If I Have to Stand Alone is the debut album by Hi-NRG

Hi-NRG

Hi-NRG describes a form of high-tempo disco music as well as a genre of electronic dance music originating in the United States during the late 1970s...

 and House

House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

 singer Lonnie Gordon

Lonnie Gordon

Lonnie Gordon is a female Hi-NRG, house and soul singer-songwriter from New York's Bronx, who has scored many chart hits during the 1990s and 2000s.-Early life and career:...

. It was released in 1991 on Supreme Records. It includes Gordon's breakthrough hit "Happenin' All Over Again

Happenin' All Over Again

"Happenin' All over Again" is a song written and produced by Stock Aitken & Waterman for Lonnie Gordon's first album If I Have to Stand Alone . It was released as the album's second single in January 1990 and reached #4 on the main UK singles chart...

", which was a top 10 hit in the UK and a big hit around Europe. However, the two follow-up singles, "Beyond Your Wildest Dreams" and "If I Have To Stand Alone", flopped, causing the album to be shelved in the UK. It was however released in parts of continental Europe, Japan and Australia in 1991, albeit in limited quantity.

Most of the album was produced by British hitmaking team Stock, Aitken & Waterman or their associates Phil Harding

Phil Harding (producer)

Phil Harding is an English audio engineer, producer and remixer, best known for his extended collaboration with keyboardist and programmer Ian Curnow....

 and Ian Curnow. The album also includes Gordon's debut single for the label, "It's Not Over", which was released in September 1989. The album incorporates Stock Aitken & Waterman's typical Europop

Europop

Europop refers to a style of pop music that first developed in today's form in Europe, throughout the late 1970s. Europop topped the charts throughout the 1980s and ’90s...

 sound, but also adding influences of the Italo house scene that was big in the UK charts in late 1989/1990.

Gordon recorded two more tracks which were not included in the album: "How Could He Do This To Me" (produced by Stock, Aitken & Waterman, and originally the planned follow-up to "Happenin' All Over Again"), and "Just A Matter Of Time" (produced by Harding & Curnow). The former was later issued in the late 90's on a dance compilation. Both were later released through itunes

ITunes

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 in 2009.

Track listing

1. "If I Have To Stand Alone"
2. "Happenin' All Over Again
   Happenin' All Over Again
   "Happenin' All over Again" is a song written and produced by Stock Aitken & Waterman for Lonnie Gordon's first album If I Have to Stand Alone . It was released as the album's second single in January 1990 and reached #4 on the main UK singles chart...
   
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3. "Better Off Without You"
4. "Beyond Your Wildest Dreams"
5. "I Need You"
6. "That's No Reason"
7. "Best Of Friends"
8. "It's Not Over
9. "Watching You"
10. "Helpless Hearts"
11. "Right Before My Eyes (NY Mix) (Bonus track on CD editions)

2009 Special Edition

In April 2009, UK label Cherry Pop

Cherry Red

Cherry Red is a London-based independent record label formed in 1978.-History:Cherry Red grew from the rock promotion company founded in 1971 to promote rock concerts at the Malvern Winter Gardens...

reissued the album, including several bonus tracks, marking the first time the album is available worldwide. The reissue includes "How Could He Do This To Me", a track Gordon recorded for the album but was not included, as well as several remixes, some of them unreleased.

Track listing

1. If I Have To Stand Alone
2. Happenin' All Over Again
3. Better Off Without You
4. Beyond Your Wildest Dreams
5. I Need You
6. That's No Reason
7. Best Of Friends
8. It's Not Over (Let No Man Put Asunder)
9. Watching You
10. Helpless Hearts

Bonus Tracks

1. How Could He Do This To Me? (7 Mix)
2. Happenin' All Over Again (Tony King 1990 Mix)
3. If I Have To Stand Alone (Original 12 Mix)
4. Better Off Without You (Extended Version)
5. Happenin' All Over Again (Dave Ford 1990 Mix)
6. How Could He Do This To Me? (Extended Version)
7. Best Of Friends (Extended Version)