We All Sleep Alone
"We All Sleep Alone" | ||||||||||||||||
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Single by Cher | ||||||||||||||||
from the album Cher | ||||||||||||||||
B-side | "Working Girl" | |||||||||||||||
Released | January 28, 1988 | |||||||||||||||
Format |
CD Maxi-single, 7", 12" VHS single | |||||||||||||||
Recorded | 1987 | |||||||||||||||
Genre | Pop rock, adult contemporary | |||||||||||||||
Length | 3:56 | |||||||||||||||
Label | Geffen | |||||||||||||||
Writer(s) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child | |||||||||||||||
Producer(s) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child | |||||||||||||||
Cher singles chronology | ||||||||||||||||
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"We All Sleep Alone" is the second official single from Cher's self-titled eighteenth album Cher, released on January 28, 1988 by Geffen Records. The single was also released on VHS containing the music video, as directed by Cher.
Song information
This song was produced and written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and Desmond Child (with whom Cher would later be romantically involved). This song was remixed by Todd Terry for her 1998 album Believe.
Critical reception
Allmusic highlighted the song on a self-titled album.[1]
Music video
There are two version of videos for "We All Sleep Alone". the first is only with Cher and Camilletti in a big bedroom, the second version including a footage from the first and clip with dancers in the streets and her on a stage.
On March 31, 1988, this video was released as a promo on VHS tape in the USA. In 2004 it was officially released on DVD in the video compilation, The Very Best of Cher: The Video Hits Collection.
Live performances
Cher performed the song on the following concert tours:
- Heart of Stone Tour
- Love Hurts Tour
- Do You Believe? Tour
- The Farewell Tour (sung on the first leg of the tour only)
Formats and track listings
We All Sleep Alone remix vinyl 12"[2]
- "We all Sleep Alone" (Remix)
- "Working Girl"
- "I Found Someone"
Official versions
- Album version (3:56)
- Remix (3:52)
- Todd Terry Remix (5:10)
- Todd Terry Remix Edit (4:06)
Charts
Chart (1988) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA)[3] | 76 |
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[4] | 27 |
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[5] | 5 |
Spain Top 40 Radio (Promusicae)[6] | 36 |
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[7] | 47 |
US Billboard Hot 100[8] | 14 |
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[9] | 11 |
References
- ↑ Review by Allmusic Retrieved 15 October
- ↑ "We All Sleep Alone Single".
- ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 8667." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 8571." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- ↑ Fernando Salaverri (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
- ↑ "Cher: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Cher – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Cher. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Cher – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Cher. Retrieved November 2, 2015.