"Lonely Day" is a song by Armenian American heavy metal band

System of a Down System of a Down (also known as SoaD or simply System) is an Armenian-American heavy metal band formed in Glendale, California, in 1994. Since 1997, the band has consisted of Serj Tankian (lead vocals, keyboards); Daron Malakian (guitar, voc ...

. It was released in 2006 as the second single from their fifth album '' Hypnotize'' (2005), and written by guitarist

Daron Malakian Daron Malakian (born July 18, 1975) is an Armenian-American musician. He is best known as the guitarist, songwriter, and second vocalist of metal band System of a Down, and as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwrit ...

, who also provides lead vocals on this track. The song received a nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards.Blabbermouth.net. "SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD, STONE SOUR Among GRAMMY Nominees", December 7, 2006, a
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; last accessed December 7, 2006. This was System of a Down's last single for 14 years, until they released two new songs (" Protect the Land" and "

Genocidal Humanoidz "Genocidal Humanoidz" is a song recorded by Armenian-American heavy metal band System of a Down. It was released as a double A-side single with " Protect the Land" on November 6, 2020, through American Recordings and Columbia Records, to raise ...

") in 2020. The song is featured in the 2007 film '' Disturbia'', as well as the film's trailer; however, it is not included in the film's soundtrack.

Music video

The music video opens with a shot of downtown

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, with the traffic light at the corner of S Broadway & 6th St on fire. The video continues with shots of the band members. There are other various shots of other items that are on fire. In order of appearance, they are as follows: a padlock, a building, shrubs in front of an office building, a newspaper dispenser, a shopping cart, a pay phone, a train car, a stack of wooden pallets, several trees, a billboard, a single car in traffic among other non-burning cars, an advertisement in Chinese at a bus stop, a bench at a train station, a dumpster, a building, and the roof of a gas station. As of January 2023, the song has 320 million views on

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Track listing

Personnel

– guitars, lead vocals *

Serj Tankian Serj Tankian (born August 21, 1967) is an Armenian-American singer, musician, songwriter, political activist and entrepreneur. He is best known as the lead vocalist, primary lyricist, keyboardist, and occasional rhythm guitarist of heavy metal ...

– keyboards, vocals *

Shavo Odadjian Shavarsh "Shavo" Odadjian ( hy, Շավարշ "Շավո" Օդաջյան; born April 22, 1974) is an Armenian-American musician, best known as the bassist of heavy metal band System of a Down. He also plays bass in a trap group called North Kingsl ...

– bass guitar *

John Dolmayan John Dolmayan (; born July 15, 1972) is a Lebanese-born Armenian-American musician, best known as the drummer of System of a Down. He is also the drummer for the band Indicator and former drummer for Scars on Broadway. Dolmayan ranked number 33 ...

– drums

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* {{Authority control System of a Down songs 2005 singles 2000s ballads Song recordings produced by Rick Rubin Songs written by Daron Malakian 2005 songs American alternative rock songs