"Left Outside Alone" is a song by American recording artist Anastacia

Anastacia

Anastacia is an American singer-songwriter. Anastacia has been highly successful in Europe, Asia, South Africa and South America, but has had only minor success in her native United States...

 from her third studio album, Anastacia

Anastacia (album)

Anastacia is the eponymous third studio album by American recording artist Anastacia. It was released in Europe and Australia on March 29, 2004 and in Japan on June 9, 2004...

. Written by Anastacia, Dallas Austin

Dallas Austin

Dallas Austin is an American songwriter, record producer, and musician, based in Atlanta, Georgia. Some of his most notable clients include Michael Jackson, TLC, Boyz II Men, Pink, Monica, Madonna, Gwen Stefani, Stacie Orrico, Another Bad Creation, Fishbone, Sugababes, Anastacia, Namie Amuro, Kim...

, and Glen Ballard

Glen Ballard

Glen Ballard is an American songwriter and record producer, best known for co-writing and producing Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill , which won Grammy Award for "Best Rock Album", and "Album of the Year" amongst others, and is ranked by the Rolling Stone amongst The 500 Greatest Albums of...

, the song was released as the album's lead single

Lead single

A lead single is usually the first single released by a musician or a band before the release of its home album.During the era of the grammophone record, all music arrived in the marketplace as what is now termed a single, one potential hit song backed by an additional song of generally less...

 on March 15, 2004 to successful commercial performance, reaching number one in Australia, Austria, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland; number two in Denmark, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Norway; and number three in the United Kingdom and Hungary. In the United States, "Left Outside Alone" was another success on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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dance charts, where it reached the top position on the Hot Dance Singles Sales

Hot Dance Singles Sales

Hot Dance Singles Sales is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States, established in 1985. It measures the sale of commercially released singles that deal with dance music and remixes...

, as well as number five on the Hot Dance Club Play.

Music videos

Shot in California

California

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 in January 2004, the regular music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 for "Left Outside Alone" was directed by Bryan Barber

Bryan Barber

Bryan Barber is a music video and motion picture director. He has directed many music videos for popular artists.-Personal:Barber graduated from Sacramento, CA Hiram Johnson High School in 1988...

. There are actually three music videos for the song. The regular (and first) version was released to the worldwide market, excluding North America.

The regular version begins with Anastacia on a bridge. Later she is walking along a street with a red poster on an advertising pillar. Then she gets in a car, and whilst driving, she looks into a car next to her and sees "herself" canoodling passionately with a man. When she gets out of the car she notices people dancing to her song on the street.

The alternate version of this video, known as the "blue-poster version", was made for the Jason Nevins

Jason Nevins

Jason Nevins is an American DJ, producer and remixer, who is most widely known for his pop dance productions.-Career:In the early 1990s, Nevins began releasing singles under various monikers through various dance labels, but achieved global recognition in 1998 with his production of Run-DMC's...

 Global Club Edit of the song, contains different edits, including the usage of a blue poster instead of the red one, and it also has a different ending.
In 2005, a completely new video was released for American audiences. Shot on May 19–20, 2005, this version was directed by David Lippman and Charles Mehling, and was shot in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, California. Although this version was recorded specially for the American market, "Left Outside Alone" was never officially released there. In this version, Anastacia is in a castle lying alone in a bed surrounded by candles.

Track listings

Australian CD single

1. "Left Outside Alone" (Radio Edit) – 3:40
2. "Get Ready" – 3:30
3. "Left Outside Alone" (Jason Nevins
   Jason Nevins
   Jason Nevins is an American DJ, producer and remixer, who is most widely known for his pop dance productions.-Career:In the early 1990s, Nevins began releasing singles under various monikers through various dance labels, but achieved global recognition in 1998 with his production of Run-DMC's...
   
    Global Club Edit) – 4:16

European CD maxi single

1. "Left Outside Alone" (Radio Edit) – 3:40
2. "Get Ready" – 3:30
3. "Left Outside Alone" (Jason Nevins Global Club Edit) – 4:16
4. "Left Outside Alone" (Jason Nevins Mix Show Edit) – 3:14
5. "Left Outside Alone" (M*A*S*H Rock Mix) – 4:04

European promo CD single

1. "Left Outside Alone" (Radio Edit) – 3:40

German limited 3" CD single (POCK IT!)

1. "Left Outside Alone" (Radio Edit) – 3:40
2. "Left Outside Alone" (Jason Nevins Global Club Edit) – 4:16

UK CD single

1. "Left Outside Alone" (Radio Edit) – 3:40
2. "Get Ready" – 3:30

UK promo maxi single

1. "Left Outside Alone" (Radio Edit) – 3:40
2. "Left Outside Alone" (Love To Infinity Mix)
3. "Left Outside Alone" (Soda Club Remix)
4. "Left Outside Alone" (Jason Nevins Remix)

US CD maxi single

1. "Left Outside Alone" (Radio Edit) – 3:40
2. "Get Ready" – 3:30
3. "Left Outside Alone" (Jason Nevins Global Club Edit) – 4:16
4. "Left Outside Alone" (Jason Nevins Global Club) – 8:05
5. "Left Outside Alone" (Jason Nevins Mix Show) – 5:21

UK 12" promo single

A1. "Left Outside Alone" (Jason Nevins Global Club Mix) – 7:51

B1. "Left Outside Alone" (M*A*S*H Master Mix) – 6:23

B2. "Left Outside Alone" (Jason Nevins Mix Show) – 5:21

US promo CD single

1. "Left Outside Alone" (Jason Nevins Global Club) – 8:05
2. "Left Outside Alone" (Jason Nevins Global Club Edit) – 4:16

US promo CD maxi single

1. "Left Outside Alone" (Jason Nevins Global Club Edit) – 4:16
2. "Left Outside Alone" (Jason Nevins Global Club) – 8:05
3. "Left Outside Alone" (Jason Nevins Mix Show Edit) – 3:14
4. "Left Outside Alone" (Jason Nevins Mix Show) – 5:21

US 12" promo single

A1. "Left Outside Alone" (Jason Nevins Global Club)

B1. "Left Outside Alone" (M*A*S*H Master Mix) – 6:23

B2. "Left Outside Alone" (Jason Nevins Mix Show) – 5:21

Peak positions

Chart (2004/2005)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	1
Austrian Singles Chart Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann...	1
Belgian Singles Chart Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995...  (Flanders)	5
Belgian Singles Chart Ultratop 40 Ultratop 40 singles, often just Ultratop 40, is the weekly chart of best-selling singles in Wallonia and Brussels Capital Region, the french-speaking parts of Belgium. Its equivalent covering the Flanders region is Ultratop 50. Both charts are produced and published by the Ultratop organization...  (Wallonia)	7
Danish Singles Chart Tracklisten Tracklisten is a Danish top 40 record chart that is presented every Thursday midnight at .The weekly Danish Singles Chart also known as Track Top-40 combines the 40 best selling tracks from legal music downloads and the sales of music singles on either CD or vinyl...	2
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	2
European Hot 100 Singles	2
Finnish Singles Chart	6
French Singles Chart Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry...	9
German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	2
Hungarian Singles Chart Mahasz Mahasz is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. Mahasz hands out the Hungarian Music Awards and maintains the music charts for Hungary....	3
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	2
Italian Singles Chart Federation of the Italian Music Industry The Federation of the Italian Music Industry is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy....	1
New Zealand Singles Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...	20
Norwegian Singles Chart VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by...	2
Spanish Singles Chart	1
Swedish Singles Chart Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association ....	6
Swiss Singles Chart Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75...	1
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	3
US Hot Dance Club Play	5
US Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks Adult Top 40 is a variation on the United States Billboard charts...	30

Certifications

Country	Certification
Australia Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...	2× platinum
Austria	Gold
Belgium	Gold
Germany Bundesverband Musikindustrie The Bundesverband Musikindustrie or simply BVMI represents the music industry in Germany. The association represents the interests of nearly 350 labels and music industry related enterprises....	Gold
Norway	Gold
Switzerland	Gold
United Kingdom British Phonographic Industry The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...	Silver

Year-end charts

Chart (2004)	Position
Australian Singles Chart	2
Austrian Singles Chart	10
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)	15
Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia)	31
Dutch Top 40	9
European Hot 100 Singles	6
French Singles Chart	56
German Singles Chart	17
Irish Singles Chart	5
Swedish Singles Chart	19
Swiss Singles Chart	8
UK Singles Chart	7

Chart precession and succession

Release history

Region	Date
World
United States