I Stand Alone (Godsmack song)

"I Stand Alone"
Single by Godsmack
from the album The Scorpion King soundtrack and Faceless
ReleasedFebruary 2002
StudioHit Factory Criteria (Miami)
GenreNu metal[1]
Length3:52
LabelUniversal
Songwriter(s)Sully Erna
Producer(s)
  • David Bottrill[2]
Godsmack singles chronology
"Greed"
(2001)
"I Stand Alone"
(2002)
"Straight Out of Line"
(2003)

"I Stand Alone" is a song by the American rock band Godsmack. It was released to radio in February 2002 as the lead single from the Scorpion King soundtrack. It would reappear on Godsmack's third studio album, Faceless, the following year.[3] It won a 2002 Metal Edge Readers' Choice Award for "Song of the Year From a Movie Soundtrack."[4]

"I Stand Alone" reached No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock chart and No. 20 on the Modern Rock chart in the US.[5] The single achieved Gold certification for more than half a million copies shipped in the United States, spurring sales of over 1.5 million copies for Faceless and propelling Godsmack to worldwide popularity.

  1. ^ "28 Nu-Metal Era Bands You Probably Forgot All About". NME. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  2. ^ Billboard Magazine - February 23, 2002, page 22 Google Books
  3. ^ "Godsmack: Faceless Track Listing Unveiled". Blabbermouth.Net. 2003-02-01. Archived from the original on 2009-09-24. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
  4. ^ Metal Edge, June 2003
  5. ^ "Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Godsmack – Billboard 200". Billboard 200. 2009-01-21. Retrieved 2007-11-11.