Alone in This World

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"Alone in This World"
Single by Faith Evans
from the album Faithfully
ReleasedApril 6, 2002
Length3:53
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Faith Evans singles chronology
"Burnin' Up"
(2002)
"Alone in This World"
(2002)
"Hope"
(2004)

"Alone in This World" is a song by American singer Faith Evans. It was written by Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Mechalie Jamison, Michael Carlos Jones, Jack Knight, Herbert Magidson, Mario Winans, and Allie Wrubel for her third studio album Faithfully (2001). Production was helmed by Combs and Winans. The son contains a sample from "Who Shot Ya?" (1995) by American rapper The Notorious B.I.G. Diddy. Due to the inclusion of the sample, several other writers are credited as songwriters. The song was released as the album's fourth and final single in April 2002 and reached number 73 on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Rapper Jay-Z appeared on a remix version of the song.[1]

Critical reception

BBC Music's Keysha Davis found that "this moody track provides the perfect accompaniment to Faith's raspy, vocals, as she echoes the bewilderment of a lover gone astray, leaving her to fend for herself in this world."[2] NME wrote that "opener "Alone in This World" is a tight Eve-esque number,"[3] Tracey E. Hopkins from Rolling Stone called the song "dance-floor ready."[4]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Faithfully.[5]

Charts

Chart (2002) Peak
position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[6] 73

References

  1. ^ "From J To Z". Vibe. January 11, 2002. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  2. ^ Davis, Keysha (January 11, 2002). "Faith Evans: Faithfully: Review". BBC Music. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "Evans, Faith: Faithfully". NME. September 12, 2005. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  4. ^ Hopkins, Tracy E. "Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 26, 2009. Retrieved July 18, 2020.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ Faithfully (Media notes). Faith Evans. Bad Boy Records. 2001.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ "Faith Evans Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-09-28.