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"Lonely Boy" is an international hit song from 1977, written and recorded by Andrew Gold in 1976 for his album What's Wrong with This Picture? It spent five months on the American charts, peaking at number seven in both Canada [5] and the United States, [6] the latter for three consecutive weeks on June 11, 18 and 25, 1977, [7] [8] and number 11 in the United Kingdom.
"Lonely Boy" is a song by American rock band the Black Keys. It is the opening track from their 2011 studio album El Camino and was released as the record's lead single on October 26, 2011. The song is also the A-side of a promotional 12-inch single that was released in commemoration of Record Store Day 's "Back to Black" Friday event. [ 3 ]
Shaun Cassidy's 1977 version was a track on his debut LP.It reached # 5 in Australia. [8]Robert John, in 1980, for the album Back on the Street (US #31). [9]British boy band Big Fun covered the song for their 1990 album A Pocketful of Dreams, produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, and released it as the fourth single in July 1990, peaking at number 62 in the UK chart. [10]
"Lonely Boy" is a song written and recorded by Paul Anka. [2] Recorded in August 1958 with Don Costa's orchestra in New York, "Lonely Boy" was not released until May 11, 1959. Anka also sang this song in the film Girls Town , which was released in October 1959.
The Story of Simon Simopath is the debut album by British psychedelic band Nirvana, released by Island Records in 1967. Described by Melody Maker's Chris Welch as a "science fiction pantomime album", the songs are linked with a story on the back cover which details the dream of Simon Simopath to fly. [2]
Both the original version of "Boy" as well as an edit of the remix by Rauhofer were included on Book of Love's greatest hits album, I Touch Roses: The Best of Book of Love, in 2001. In 2001, a promotional video remix titled 'Big Red Mix' was made for the album edit of the Peter Rauhofer remix using footage from the band's 1989 appearance at ...
Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely was the final Sinatra Capitol album to be recorded using separate equipment for the mono and stereo versions. The original mono album had 12 tracks, while the original stereo version had only 10 tracks.
Music critic Nigel Williamson describes the lyrics as reflecting an "emotional ambivalence." [5] There is a contrast between comforting images such as a woman who is "so fine she is on [the singer's] mind" and "her big brass bed" and a "brand new day" against images of "a lonely boy" who "can't relate to joy" and is "so down today." [5] [6]