Anything But Lonely

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"Anything But Lonely"
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Single by Sarah Brightman
Released1989 (1989)
Recorded1989
Genre Musical theatre
Label Polydor Records
Songwriter(s) Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Charles Hart
Sarah Brightman singles chronology
"Doretta's Dream"
(1987)
"Anything But Lonely"
(1989)
"Something to Believe In"
(1990)

"Anything But Lonely" is a 1989 single by Sarah Brightman. The song is from the musical Aspects of Love . The music was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and the lyrics by Don Black and Charles Hart. The single peaked at #79 in the UK charts.

Contents

Track listing

7 inch vinyl

  1. "Anything But Lonely"
  2. "Half a Moment"

12-inch vinyl and CD single

  1. "Anything But Lonely (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, Charles Hart)
  2. "Half a Moment" (Alan Ayckbourn, Andrew Lloyd Webber)
  3. "What Makes Me Love Him?" (Sheldon Harnick, Jerrold Bock)
  4. "English Girls" (Don Black, Andrew Lloyd Webber)


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