"If I Have to Stand Alone" is a song by American Hi-NRG and house singer Lonnie Gordon, released in November 1990 as the fourth and last single from her debut album by the same name (1990).
In spite of good critical reception, "If I Have to Stand Alone" did not manage to become a hit, remaining at the bottom of the charts in the countries where it was released.
"[1] Nick Robinson from Music Week wrote, "Written, arranged and produced by SAW, this sticks to a winning formula.
[2] In 2017, Christian Guiltenane of British magazine Attitude praised the song as being a "fantastically noisy pop juggernaut" and an "anthem" he considered in some ways "better" than "Happenin' All Over Again", "sounding like the musical equivalent of a runaway train, and deserved huge success".
[3] A review published in 2021 on the Pop Rescue site said that "If I Have to Stand Alone" "bursts this 11 track album right open with some wonderful bleeping synths, before instantly screaming Stock/Aitken/Waterman's late 80's synth-pop style", and expressed sadeness about the single failure on the UK single chart.