If I Have to Stand Alone

If I Have to Stand Alone
Studio album by Lonnie Gordon
Released	1991
Recorded	1989-1990
Genre	Dance-pop, house
Label	Supreme Records Cherry Pop (2009 reissue)
Lonnie Gordon chronology
If I Have to Stand Alone (1991) Bad Mood (1993)

If I Have to Stand Alone is the debut album by Hi-NRG and house singer Lonnie Gordon. It was released in 1991 on Supreme Records. It includes Gordon's breakthrough hit "Happenin' All Over Again", which was a top 10 hit in the UK and a big hit around Europe. However, the two follow-up singles, "Beyond Your Wildest Dreams" and "If I Have to Stand Alone" did not fare as well. The album was released in parts of continental Europe, Japan and Australia (where it charted at #173 on the ARIA Charts^[1]) in 1991, albeit in limited quantity, and was never released in the UK.

Most of the album was produced by British hitmaking team Stock, Aitken & Waterman or their associates Phil Harding and Ian Curnow. The album also includes Gordon's debut single for the label, "It's Not Over", which was released in September 1989. The album incorporates Stock Aitken & Waterman's typical Europop sound, but also adding influences of the Italo house scene that was big in the UK charts in late 1989/1990.

Gordon recorded two more tracks which were not included in the album: "How Could He Do This to Me" (produced by Stock, Aitken & Waterman, and originally the planned follow-up to "Happenin' All Over Again"), and "Just a Matter of Time" (produced by Harding & Curnow). The former was later issued in the late '90s on a dance compilation. Both were later released through iTunes in 2009.

Track listing

1. "If I Have to Stand Alone"
2. "Happenin' All Over Again"
3. "Better Off Without You"
4. "Beyond Your Wildest Dreams"
5. "I Need You"
6. "That's No Reason"
7. "Best of Friends"
8. "It's Not Over"
9. "Watching You"
10. "Helpless Hearts"
11. "Right Before My Eyes" (NY Mix) [Bonus track on CD editions]

2009 Special Edition

In April 2009, UK label Cherry Pop reissued the album, including several bonus tracks, marking the first time for the album to be available worldwide. The reissue includes "How Could He Do This to Me", a track Gordon recorded for the album but was not originally included, as well as several remixes, some of them previously unreleased.

Track listing

1. "If I Have to Stand Alone"
2. "Happenin' All Over Again"
3. "Better Off Without You"
4. "Beyond Your Wildest Dreams"
5. "I Need You"
6. "That's No Reason"
7. "Best of Friends"
8. "It's Not Over (Let No Man Put Asunder)"
9. "Watching You"
10. "Helpless Hearts"

Bonus tracks

1. "How Could He Do This to Me" (7" Mix)
2. "Happenin' All Over Again" (Tony King 1990 Mix)
3. "If I Have to Stand Alone" (Original 12" Mix)
4. "Better Off Without You" (Extended Version)
5. "Happenin' All Over Again" (Dave Ford 1990 Mix)
6. "How Could He Do This to Me" (Extended Version)
7. "Best of Friends" (Extended Version)

References

1. "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry (submitted to [e-mail]), received 2015-07-15". imgur.com. Retrieved 2015-07-24.