Ask the Lonely (Journey song)

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"Ask the Lonely"
Single by Journey
from the album Two of a Kind
B-side "Troubled Child"
Released1983
Genre Arena rock
Length3:56
Label MCA
CBS/Sony
Songwriter(s) Steve Perry
Jonathan Cain
Producer(s) Kevin Elson
Mike Stone
Journey singles chronology
"Send Her My Love"
(1983)
"Ask the Lonely"
(1983)
"Only the Young"
(1985)

"Ask the Lonely" is a song by American rock band Journey. Featured in the film Two of a Kind and its respective soundtrack, it was a radio rock hit in the U.S. (despite only receiving a single release in Japan) and appears on their 1988 Greatest Hits album. The single was backed with "Troubled Child", a track from their 1983 album Frontiers . CD reissues of said album feature "Ask the Lonely" as a bonus track.

Contents

The track reached number 3 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart (then named "Top Rock Tracks") in January 1984. [1]

Track listing

  1. "Ask the Lonely" (Perry, Cain) – 3:56
  2. "Troubled Child" (Cain, Schon, Perry) – 4:29

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1983–1984)Peak
position
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [2] 3

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