Single:
Lonely Days entered the Australian singles chart* 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 Australian albums chart* 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
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
MORE CLIPS BELOW – Lonely Days: studio quality recording; and a clip 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
Lyrics:
Good morning, mister sunshine
You brighten up my day
Come sit beside me in your way
I see you every morning
Outside the restaurants
The music plays so nonchalant
Lonely days, lonely nights
Where would I be without my woman?
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This song is also on our Spotify playlist Bang a Gong – the 70s
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BONUS CLIPS
Studio quality recording
Live in Las Vegas, One Night Only, 1997
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