Speed of the Sound of Loneliness
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| "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" | ||||
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| Single by Kim Carnes | ||||
| from the album View from the House | ||||
| B-side | "Blood from the Bandit"[1] | |||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:26 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Songwriter | John Prine | |||
| Producers | Jimmy Bowen Kim Carnes | |||
| Kim Carnes singles chronology | ||||
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| "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" on YouTube | ||||
"Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" is a song written by American singer-songwriter John Prine and originally recorded on his 1986 album German Afternoons. The song was later covered by American singer-songwriter Kim Carnes, who released it as a single from her 1988 album View from the House. Carnes' version reached number 70 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.[1] The song gained further fame with a duet recording by Prine and American singer Nanci Griffith on the latter's 1993 album Other Voices, Other Rooms[2] and the release of the track as a single.