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After Dan Peek left America in 1977, he recalled performing "Lonely People" to close his concerts, introducing the song with words to the effect "that Jesus is the answer to loneliness". On the advice of a fan, Peek rewrote the lyrics of the song to convey a pro-Christian message and he recorded a revised version of "Lonely People" for his 1986 ...
The chorus beginning "All the lonely people" involves the viola in a chromatic descent to the 5th; from 7 (D natural on "All the lonely peo-") to 6 (C ♯ on "-ple") to ♭ 6 (C on "they") to 5 (B on "from"). According to musicologist Dominic Pedler, this adds an "air of inevitability to the flow of the music (and perhaps to the plight of the ...
"Lonely People" and "Today's the Day" also hit No. 1 on the Billboard AC charts. [ 4 ] Peek abused alcohol and other drugs during his time touring with the band and elected to leave shortly after America's February 1977 release of the Harbor album, disenchanted with the travel, recreational drug use, and female groupies. [ 7 ]
As America's song "Lonely People" plays in the background, the ad follows a family of four playing in the snow and picking up groceries, when the youngest child notices his elderly neighbor ...
In 2006 America was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. [13] And on 6 February 2012 the group was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for their contributions to music at 6752 Hollywood Boulevard. [14] [15] The band continued to perform over 100 shows per year. [16] America's follow-up to Here & Now (2007
It produced two hit singles: "Tin Man", which reached number 4 on the Billboard singles chart and went to number 1 on the adult contemporary chart, and "Lonely People", which peaked at number 5 on the Billboard singles chart and also hit number 1 on the adult contemporary chart. Several other songs received radio airplay on FM stations playing ...
Loneliness is a major problem in the U.S. The Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, sounded the alarm about America’s “loneliness epidemic” in 2023, citing the connection between loneliness and ...
"A Horse with No Name" is a song by American folk rock trio America. Written by Dewey Bunnell, it was released on the Warner Bros. label, in late 1971 in Europe and early 1972 in the United States. The song was met with commercial success and topped charts in Canada, Finland, and on the US Billboard Hot 100. [5]