd spend one night alone On my own, I've got to find where I belong again I've got to learn how to be strong again I never dreamed I'd spend one night alone By myself by myself I've got to find out what was mine again My heart is saying that it's my time again And I have faith that I will shine again I have faith in me On my own On my own On my own
So many times Said it was forever Said our love would always be true Something in my heart always knew I'd be lying here beside you On my own On my own On my own So many promises never should be spoken Now I know what loving you cost Now we're up to talking divorce And we weren't even married On my own Once again now One more time By myself No one said it was easy But it once was so easy Well I believed in love Now here I stand I wonder why I'm on my own Why did it end this way On my own This wasn't how it was supposed to be On my own I wish that we could do it all again So many times I know I should have told you Losing you it cut like a knife You walked out and there went my life I don't want to live without you On my own On my own On my own Chorus Repeat This wasn't how it was supposed to end I wish that we could do it all again I never dreamed I'd spend one night alone On my own, I've got to find where I belong again I've got to learn how to be strong again I never dreamed I'd spend one night alone By myself by myself I've got to find out what was mine again My heart is saying that it's my time again And I have faith that I will shine again I have faith in me On my own On my own On my own
A gravação original de “On My Own” foi feita por Dionne Warwick no álbum *Friends* (1985), antes de Patti LaBelle e Michael McDonald transformarem-na em um dueto.
LaBelle decidiu convidar McDonald depois de ouvir a versão solo dela, pois achou que o tema de um relacionamento que terminou poderia ganhar mais profundidade quando cantado por dois vozes distintas.
Os cantores gravaram suas partes em cidades separadas e o estúdio posteriormente “casou” as faixas na mixagem, criando um efeito de duetos em tempo real.
O videoclipe exibiu LaBelle e McDonald em prédios com lareiras e decorações idênticas, porém distintas, em cômodos diferentes, reforçando a ideia de separação geográfica no cenário musical.
O single foi lançado em 22 de março de 1986, marcando o primeiro lançamento de álbum de LaBelle, *Winner in You*, pela MCA Records.
A composição foi escrita e produzida por Burt Bacharach e sua então esposa Carole Bayer Sager, que já tinham colaborado em vários sucessos antes dessa parceria.
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