Hey There Lonely Girl
| "Hey There Lonely Girl" | |
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| Single by Eddie Holman | |
| from the album I Love You | |
| B-side | "It's All in the Game" |
| Released | December 1969 |
| Format | Vinyl, 7" |
| Recorded | 1969; Virtue Studios in Philadelphia, PA |
| Genre | R&B, soul, pop |
| Length | 3:01 |
| Label | ABC |
| Writer(s) |
Leon Carr Earl Shuman |
| Producer(s) | Peter De Angeles |
"Hey There Lonely Girl" is a song recorded by R&B singer Eddie Holman. Recorded and released in 1969, it charted in the United States in 1970 and in the United Kingdom in 1974. The original version by Ruby and the Romantics was entitled, "Hey There Lonely Boy" in 1963, and was a Top 30 hit, peaking at #27. Holman's song peaked at #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop chart, #1 on the Canadian RPM chart, and at #4 on the UK Singles Chart, his highest charting single in each country.
"Hey There Lonely Girl" is most recognizable by its disconsolate, sentimental and heavyhearted lyrics, with Holman's falsetto voice. Here is a sample of the chorus:
Hey there lonely girl, lonely girl
Let me make your broken heart like new
Oh, my lonely girl, lonely girl
Don't you know this lonely boy loves you
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