Songfacts - Songs about loneliness or isolation

...And the World Laughs With You - Flying Lotus
911/Mr. Lonely - Tyler, the Creator
A Snowflake Fell (And It Felt Like a Kiss) - Glasvegas
Act Naturally - Buck Owens
Alien - Britney Spears
All By Myself - Eric Carmen
All By Myself - Irving Berlin
Alone Again - Dokken
Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan
Amsterdam - Peter Bjorn and John
An Illustration of Loneliness (Sleepless in NY) - Courtney Barnett
Angel - Aerosmith
Another Lonely Night - Adam Lambert
Another Night Alone - Marc Broussard
Another Rainy Night (Without You) - Queensrÿche
Another's Arms - Coldplay
Are 'Friends' Electric? - Gary Numan
Are You Lonesome Tonight - Elvis Presley
Armorist - Overkill
Away From The Sun - 3 Doors Down
Before It's Over - Sixx: A.M.
Big Bad World - Jamie Lynn Spears
Biggest Mistake - The Rolling Stones
Bill Murray - Phantogram
Black Orchid - Blue October
Blessed Are The Lonely - Robert Knight
Blue Bayou - Linda Ronstadt
Blue Moon - Beck
Boredom - Tyler, the Creator
Bourbon in Kentucky - Dierks Bentley
Broadway Hotel - Al Stewart
Businessman - Josh Rouse
Can U Believe - Robin Thicke
Carousel - blink-182
Circle of One - Oleta Adams
Cold - Crossfade
Connection - OneRepublic
Cruel Summer - Bananarama
Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol
Danger Bird - Neil Young
Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
Different Names for the Same Thing - Death Cab for Cutie
Don't Answer Me - The Alan Parsons Project
Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight - James Taylor
Don't Let Me Bring You Down - Laura Marling
Downtown - Petula Clark
Downtown's Dead - Sam Hunt
Drive - The Cars
Driving Around - Kelsey Kerrigan
Drowning Shadows - Sam Smith
Dust To Dust - The Civil Wars
Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
Empty - Montgomery Gentry
Empty Chairs - Don McLean
Empty Sky - Elton John
Everybody's Got Somebody But Me - Hunter Hayes
FEEL. - Kendrick Lamar
Flowers On The Wall - The Statler Brothers
Fly Away - John Denver
Foolish Heart - Steve Perry
Forsaken - As I Lay Dying
Garage Palace - Gorillaz
Ghost - Halsey
Ghost In The Mist - Lacuna Coil
Give Me Back My Hometown - Eric Church
Given Up - Linkin Park
Glass Eyes - Radiohead
God Only Knows - For King & Country
Goose Snow Cone - Aimee Mann
Growing Pains - Alessia Cara
Hand in Glove - The Smiths
Happy Little Pill - Troye Sivan
Happy, Happy Christmas - Ingrid Michaelson
Heard It In A Love Song - The Marshall Tucker Band
Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
Heartbreak House - The Keith Reid Project
Heartbreaker - Noah Gundersen
Hell Nos and Headphones - Hailee Steinfeld
Her Town Too - James Taylor and J.D. Souther
Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
Hey You - Pink Floyd
Hide In Your Shell - Supertramp
Hikikomori - Zola Jesus
Hots On For Nowhere - Led Zeppelin
How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
Humility - Gorillaz
i - Lil Skies
I Ain't Got Nobody - Bessie Smith
I Am The Highway - Audioslave
I Drink Alone - George Thorogood
I Get Lonely Too - Drake
I Never Learnt to Share - James Blake
I Started A Joke - Bee Gees
I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston
I'll Never Love - Michael Kiwanuka
I'm a Monster - Ours
I'm Not Your Hero - Tegan and Sara
I'm So Blue - Big Bird
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams
In A Hole Again - Tesla
In The Cage - Genesis
Is There Anybody Out There - Machine Head
Isolation - Alter Bridge
Isolation - Crowded House
It Makes No Difference - The Band
It's A Shame - First Aid Kit
Just Too Many People - Melissa Manchester
Just Walkin' In The Rain - Johnnie Ray
Killing Loneliness - HIM
King of Rome - Pet Shop Boys
Klavier - Rammstein
LA - Leighton Meester
Last Day of Magic - The Kills
Leave Me Alone - Millie Jackson
Left Alone - Fiona Apple
Live In a Hole - Pantera
London Nightlife - White Lightning
Loneliest - Incubus
Lonely - Demi Lovato
Lonely - Matoma
Lonely - The Lemon Twigs
Lonely Avenue - Ray Charles
Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold
Lonely Boy - Paul Anka
Lonely Day - System of a Down
Lonely Don't - Candi Staton
Lonely Girl - Emmylou Harris
Lonely Girl - Charles Kelley
Lonely Is The Hardest - Suzi Quatro
Lonely Is The Night - Billy Squier
Lonely No More - Rob Thomas
Lonely People - America
Lonely Press Play - Damon Albarn
Lonely Women - Laura Nyro
Lonely Won't Come - Crystal Bowersox
Lonesome Swan - Glasvegas
Lonesome Town - Rick Nelson
Lost Soul - Bruce Hornsby & the Range
Love - Kid Cudi
Low Profile - Blue Orchids
Marlene On The Wall - Suzanne Vega
Me And My Shadow - Ted Lewis
Me, Myself & I - G-Eazy
Message in a Bottle - The Police
Midnight in Chelsea - Jon Bon Jovi
Miracle Mile - Cold War Kids
Mirror in the Bathroom - The English Beat
Moonsong - The Black Atlas
Morningside - Neil Diamond
Mr. Lonely - Bobby Vinton
My Doorbell - The White Stripes
My Mother Had A Brother - George Michael
Mystery Man - Wishbone Ash
Near The Black Forest - Vanessa Daou
Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
Never Gonna Leave This Bed - Maroon 5
Never, Neverland - Annihilator
New In Town - Little Boots
Night So Long - Haim
No Man Is An Island - The Script
Nobody - Mitski
Nobody Home - Pink Floyd
Nothing Ever Happens - Del Amitri
Numb - The Airborne Toxic Event
Oats In the Water - Ben Howard
Oceania - Smashing Pumpkins
Oh Lonesome Me - Don Gibson
On My One - Jake Bugg
One - Three Dog Night
One Hundred Thousand Smiles Out - Barclay James Harvest
One Inch Man - Kyuss
One-X - Three Days Grace
Only the Lonely - The Motels
Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel) - Roy Orbison
Out Of My Head - John Newman
Out of Touch - Hall & Oates
Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes
Pallbearer - Josh Turner
People Alone - Randy Crawford
Pictures of an Only Child - ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Place in the Sun - Buckcherry
Please Come Home For Christmas - Charles Brown
Pol Roger - Jimmy Eat World
Pretend That You're Alone - Keane
Pusher - Alt-J
Rainy Night In Georgia - Brook Benton
REALiTi - Grimes
Reckless - Australian Crawl
Robots - Dan Mangan
Sailor's Prayer - The Devil Wears Prada
Satellite Call - Sara Bareilles
Saturnz Barz - Gorillaz
Say You, Say Me - Lionel Richie
Scared To Be Lonely - Martin Garrix
Seasons To Cycles - 10 Years
Self Machine - I Blame Coco
Shape of My Heart - Noah and the Whale
She Don't Love You - Eric Paslay
She's My Collar - Gorillaz
Shed My Skin - Alter Bridge
Silence - Marshmello
Simon - Lifehouse
Single Women - Dolly Parton
Sirens - Tom Odell
Sister Europe - The Psychedelic Furs
Sit Down - James
So Far Away - Carole King
So Lonely - The Police
Solitaire - Carpenters
Solitaire/Unraveling - Mushroomhead
Solitary Man - Neil Diamond
Solo (Reprise) - Frank Ocean
Someone's Standing On My Chest - Atreyu
Something Goes Around - The Love Kills Theory
Somewhere Else - Toby Keith
Somewhere I Belong - Linkin Park
South Carolina - The Outlaws
Space Oddity - David Bowie
Stealin' - Uriah Heep
Stop Your Sobbing - Pretenders
Stranger In Moscow - Michael Jackson
Strobelite - Gorillaz
Sukiyaki - Kyu Sakamoto
Sun's Coming Up - Tame Impala
Tea For One - Led Zeppelin
That's Where I Went Wrong - The Poppy Family
The 2 Of Us - Suede
The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel
The Bullfighter - Luke Bell
The City Looks Pretty - Courtney Barnett
The Devil Is a Lonely Night - The Pierces
The Invisibles - Suede
The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver - Elbow
The Lonely - Christina Perri
The Loner - Gary Moore
The Love We're Hoping For - Jake Bugg
The Mirror - Kid Rock
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band
The Outside - Taylor Swift
The Road - Jackson Browne
The Road To Hell (Part Two) - Chris Rea
The Sun Ain't Shining No More - The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
There Goes Another Love Song - The Outlaws
Tired Of Being Alone - Al Green
To Be Without You - Ryan Adams
Tokyo - Lianne La Havas
Tomato in the Rain - Kaiser Chiefs
Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown - The Flatlanders
Top Of The World - Robin Thicke
Touch And Go - John Grant
Traveling Light - Leonard Cohen
Turn The Page - Bob Seger
Unwell - Matchbox Twenty
Visions Of Johanna - Bob Dylan
Voices - Ryan Adams
Wake Up Alone - The Chainsmokers
Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi
We've Got Tonite - Bob Seger
What'll I Do? - Irving Berlin
What's Normal Anyway - Miguel
When I'm Alone - Sam Phillips
Whenever You're Around - Jill Scott
Where'd You Go - Fort Minor
Wherever I May Roam - Metallica
Whispers In The Dark - Skillet
Wild and Lonesome - Shooter Jennings
Winter Winds - Mumford & Sons
With A Little Help From My Friends - The Beatles
Within - Daft Punk
Yesterday, When I Was Young - Roy Clark
You Are Alone - The Flaming Lips
You Are Not Alone - Mavis Staples
You Belong To The City - Glenn Frey
You're Only Lonely - J.D. Souther
Your New Twin Sized Bed - Death Cab for Cutie

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