Lonely (Merril Bainbridge song)

"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".

"Lonely"
Single by Merril Bainbridge
from the album Between the Days
Released	April 1998 (1998-04)
Length	3:34
Label	Gotham, Universal
Songwriter(s)	Merril Bainbridge, Owen Bolwell
Producer(s)	Siew
Merril Bainbridge singles chronology
"Sleeping Dogs" (1996) "Lonely" (1998) "I Got You Babe" (1998)

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 (Billboard)[4]	18

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
Australia	April 1998 (1998-04)	CD	Gotham	[citation needed]
United States	14 July 1998 (1998-07-14)	Rhythmic contemporary contemporary hit radio	Universal	[7]