"Lonely"
Single by Merril Bainbridge
from the album Between the Days
ReleasedApril 1998 (1998-04)
Length3:34
LabelGotham, Universal
Songwriter(s)Merril Bainbridge, Owen Bolwell
Producer(s)Siew
Merril Bainbridge singles chronology
"Sleeping Dogs"
(1996)		 "Lonely"
(1998)		 "I Got You Babe"
(1998)

"Lonely" is a song written by Merril Bainbridge and Owen Bolwell, produced by Siew for Bainbridge's second album, Between the Days (1998). It was released as the album's first single in Australia in April 1998 as a CD single. The bridge of the song samples the lyrics from the nursery rhyme "Georgie Porgie".

Chart performance

The song made its debut to the Australian ARIA Singles Chart at number 74, making the song Bainbridge's fifth song to reach the top 100. On its second week, it fell three places to number 77, then jumped nine places to 68 the following week. After six weeks of being in the chart, it entered the top 50 at number 48. Two weeks later, the song peaked at number 40, then dropped out of the top 50 the next week. The song spent a total of three weeks in the top 50 and 17 weeks in the top 100.[1][2] According to Australian magazine The Music Network, "Lonely" was the most-aired song on Australian radio for 21 weeks.[3] In the US, the track peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, spending four weeks on the listing.[4]

Track listing

Australian and US CD single[5][6]

  1. "Lonely"
  2. "Lonely" (alternate mix)
  3. "Lonely" (acoustic version)

Charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 40
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[4] 18

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Australia April 1998 CD Gotham
United States 14 July 1998 Universal [7]

References

  1. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  2. 1 2 "Merril Bainbridge – Lonely". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Eliezer, Christie (12 September 1998). "Universal's Bainbridge Aims to Replay Australian Success in U.S.". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 37. p. 20. The lead-off single, 'Lonely,' was the most-played Australian single for 21 weeks, according to the radio monitor publication Music Network.
  4. 1 2 "Merril Bainbridge Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  5. ↑ Lonely (Australian CD single liner notes). Merril Bainbridge. Gotham Records. 1998. GOTH98042.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ Lonely (US CD single liner notes). Merril Bainbridge. Universal Records. 1998. UDS-56199.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ↑ "New Releases". Radio & Records. No. 1256. 10 July 1998. pp. 39, 45.


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