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Who sang Only the Lonely?

Roy Orbison released the song Only the Lonely.

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Writer(s): Roy Orbison

Producer(s): Fred Foster

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The meaning of the song 'Only the Lonely ', based on the lyrics

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🎶 Only the Lonely song analysis

- The lyrics are about a man who is obsessed with a woman.

- He says that he can't get her out of his mind, and that he thinks about her all the time.

- He compares her to a movie, saying that she is the star and he is just a secondary character.

- In the end, he says that even though she doesn't feel the same way, he still loves her.

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The meaning of the song lyrics, in a few words...

The man is obsessed with the woman and cannot get her out of his mind; he compares her to a movie, saying that she is the star and he is just a secondary character. In the end, he says that even though she doesn’t feel the same way, he still loves her.

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Roy Orbison - Short Biography

- Roy Orbison was an American singer, songwriter, and musician known for his passionate singing style, complex song structures, and dark, emotional ballads.

- He was born in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly and country-and-western band as a teenager.

- He was signed by Sam Phillips of Sun Records in 1956, but had his greatest success with Monument Records.

- From 1960 to 1966, 22 of Orbison's singles reached the Billboard Top 40.

- He wrote or co-wrote almost all of his own Top 10 hits, including "Only the Lonely" (1960), "Running Scared" (1961), "Crying" (19

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- "Only the Lonely" is a 1960 song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson.

- Orbison's recording of this song was the singer's first big hit.

- It was described by the New York Times as expressing "a tense, driven urgency".

- Released as a single by Monument Records in May 1960, "Only the Lonely" reached number two on the Billboard U.S. Pop chart on July 25, 1960 and number fourteen on the Billboard R and B chart.

- "Only the Lonely" reached number one in the United Kingdom, a position it achieved on October 20, 1960, where it remained for two weeks.

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