Alone Too Long (song)

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"Alone Too Long"

Single by Hall & Oates

from the album Daryl Hall & John Oates

B-side

"Nothing At All"

Released

November 1975

Recorded

1975

Genre

Blue-eyed soul, soft rock

Chris Bond
Daryl Hall
John Oates

Hall & Oates singles chronology

"Camellia"
(1975)

"Alone Too Long"
(1975)

"Sara Smile"
(1976)

"Alone Too Long" is a song by Hall & Oates and single from their 1975 album Daryl Hall & John Oates. The song features John Oates on lead vocals, and reached number 98 on the Billboard R&B chart in 1975.^[1]

Record World called it "a high harmonied track" and "a most pleasing and sensuous effort."^[2]

The song is used as the opening theme to the 2013 HBO comedy series Hello Ladies starring Stephen Merchant.^[3]

References

^ "Discography". Daryl Hall & John Oates.
^ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. November 1, 1975. p. 12. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
^ Barton, Anthony (19 October 2013). "Hall And Oates Song Used As Theme Song To New HBO Show". Noise11.com. Retrieved 23 December 2014.

v t e Hall & Oates
Daryl Hall John Oates
Studio albums	Whole Oats (1972) Abandoned Luncheonette (1973) War Babies (1974) Daryl Hall & John Oates (1975) Bigger Than Both of Us (1976) Beauty on a Back Street (1977) Along the Red Ledge (1978) X-Static (1979) Voices (1980) Private Eyes (1981) H₂O (1982) Big Bam Boom (1984) Ooh Yeah! (1988) Change of Season (1990) Marigold Sky (1997) Do It for Love (2003) Our Kind of Soul (2004) Home for Christmas (2006)
Live albums	Livetime (1978) Live at the Apollo (1985) Greatest Hits Live (2001)
Compilation albums	No Goodbyes (1977) Rock 'n Soul Part 1 (1983) Looking Back – The Best of Daryl Hall + John Oates (1991) The Atlantic Collection (1996) The Very Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates (2001) VH1 Behind the Music: The Daryl Hall and John Oates Collection (2002) Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates (2004) The Singles (2008)
Singles	"She's Gone" (1974) "Alone Too Long" (1975) "Sara Smile" (1976) "Rich Girl" (1977) "Wait for Me" (1979) "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (1980) "Kiss on My List" (1981) "You Make My Dreams" (1981) "Private Eyes" (1981) "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" (1981) "Did It in a Minute" (1982) "Maneater" (1982) "One on One" (1983) "Family Man" (1983) "Jingle Bell Rock" (1983) "Say It Isn't So" (1983) "Adult Education" (1984) "Out of Touch" (1984) "Method of Modern Love" (1985) "A Nite at the Apollo Live! The Way You Do the Things You Do/My Girl" (live) (1985) "Everything Your Heart Desires" (1988) "Love Train" (1989) "So Close" (1990) "Starting All Over Again" (1991) "Do It for Love" (2002) "Someday We'll Know" (2003) "Getaway Car" (2003) "I'll Be Around" (2004) "Without You" (2004) "I Can Dream About You" (2005) "Ooh Child" (2005) "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" (2006)
Other songs	"Everytime You Go Away" (1980)
Hall solo albums	Sacred Songs (1980) Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine (1986) Soul Alone (1993) Can't Stop Dreaming (1996) Laughing Down Crying (2011) BeforeAfter (2022)
Oates solo albums	Phunk Shui (2002) Arkansas (2018)
Related articles	Discography Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates Live from Daryl's House HoagieNation Sara Allen Janna Allen

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