I'm the Lonely One

"I'm the Lonely One" was written by then-Viscounts member Gordon Mills. The B-side, "Watch What You Do with My Baby" was written by Elvis Presley songwriters Bill Giant, Bernie Baum and Florence Kaye. Both songs were included on the EP Cliff's Palladium Successes.^[5]

Reviewing for Disc, Don Nicholl described "I'm the Lonely One" as "a snappy change of pace that will probably do [Richard] a lot of good in the parade. The song skips along infectiously on a good light beat and the hand clapping in the accompaniment will pull you in quickly".^[6]

The song did receive some criticism however, with one letter to the music press asking why the group had to "sink so low and go all R&B on their latest record? On this disc, they lose all claim to originality". However, Richard said "actually, it wasn't originally planned as a single. I usually include a couple of rockers on my albums, and this song was cut with that in view, but the beat craze changed our plans."^[2]

In April 1964, Richard released a German-language version of "I'm the Lonely One", titled "Zuviel allein (The Lonely One)", with German lyrics by Kurt Hertha and backing vocals by the Botho-Lucas-Quartett. It was released as a double A-side with a German-language version of "Don't Talk to Him", titled "Sag' "no" zu ihm".^[7]

7": Columbia / DB 7203

1. "I'm the Lonely One" – 2:16
2. "Watch What You Do with My Baby" – 2:04

7": Columbia / C 22 707 (Germany)

1. "Zuviel allein" – 2:16
2. "Sag' "no" zu ihm" – 2:53