 Music critics were divided on "Alone".Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic picked the song as one of the best tracks on "Taking Chances," and wrote that "Celine attempts to snatch Heart's 'Alone' from Carrie Underwood and cribs from Kelly Clarkson's operatic rock, two blatant thieveries that, when combined with the quartet of explicit changeups, gives "Taking Chances" a vaguely desperate vibe, as if Celine needs to prove that she still reigns supreme among all divas".Sarah Rodman wrote for "The Boston Globe" that "Enlisting former Evanescence guitarist Ben Moody adds little; in fact, the carbon-copy arrangement doesn't pack as much windswept melodramatic punch as Dion's own 'It's All Coming Back to Me Now.'