"Mr. Lonely" is a song performed by the American country music band

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. It is the lead single to their second studio album '' Let It Roll''. The band wrote the song with

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and Shane McAnally.

Content and history

Band members Mark Wystrach, Jess Carson, and Cameron Duddy wrote the song with Shane McAnally and

, both of whom co-produced the recording with Dann Huff. Midland's road band guitarist Luke Cutchen plays lead guitar, and session musician Paul Franklin contributes on

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. Marissa R. Moss of '' Rolling Stone Country'' described the song as " a mischievous, Texas dance hall-inspired tune in the spirit of

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" and "a tongue-in-cheek ode to embracing the role of the being someone’s late-night phone call when their other date went south." Taste of Country writer Jacklyn Krol said of the song that "The beat is retro country, but the song's lyric about a charming rogue trying to hook up with other men's women is relevant to any period" and called it an "uptempo country hall dance tune".

Music video

Duddy directed the song's music video, which features Dennis Quaid portraying a protagonist who is attacked by a number of women while Midland performs the song.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{authority control 2019 songs 2019 singles Big Machine Records singles Midland (band) songs Songs written by Jess Carson Songs written by Cameron Duddy Songs written by Shane McAnally Songs written by Josh Osborne Songs written by Mark Wystrach Song recordings produced by Shane McAnally Song recordings produced by Dann Huff Music videos directed by Cameron Duddy