Lonely

Album

Trouble

Label

SRC (Street Records Corporation)

Genre

Chipmunk soul

Composer(s)

Bobby Vinton;Gene Allan;Aliaune Thiam

Entered Chart

Feb 26, 2005

Peak Date

Apr 23, 2005

Released

February 22, 2005

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

SRC/Universal 004541

This song is about a boyfriend who neglects his girl and takes her for granted. One day, he wakes up and she's gone. It's only in her absence that he realizes what she means to him and comes to appreciate her. >> This is a reworking of the 1964 Bobby Vinton hit "Mr. Lonely." The sample was sped-up so it sounded similar to The Chipmunks. After signing Akon, SRC wanted to break him on the streets first, so the label released his tale of an imprisoned drug runner "Locked Up" as his first single. They then dropped the more commercial "Lonely" and everything went according to plan. "Lonely" topped the charts in many countries, including, Australia, Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In Germany, it spent eight weeks at #1. The UK music channel The Box had a Top 10 weekly chart calculated by the number of requests. "Lonely" spent 15 weeks on the top of the tally before being surpassed by James Blunt's "You're Beautiful." Akon had a second UK #1 with "Smack That" in 2006. He also topped the Hot 100 twice with his Snoop Dogg collaboration "I Wanna Love You" and "Don't Matter." The Gil Green-directed video starred Vampire Diaries and Honey 2 actress Katerina Graham as Akon's love interest. Five years later, she turned up in Justin Bieber's "Somebody To Love" clip.

Lonely, I'm Mr Lonely
I have nobody for my own
Oh, I'm so lonely
I'm Mr Lonely
I have nobody for my own
Oh, I'm so lonely

Yo, this one here
Goes out to all my players out there, man
You know, that got that one good girl, dog
That's always been there, man
Like, took all the bullshit
But then one day she can't take it no more
And decide to leave

Yeah, I woke up in the middle of the night
And I noticed my girl wasn't by my side
Could've sworn I was dreamin'
For her I was feinin'
So I had to take a little ride
Backtrackin' on these few years
Tryna figure out what I do to make it go bad
'Cause ever since my girl left me
My whole life came crashin', and I'm so

Lonely (so lonely)
I'm Mr Lonely (Mr Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
For my own (to call my own) girl
Oh, I'm so lonely (so lonely)
I'm Mr Lonely (Mr Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
For my own (to call my own) girl
Oh, I'm so lonely

Can't believe I had a girl like you
And I just let you walk right out of my life
After all I put you through
You still stuck around and stayed by my side
What really hurt me is I broke your heart
Baby, you a good girl and I had no right
I really wanna to make things right
'Cause without you in my life girl, I'm so

Lonely (so lonely)
I'm Mr Lonely (Mr Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
For my own (to call my own) girl
Oh, I'm so lonely (so lonely)
I'm Mr Lonely (Mr Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
For my own (to call my own, baby)
Oh, I'm so lonely

Been all over the world
Ain't never met a girl
That could take the things that you been through
Never thought the day would come
Where you would get up and run
And I would be out chasin' you
'Cause ain't nowhere in the globe I'd rather be
Ain't no one in the globe I'd rather see
Than the girl of my dreams that made me be
So happy, but now so lonely

Lonely (so lonely)
I'm Mr Lonely (Mr Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
For my own (to call my own) girl
Oh, I'm so lonely (so lonely)
I'm Mr Lonely (Mr Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
For my own (to call my own, baby)
Oh, I'm so lonely

Never thought that I'd be alone
I didn't think you'd be gone this long
I just want you to call my phone
So stop playing girl and come on home (come on home)
Baby girl I didn't mean to shout
I want me and you to work it out
I never wished to ever hurt my baby
And it's drivin' me crazy, 'cause I'm so

Lonely (so lonely)
I'm Mr Lonely (Mr Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
For my own (to call my own) girl
so lonely (so lonely)
I'm Mr Lonely (Mr Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
For my own (to call my own, girl)
Oh, I'm so lonely

So lonely, so lonely
Mr Lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely
So lonely, Mr Lonely