Australian singles chart:
Lonely Days entered the Kent charts on 11 January 1971 and peaked at #9. It was #55 on the Top 100 of 1971.
Album:
The song is on 2 Years On which entered the Kent album charts on 7 June 1971 and peaked at #22.
Songwriters:
Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb
Producers:
Robert Stigwood, Bee Gees
Record label of Australian release:
Spin
BONUS CLIPS BELOW – Lonely Days: studio quality recording; live in Las Vegas
Wikipedia:
On 21 August 1970, the three Gibb brothers announced they would reunite and start recording together, nearly 16 months after Robin quit the group. They said later that they wrote Lonely Days and How Can You Mend a Broken Heart at their first reunion session.
Lonely Days was sung by all three together, to Maurice’s piano and bass and Bill Shepherd’s string and horn arrangement, the slow verses contrasting with the pounding chorus.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonely_Days
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Studio quality recording
Live in Las Vegas, One Night Only, 1997
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