"The Lonely" is a song by
British Sea Power
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. The song was the group's third single and their second on
Rough Trade. It was their first single to garner much press coverage and resulted in a pleasing chart position. Unusually, the nominal a-side actually features as the flipside on both versions. The main position is taken by "The Spirit of St. Louis", a tale of
Charles Lindbergh
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's flight across the Atlantic. This is still regularly performed live despite it only appearing on this release. The title track was written as a tribute to
Geoff Goddard
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, a friend of the band who wrote the 1960s number-one single, "Johnny Remember Me".
The single reached number 76 on the
UK Singles Chart
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.
Track listings
CD
(RTRADESCD048)
# "The Spirit of St. Louis" (Yan/BSP) – 3:56
# "The Lonely" (Yan/BSP) – 5:03
# "No Red Indian" (Hamilton/BSP) – 3:54
7" Vinyl
(RTRADES048)
# "The Spirit of St. Louis" (Yan/BSP) – 3:56
# "The Lonely" (Yan/BSP) – 5:03
References
External links
Official website*
The Lonely a
Salty Water(fansite)
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Sea Power songs
2002 singles
2002 songs
Rough Trade Records singles