{{Short description|1967 country song taken to No. 1 by Eddy Arnold}} {{Infobox song | name = Lonely Again | cover = Lonely Again Eddy Arnold Single.png | alt = | caption = German release cover | type = single | artist = Eddy Arnold | album = Lonely Again | B-side = Love on My Mind | released = January 1967 | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Country-Pop<ref name="Cashbox Review Eddy" /> | length = 2:40 | label = RCA Victor <br /><small> 47-9080</small> | writer = Jean Chapel | producer = Chet Atkins<ref name="45cat3">[https://www.45cat.com/record/479080us Eddy Arnold, "Lonely Again" Single Release] Retrieved December 31, 2025</ref> | prev_title = The First Word | prev_year = 1966 | next_title = Misty Blue | next_year = 1967 }} {{Infobox song | name = Lonely Again | cover = Lonely Again by Connie Francis.png | caption = A-side of the single | alt = | type = single | artist = Connie Francis | album = My Heart Cries for You | B-side = When You Care A Lot For Someone | released = September 1967 | recorded = Mid 1967 | studio = | venue = | genre = {{hlist|Pop<ref name="Cashbox Review" /> | Country<ref name="Record World Review" />}} | length = {{Duration|m=2|s=58}} | label = MGM<br><small>K 13814</small> | writer = Jean Chapel | producer = Bob Morgan<ref name="45cat">[https://www.45cat.com/record/k13814 Connie Francis, "Lonely Again" Single Release] Retrieved December 31, 2025</ref> | prev_title = My Heart Cries for You | prev_year = 1967 | next_title = My World Is Slipping Away | next_year = 1967 }}
"'''Lonely Again'''" is a 1967 song written by Jean Chapel. "Lonely Again" became a number-one country hit for Eddy Arnold while also charting on the easy listening and non-rock charts via Connie Francis.
== Eddy Arnold version == === Release and reception === "Lonely Again" was released as a seven-inch single in January 1967 by RCA Victor Records.<ref name="Liner Notes1">{{cite AV media notes |others=Eddy Arnold |title="Lonely Again"/"Love on My Mind" (7" vinyl single) |publisher=RCA Victor Records |date=January 1967 |id=47-9080}}</ref> It was backed by another country themed song,<ref name="Cashbox Review Eddy" /> "Love on My Mind" on the B-side,<ref name="Liner Notes1" /> which never saw an album inclusion. The single was advertised as a "great new hit ballad".<ref>RCA Victor Records advertisements</ref><ref name="45cat3" />
The single received positive reviews upon its release. ''Cashbox'' reviewed the single in late January and stated that Eddy Arnold "is currently enjoying the hottest streak of his career and threatens to continue burning up the track with 'Lonely Again.' Once again, big pop-country action looms as the songster delivers a lovely, bittersweet ballad with sure artistry." The publication also described the B-side, “Love on My Mind,” as a "happy-go-lucky charmer."<ref name="Cashbox Review Eddy">[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1967/CB-1967-01-28.pdf ''Cashbox'' magazine, January 28, 1967. Country Reviews, ''The Cashbox Bullseye''], page 59. Retrieved January 4 via worldradiohistory.com.</ref> ''Record World'' shortly said that "Arnold with strings and a very pretty ballad means big country sales and most likely big pop sales."<ref name="Record World Review Eddy">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/60s/67/RW-1967-01-28.pdf|title=Record World "Country Single Reviews" |magazine=Record World |volume=21 |issue=1025 |page=38 |date=January 28, 1967 |access-date=December 31, 2025|via=worldradiohistory.com}}</ref>
=== Chart performance === "Lonely Again" went to number one on the country charts for two weeks and spent a total of fifteen weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles chart.<ref name="Country Songs">{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=31}}</ref> The song also saw much success on the ''Billboard'' Easy Listening chart, where it peaked at No. 11,<ref name="Adult Songs" /> and had success on the pop charts too, peaking at No. 87 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="Hot 100">{{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=Top Pop Singles 1955-2012 |publisher=Record Research |year=2013 |isbn=978-0898202052}}</ref>
== Connie Francis version == === Background === By late 1967 Francis only scored minor hits, and the main chart she had success with, was the Adult Contemporary chart.<ref name="Billboard AC">{{Cite web |title=Connie Francis – Adult Contemporary chart history |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/connie-francis/chart-history/asi/ |access-date=January 4, 2026 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> The new single followed a period of declining chart performance for Francis,<ref name=":2">{{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=Top Pop Singles 1955-2012 |publisher=Record Research |year=2013 |isbn=978-0898202052 |page= |pages=317–318}}</ref> so she partnered up with producer Bob Morgan once again, and for the B-side with writers Benny Davis and Murray Mencher, who wrote her 1962 No. 1 hit Don't Break the Heart That Loves You.<ref name="45cat" /> "Lonely Again" was the second-to-last of five singles that she released that year. It was produced only by Bob Morgan,<ref name="45cat" /> and arranged by Herb Bernstein on the A-side and Joe Mazzu on the B-side.<ref name="Liner Notes" />
=== Release and reception === "Lonely Again" was released as a seven-inch single in September 1967 by MGM Records.<ref name="Liner Notes">{{cite AV media notes |others=Connie Francis |title="Lonely Again"/"When You Care A Lot For Someone" (7" vinyl single) |publisher=MGM Records |date=September 1967 |id=K 13814}}</ref> It was backed by another ballad-country themed song,<ref name="Cashbox Review" /> "When You Care A Lot For Someone" on the B-side,<ref name="Liner Notes" /> which never saw an album inclusion.
The single was given a positive critical response following its release as well; ''Record World'' said that "Connie Francis takes the attractive country tune, 'Lonely Again', and turns it into a silken torchant for widespread sales".<ref name="Record World Review">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/60s/67/RW-1967-09-30.pdf|title=Record World "Singles of the Week" |magazine=Record World |volume=22 |issue=1060 |page=1 |date=September 30, 1967 |access-date=December 31, 2025|via=worldradiohistory.com}}</ref> ''Cashbox'' reviewed the single in the late September and stated "Intriguing melody line and the powerful belting vocal session that Connie Francis pours on in this reading of 'Lonely Again' should take hold of the pop market with added sales impetus imparted from good music outlets." The magazine also said that the "chanteuse’s showing will put her back on top. Enticing ballad flip also."<ref name="Cashbox Review">[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1967/CB-1967-09-30.pdf ''Cashbox'' magazine, September 30, 1967. Record Reviews, ''The Cashbox Pick of the Week''], page 36. Retrieved January 4 via worldradiohistory.com.</ref>
=== Chart performance === "Lonely Again" debuted on ''Billboard'' magazine's Easy Listening chart on October 14, 1967, peaking at No. 22 during a seven-week run on the chart.<ref name="Billboard AC"/> The single debuted on the ''Record World'' Top Non-Rock chart on October 21, 1967 at No. 38,<ref name="Record World Top Non-Rock2">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/60s/67/RW-1967-10-21.pdf|title=Record World "Top Non-Rock" |magazine=Record World |volume=22 |issue=1063 |page=113 |date=October 21, 1967 |access-date=December 31, 2025|via=worldradiohistory.com}}</ref> peaking at No. 21 on November 25.<ref name="Record World Top Non-Rock">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/60s/67/RW-1967-11-25.pdf|title=Record World "Top Non-Rock" |magazine=Record World |volume=22 |issue=1068 |page=22 |date=November 25, 1967 |access-date=December 31, 2025|via=worldradiohistory.com}}</ref>
=== Track listing === '''7" vinyl single'''<ref name="Liner Notes" /><ref name="Cashbox Review" /> * "Lonely Again" – 2:58 * "When You Care A Lot For Someone" – 2:05
==Other cover versions== *Nancy Sinatra recorded the song for her 1967 album ''Country, My Way'', which reached the US top 50.
== Charts == {|class="wikitable sortable" |+Chart performance for "Lonely Again" by Eddy Arnold |- !align="left"|Chart (1967) !align="center"|Peak<br />position |- |align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles<ref name="Country Songs" /> |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Easy Listening<ref name="Adult Songs">{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=23}}</ref> |align="center"|11 |- |align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref name="Hot 100">{{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=Top Pop Singles 1955-2012 |publisher=Record Research |year=2013 |isbn=978-0898202052}}</ref> |align="center"|87 |- |} {| class="wikitable sortable" |+Chart performance for "Lonely Again" by Connie Francis |- ! Chart (1967) ! Peak<br />position |- | US ''Billboard'' Easy Listening<ref name="Billboard AC" /> | style="text-align:center;"|22 |- | US ''Record World'' Top Non-Rock<ref name="Record World Top Non-Rock" /> | style="text-align:center;"|21 |- |}
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