And I Was Alone

"And I Was Alone" is an instrumental by The Residents, recorded during sessions for their Commercial Album between September 1979 and October 1980, and first released in October 1980 as the uncredited closing track of the first side of the Commercial Single EP.
The song was then included on a bonus 7" single included with the French release of the album, with another outtake, "Shut Up Shut Up". This version of the single was later released in a picture sleeve as "The Commercial Single Two" by Residents fan club W.E.I.R.D.. The song has since often been included in expanded reissues of Commercial Album.
A music video for the song was created by Harry Lagoussis for The Residents' 2004 DVD release Commercial DVD. In 2009 it was featured on the compilation album Documentation - Tunes In Danger of Becoming Lost. In 2019, an alternate version of the song was released on the pREServed CD edition of Commercial Album.
==List of releases==
*Commercial Single EP (1980) Grove Street studio recording, September 1979 - October 1980 (1:04)
*Commercial Album French edition (1981) 
*Commercial Album Classic Series CD reissue (1988) 
*Commercial DVD (2004) 
*Documentation - Tunes In Danger of Becoming Lost (2009) 
*Commercial Album pREServed CD edition (2019) Grove Street studio recording, September 1979 - October 1980 (alternate take, 1:03)
===List of versions===
==See also==
*"Shut Up Shut Up"
*Commercial Single
*Commercial Album
==Buy Or Die!==
=== Listen online ===
* "And I Was Alone" on Spotify
* "And I Was Alone" on Apple Music
* "And I Was Alone (Alternate)" on Spotify
* "And I Was Alone (Alternate)" on Apple Music
== External links and references ==
* Commercial Single at The Residents Historical
Category:Songs
Category:One Minute Songs
Category:Commercial Album
Category:Non-album tracks
Category:Commercial Single
Category:Documentation - Tunes In Danger Of Becoming Lost
Category:Commercial DVD