So Lonely

So Lonely

Infobox Single
Name = So Lonely


Artist = The Police
from Album = Outlandos d'Amour
Released = November 1978
February 1980 (re-release)
Format = vinyl record (7")
Recorded = 1978
Genre = New Wave, ska punk
Length = 3:10 (7" single edit)
4:52 (Full-length album version)
Label = A&M - AMS 7402
Writer = Sting
Producer = Stewart Copeland,
Sting,
Andy Summers
Chart position =

  • #6 (UK Singles Chart)
  • #31 (Dutch Top 40)

NoReviews = Yes
Last single = "Walking on the Moon" (1979)
This single = "So Lonely" (1980)
Next single = "Don't Stand So Close to Me" (1980)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Outlandos d'Amour
Type = studio
prev_track = "Next to You"
prev_no = 1
this_track = "So Lonely"
track_no = 2
next_track = "Roxanne"
next_no = 3

"So Lonely" is a song by The Police, appearing on the 1978 studio album "Outlandos d'Amour" and released as a single in November 1978 and again in February 1980 as a re-release. The single didn't chart on the first occasion but reached number 6 after the second release. The other singles from "Outlandos D'Amour", "Roxanne" and "Can't Stand Losing You", followed a same scenario of not charting very high in 1978, but doing very well on a re-release. This is probably due to the fact that The Police had their breakthrough in 1979.

Sting has admitted that he used Bob Marley's No Woman No Cry as the basis for this song:

Sting recycled the lyrics in the song's verses from his earlier Last Exit song "Fool in Love".

The video for the song depicts the band walking around the streets of Tokyo, including the subway trains.

The song has been covered many times, including a version by Limbeck on a Police tribute album put out on The Militia Group.

The band O.A.R. has used the song as a tag on their song That Was a Crazy Game of Poker.

It has also been ridiculed by many critics, who joke that Sting was singing Sue Lawley or even Salami instead of So Lonely at the chorus.

ongwriting Credits

*Sting - Fretless bass, lead vocals
*Andy Summers - Guitar, background vocals
*Stewart Copeland - Drums, background vocals

Track listing

7": A&M / AMS 7402 (UK)

# "So Lonely" - 3:10
# "No Time This Time" - 3:30

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