You're Only Lonely (song)
1979 single by JD Souther
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"You're Only Lonely" is a 1979 single by JD Souther from his album You're Only Lonely.[4] It was Souther's only top ten pop hit, peaking at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 for the weeks of December 15, 22 and 29, 1979 and spent five weeks at number one on the Adult Contemporary chart.[5][6][7]
| "You're Only Lonely" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by JD Souther | ||||
| from the album You're Only Lonely | ||||
| B-side | "Songs of Love" | |||
| Released | August 1979[1] | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:48 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter | JD Souther | |||
| JD Souther singles chronology | ||||
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Background
Souther hired Danny Kortchmar to play guitar, David Sanborn saxophone, and to help out with the harmony, Phil Everly, Jackson Browne, and three members of the Eagles (Frey, Felder, Henley).[8]
Charts
| Chart (1979–80) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[9] | 17 |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 18 |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary | 2 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 12 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[10] | 7 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 60 |
| Year-end chart (1980) | Rank |
|---|---|
| US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[11] | 57 |
Cover versions
- The song was covered by Marietta, then wife of Rick Parfitt, as a single in 1982.
- It was covered in 2004 by Taiwanese girl group S.H.E on their album Magical Journey.
- It was covered by singer-songwriter Schuyler Fisk on her album The Good Stuff.
- Patrick Norman covered the song in French as "Je serai toujours là".
- It was also covered by Raul Malo of the Mavericks, on his 2006 album You're Only Lonely.
- It was covered by Brothers of the Heart.
In popular culture
- The song was featured in the 2005 Korean film Daddy-Long-Legs and the 2013 Korean drama, A Little Love Never Hurts.
