"The Lonely Side of Love" is a song written by Kostas, and recorded by American

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artist

Patty Loveless Patty Loveless (born Patricia Lee Ramey, January 4, 1957) is an American country music singer. She began performing in her teenaged years before signing her first recording contract with MCA Records' Nashville division in 1985. While her first ...

. It was released in September 1989 as the fourth single from her album '' Honky Tonk Angel''.

Background

This follow-up single to Loveless' number 1 song "Timber" reached number 6 in December, 1989 and is one of her classic country ballad songs about love and heartache. It was written by Kostas, who also wrote "Timber" The song charted for 30 weeks (her longest to date) on the

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chart, reaching number 6 during the week of December 2, 1989.

Chart positions

Year-end charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lonely Side of Love 1989 singles Patty Loveless songs Songs written by Kostas (songwriter) Song recordings produced by Tony Brown (record producer) MCA Nashville Records singles 1988 songs