About The Song
“Lonely Is the Night” is a song by Australian-British band Air Supply, released in 1986, as the lead single from their ninth studio album, Hearts in Motion (1986). The ballad was written by Albert Hammond and Diane Warren, while John Boylan produced it. “Lonely Is the Night” was a minor success in the United States, reaching number 76 on the Billboard Hot 100 but found better success on the Adult Contemporary chart, reaching at number 12.
“Lonely Is the Night” was written by Albert Hammond with songwriter Diane Warren, while production was done by John Boylan. Lyrically, the song talks about the difficulty of dealing with a long-distance relationship. In the beginning, Russell Hitchcock sings that he thought he’d live well without his girlfriend, “Really thought that I could live without you, Really thought that I could make it on my own,” he sings. However, he realizes that he’s lost without the one he loves, “Now I’m so lost without you, now you’re not here and now I know.” In the chorus, he sings about how difficult it is to spend the night away from his love. “Lonely is the night when I’m not with you, lonely is the night ain’t no light shining through, till you’re in my arms till you’re here by my side, lonely am I.”[citation needed]
“Lonely Is the Night” was released as the first single from Air Supply’s ninth studio album, Hearts in Motion (1986). The song was affiliated with the grand opening of Nancy’s Golden Needle store in Evansville, Indiana in the fall of 1986. The song was later included on their compilation Ultimate Collection, released in 2000. Later, the song was included on 2002’s Best of Air Supply. In 2004, the song was included on the compilation Platinum & Gold Collection, while in 2005, “Lonely Is the Night” was the opening song of the second disc of their compilation, Forever Love: 36 Greatest Hits 1980-2001.
Finally, the song made the cut on their 2006 compilation Collections, on their 2007 compilation The Best of Air Supply: Ones That You Love and on their 2009 compilation, The Collection. While reviewing the compilation The Collection, Jason Lymangrover of AllMusic referred to the song as “obscure.”
Despite the song’s popularity outside North America, the band did not include this song on their setlists on subsequent tours after their appearance at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival in 1987.
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Lyrics
Really thought that I could live without you
Really thought that I could make it on my own
Sent you away, yeah, I said I didn’t need you
I let you go, I let you go, I let you go
Now I’m so lost without you
Now you’re not here and now I know
Lonely is the night when I’m not with you
Lonely is the night, ain’t no light shining through
‘Til you’re in my arms, ’til you’re here by my side
Lonely am I
Never thought that I, that I would need you
Never thought that I, that I’d be missing you
Gotta get you back, I’ve just got to find a way now
To let you know, to let you know, to let you know
That I’m so lost without you
And now this world just ain’t right
Lonely is the night when I’m not with you
Lonely is the night, ain’t no light shining through
‘Til you’re in my arms, ’til you’re here by my side
Lonely am I
I can make it through the day
I can fake it okay
I just smile and pretend
And I tell myself I’ll be alright
But lonely is the night
Lonely is the night
Now I’m so lost without you
Now you’re not here and now I know
Lonely is the night when I’m not with you
Lonely is the night, there’s no light shining through
‘Til you’re in my arms, ’til you’re here by my side
Lonely is the night
Lonely is the night when I’m not with you
Lonely is the night, there’s no light shining through
‘Til you’re in my arms, ’til you’re here by my side
Lonely is the night
Lonely is the night when I’m not with you
Lonely is the night, there’s no light shining through
‘Til you’re in my arms, ’til you’re here by my side
Lonely is the night