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| Single by The Police | ||||||||||
| from the album Outlandos d'Amour | ||||||||||
| B-side | "No Time This Time" | |||||||||
| Released | November 1978 February 1980 (re-release) |
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| Format | Vinyl record (7") | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1978 | |||||||||
| Genre | New Wave, ska, rock | |||||||||
| Length | 3:10 (7" single edit) 4:52 (Full-length album version) |
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| Label | A&M - AMS 7402 | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Sting | |||||||||
| Producer | Stewart Copeland, Sting, Andy Summers | |||||||||
| Certification | Silver (BPI) | |||||||||
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"So Lonely" is a song by The Police, appearing on the 1978 studio album Outlandos d'Amour and released as a single in November 1978 and again in February 1980 as a re-release. The single didn't chart on the first occasion but reached number 6 with its second release.[1] The other singles from Outlandos D'Amour, "Roxanne" and "Can't Stand Losing You", followed a similar pattern of not charting very high in 1978, but doing very well on a re-release.
Sting has admitted that he used Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry" as the basis for this song:
"People thrashing out three chords didn't really interest us musically. Reggae was accepted in punk circles and musically more sophisticated, and we could play it, so we veered off in that direction. I mean let's be honest here, 'So Lonely' was unabashedly culled from 'No Woman No Cry' by Bob Marley. Same chorus. What we invented was this thing of going back and forth between thrash punk and reggae. That was the little niche we created for ourselves."—Sting, Revolver 4/2000[2]
Sting recycled the lyrics in the song's verses from his earlier Last Exit song "Fool in Love".
The video for the song depicts the band walking around the streets of Hong Kong and on the subway trains of Tokyo in 1980.[citation needed]
The song has been covered many times, including a version by Limbeck on the album ¡Policia! - A Tribute to the Police (2005) put out by The Militia Group.
The song is also available for play in music video game Guitar Hero 5 & as downloadable content for Rock Band 3.
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Personnel [link]
- Sting - bass, lead vocals, backing vocals, harmonica
- Andy Summers - guitars
- Stewart Copeland - drums
Track listing [link]
7": A&M / AMS 7402 (UK) [link]
- "So Lonely" - 3:10
- "No Time This Time" - 3:30
References [link]
- ^ The Police in the UK Charts, The Official Charts.
- ^ Garbarini, Vic (Spring 2000). "I think if we came back...", Revolver.
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So Lonely (disambiguation)
"So Lonely" is a 1979 song by The Police.
So Lonely may also refer to:
So Lonely (Twista and Mariah Carey song)
"So Lonely" is a song written and produced by American singer Mariah Carey and producer Rodney Jerkins. It is a duet between rapper Twista and Carey, featured on his album The Day After and Carey's The Emancipation of Mimi (Ultra Platinum Edition). It was unofficially released in 2006 as the third single from The Day After. The version on The Emancipation of Mimi serves as a sequel track to "One and Only" (also featuring Twista), another track from The Emancipation of Mimi, and is subtitled "One and Only Part 2". The version on The Day After serves as a sequel track to that and is therefore subtitled "One and Only Part 3".
The single unofficially impacted U.S. radio on January 18, 2006, but it had already been added to many radio station playlists and internet websites well before this date (in late September 2005). The single was introduced to iTunes as a digital download in late 2005. "So Lonely" reached number 14 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which represents the twenty-five singles below the Billboard Hot 100's number 100 position that have not yet appeared on the Hot 100. It failed to reach the top forty on the Pop 100 or Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts, though it appeared on the Rhythmic Airplay Chart. There was no official music video for the single.
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So Lonely
by: HolliesEvery time I see you walking down
The street with my girl
I get a funny feeling
When I see you out with my girl
I get so lonely
I get so lonely without you
I get lonely for you
See you everyday
And now I realize you're not mine
I know I just can't think
Of anything to do with my time
'Cos I'm so lonely
I get so lonely without you
Waiting (Oh I'm waiting oh I'm waiting)
Oh I'm waiting (Oh I'm waiting yes I'm waiting)
Waiting (Oh I'm waiting yes I'm waiting)
For your loving
To keep me satisfied forever
To keep me satisfied forever
If you get tired of her
Just her right on back to my arms
And then we'll start anew
And know that we never will part
I get so lonely
I get so lonely without you