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"Lonely Boy" is an international hit song from 1977, written and recorded by Andrew Gold in 1976 for his album What's Wrong with This Picture? It spent five months on the American charts, peaking at number seven in both Canada [5] and the United States, [6] the latter for three consecutive weeks on June 11, 18 and 25, 1977, [7] [8] and number 11 in the United Kingdom.
Although "Lonely Boy" was the bigger radio hit in the States, the single "Thank You for Being a Friend" from Gold's third album, All This and Heaven Too, peaked at No. 25 in 1978, [9] later gaining popularity as the theme song for The Golden Girls, performed by Cindy Fee.
AllMusic's James Chrispell retrospectively said the album "continued in the same vein as Andrew Gold's first release" and concluded "sophomore jinx aside, this is a very satisfying album." [1] Rolling Stone's Ken Tucker called the album "a disappointment" in light of the "fast, smart pop songs" on Gold's first album. He stated that while "Gold ...
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The album consists of seventeen songs from Gold's first four Asylum Records studio albums, including hits "Lonely Boy" and ... All songs written by Andrew Gold ...
Lonely Boy (Andrew Gold song) N. Never Let Her Slip Away; R. Right Between the Eyes (Wax song) Run Away (10cc song) S. Shadows of Love (Wax song) T. Thank You for ...
Lonely Boy (Andrew Gold song) N. Never Let Her Slip Away; S. Spooky, Scary Skeletons; T. Thank You for Being a Friend This page was last edited on 26 January 2017, at ...
Three songs by Leo Sayer appear on the Year-End Hot 100. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1977 . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 24, 1977, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of November 6, 1976 through October 29, 1977.