Better Off Alone

For other uses, see Better Off Alone (disambiguation).

"Better Off Alone"
Orbit Records German cover
Single by Alice Deejay
from the album Who Needs Guitars Anyway?
ReleasedDecember 1998 (1998-12)[1]
Recorded1997[2]
StudioViolent (Studio 4045), (Hilversum, Netherlands)[3]
Genre
Length3:34
LabelViolent
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Alice Deejay singles chronology
"Better Off Alone"
(1998) 		"Back in My Life"
(1999)
Music video
"Better Off Alone" on YouTube
DJ Jurgen version
Violent Records DJ Jurgen single
Audio sample
21-second excerpt where the song's primary line is featured.

"Better Off Alone" is a Techno song by Alice Deejay, the Eurodance project of Dutch producer DJ Jurgen in collaboration with Wessel van Diepen, Dennis van den Driesschen, Sebastiaan Molijn and Eelke Kalberg (Pronti & Kalmani). In 1997, the song was released as an instrumental by DJ Jurgen on Violent Records. Later releases of the track included vocals by Judith Pronk, who would later become an important part of the Alice Deejay project. The song was included on the project's debut album, Who Needs Guitars Anyway? (2000). In 2023, Billboard featured "Better Off Alone" on their list of the "Best Pop Songs of All Time".[5]

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  3. ^ Alice Deejay (1999). Better Off Alone (Compact disc). Scandinavia: Jive Records; Violent Records. 0523562.
  4. ^ "Purity Ring share cover of Alice DJ's 'Better Off Alone': Listen". DJ Mag. 30 September 2020. Archived from the original on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2024. ...Canadian electro duo Purity Ring have remade the 1998 eurodance hit, 'Better Off Alone'...
  5. ^ "The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List". Billboard. 19 October 2023. Archived from the original on 2 November 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.