"Tired of Being Alone" is a soul song written by American singer Al Green. It reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number seven on the Soul Singles Chart in 1971. Billboard ranked it as the number 12 song for 1971.

Background

Though released on the 1971 album, Al Green Gets Next to You, the song was written in late 1968 and intended to be released on the 1969 album, Green Is Blues. Problems occurred with the first recording, so it was postponed for production. It was altered and perfected the second time around. "Tired of Being Alone" was produced and recorded by Willie Mitchell at Hi Records and mixed by Mitchell and Terry Manning. In 1973, Green performed the song with Chicago on the TV special Chicago in the Rockies. In 2002, this recording appeared as a bonus track on the remastered version of Chicago VI. In 2004, Green's version was ranked number 293 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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Texas version

In 1992, Scottish band Texas covered "Tired of Being Alone", which became a substantial hit in the United Kingdom, reaching number 19 on the UK Singles Chart. A re-recorded version later appeared on their 2000 album, The Greatest Hits.

Track listings

**7-inch single (TEX 8) ** **CD1 (TEXCD 8 / 866 883-2) ** **CD2 'Acoustic EP' (TEXCB 8 / 866 769-2) **

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Other noteworthy versions