Are You Lonely for Me (Freddie Scott song)

"Are You Lonely For Me"
Single by Freddie Scott
from the album Are You Lonely For Me?
B-side	"Where Were You"
Released	1966
Recorded	1966
Length	3:15
Label	Shout Records
Songwriter(s)	Bert Berns
Producer(s)	Bert Berns
Freddie Scott singles chronology
"Where Does Love Go" (1964) "Are You Lonely For Me" (1966) "Cry to Me" (1967)

"Are You Lonely for Me", written and produced by Bert Berns (aka Bert Russell), is a song first recorded by Freddie Scott.

The single was Scott's highest-charting single on the R&B chart, hitting the number-one spot for four weeks, in early 1967. "Are You Lonely For Me" was also Freddie Scott's second and last Top 40-hit single. ^[1] The song's back up vocals were performed by Cissy Houston and the Sweet Inspirations. ^[2]

Chart positions

Chart (1967)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [3]	39
U.S. Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues	1

Cover versions

The song has been covered many times since, including renditions by:

• Hank Ballard, ^[4]
• Commitments, ^[5]
• Grateful Dead, ^[6]
• Al Green, ^[7]
• Chuck Jackson, ^[8]
• Steve Marriott, ^[9]
• Otis Redding & Carla Thomas, ^[10]
• David Johansen. ^[11]

Influence

• The song was a standard in the Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders tours from 1972 to 1974.
• Keith Richards named it the one song he would want to be credited for writing ^[12]

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 514.
2. White, Adam; Bronson, Fred (1993). The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits. Billboard Books:Watson-Guptill Publications, New York. p. 28.
3. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 744.
4. Ankeny, Jason. "Hank Ballard: You Can't Keep a Good Man Down". Allmusic . Retrieved 2012-01-16.
5. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Commitments: The Commitments". Allmusic . Retrieved 2012-01-16.
6. Planer, Lindsay. "Grateful Dead: Dick's Picks, Vol. 30". Allmusic . Retrieved 2012-01-16.
7. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Al Green: Gets Next to You". Allmusic . Retrieved 2012-01-16.
8. Sendra, Tim. "Chuck Jackson: The Best of Chuck Jackson". Allmusic . Retrieved 2012-01-16.
9. Sendra, Tim. "Steve Marriott: Marriott". Allmusic . Retrieved 2012-01-16.
10. Ankeny, Jason. "Otis Redding & Carla Thomas: King & Queen". Allmusic . Retrieved 2012-01-16.
11. Ruhlmann, William. "Buster Poindexter: Buster Poindexter". Allmusic . Retrieved 2018-03-03.
12. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : Ask Keith Richards: If you could go back in time and be credited for writing any song,... YouTube .