Better Off Alone

"Better Off Alone"
Orbit Records German cover
Single by Alice Deejay
from the album Who Needs Guitars Anyway?
ReleasedDecember 1998 (1998-12)
Recorded1997
StudioViolent (Studio 4045) (Hilversum, Netherlands)
Genre
Length
  • 3:34
  • 2:56 (UK radio edit/video version)
LabelViolent
Songwriters
Producers
Alice Deejay singles chronology
"Better Off Alone"
(1998)
"Back in My Life"
(1999)
Audio sample
22-second excerpt of the song's primary line.
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Music videos
DJ Jurgen version
Violent Records DJ Jurgen single

"Better Off Alone" is a song by Alice Deejay, the Eurodance project of Dutch producer DJ Jurgen in collaboration with Wessel van Diepen, Dennis van den Driesschen, Sebastiaan Molijn and Eelke Kalberg (Pronti & Kalmani). In 1997, the song was released as an instrumental by DJ Jurgen on Violent Records. Later releases of the track included vocals by Judith Pronk, who would later become an important part of the Alice Deejay project. The song was included on the project's debut album, Who Needs Guitars Anyway? (2000). In 2023 and 2025, Billboard magazine featured "Better Off Alone" on their lists of the "Best Pop Songs of All Time" and "Best Dance Songs of All Time".