Lonely Is The Hardest

Album: Rock Hard (1980)
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  • Running to 3 minutes 47 seconds, "Lonely Is The Hardest" was co-written by Suzi Quatro and her then-husband and lead guitarist Len Tuckey in 1979. In her autobiography, Unzipped, she says it was about her time alone in England before her rise to stardom.
  • Producer Mike Chapman made Quatro record this at midnight with the lights off because he wanted her "raw and hurt." >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    Alexander Baron - London, England, for above 2

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