Leave Me Alone (Jerry Cantrell song)

"Leave Me Alone"
Single by Jerry Cantrell
from the album The Cable Guy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
ReleasedMay 10, 1996[1][2]
StudioMusic Grinder Recording Studios, Hollywood, California[3]
GenreAlternative rock[4]
Length
  • 5:14 (album)
  • 4:25 (radio edit)
  • 5:15 (2016 remix)
LabelSony Music Entertainment
Songwriter(s)Jerry Cantrell
Producer(s)Jerry Cantrell, Toby Wright
Jerry Cantrell singles chronology
"Leave Me Alone"
(1996)
"Cut You In"
(1998)

"Leave Me Alone" is the first solo song by American rock musician Jerry Cantrell, the guitarist/vocalist of the band Alice in Chains. It was originally featured on the soundtrack to the 1996 film The Cable Guy and was also the film's closing track. The song was released as a single and peaked at No. 14 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.[5] A remixed version of the song was included on Jerry Cantrell's 2016 digital EP My Song.[6]

  1. ^ "Jerry Cantrell - Leave Me Alone". Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  2. ^ "Mainstream Rock Tracks - For Week Ending May 25, 1996". Billboard. May 25, 1996. p. 91.
  3. ^ "Various – The Cable Guy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Discogs. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  4. ^ "Leave Me Alone - Jerry Cantrell". AllMusic. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  5. ^ "Jerry Cantrell "Leave Me Alone" Chart History". Billboard. July 6, 1996. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  6. ^ "Jerry Cantrell: My Song - EP". Google Play. May 6, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2018.