Hey There Lonely Girl

For the Weeknd song containing the phrase, see Twenty Eight (song).

"Hey There Lonely Boy"
Single by Ruby & the Romantics
from the album Greatest Hits Album
B-side	"Not a Moment Too Soon"
Released	August 1963
Recorded	1963
Genre	R&B, soul
Length	2:34
Label	Kapp
Songwriter(s)	Leon Carr Earl Shuman
Producer(s)	Peter De Angelis
Ruby & the Romantics singles chronology
"My Summer Love" (1963) "Hey There Lonely Boy" (1963) "Young Wings Can Fly (Higher Than You Know)" (1963)

"Hey There Lonely Girl"
Single by Eddie Holman
from the album I Love You
B-side	"It's All in the Game"
Released	December 1969 [1]
Recorded	1969
Studio	Virtue Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre	Soul [2]
Length	3:01
Label	ABC
Songwriter(s)	Leon Carr Earl Shuman
Producer(s)	Peter De Angelis
Eddie Holman singles chronology
"I Love You" (1969) "Hey There Lonely Girl" (1969) "Don't Stop Now" (1970)

"Hey There Lonely Girl" is a song released in 1969 by Eddie Holman. The original version "Hey There Lonely Boy" was recorded in 1963 by Ruby & the Romantics. It was a hit for both of them. It has since been recorded by many other artists.

Ruby & the Romantics version

The group's original 1963 recording was a Top 30 hit, peaking at #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart. ^[3] "Hey There Lonely Boy" also reached #5 on Billboard's Middle-road singles chart.^{[ citation needed ]}

Eddie Holman version

In 1969, Eddie Holman released his own version of the song. It peaked at 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop chart in 1970. On the US soul singles chart, it went to number 4. ^[4] It peaked at number 1 on the Canadian RPM chart and number 42 on the Australian chart. ^[5] Four years after its US / Canadian release, the single went to number 4 on the UK Singles Chart; ^[6] it is his highest charting single in each country.

Other versions

• Shaun Cassidy's 1977 version was a track on his debut LP. It reached # 5 in Australia. ^[7]
• Robert John, in 1980, for the album Back on the Street (US #31). ^[8]
• British boy band Big Fun covered the song for their 1990 album A Pocketful of Dreams , produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, and released it as the fourth single in July 1990, peaking at number 62 in the UK chart. ^[9] The track was subsequently denounced by band member Phil Creswick. ^[10] David Giles of Music Week panned this version as being the "SAW worst production", noting Big Fun members' "ridiculous whining voices" and deemed it as unlikely to be a hit. ^[11]

See also

• List of 1960s one-hit wonders in the United States

References

1. Smith, Ronald (2001). Chicago Top 40 Charts 1970-1979. iUniverse. p. 94. ISBN   1462080936.
2. Sendra, Tim. Various Artists - Sounds of the Seventies: 1970 - Take Two (1990) Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 546.
4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 259.
5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 140. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
6. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 258. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
7. Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
8. "Hey There Lonely Girl by Eddie Holman". Songfacts. Archived from the original on December 6, 2008. Retrieved October 24, 2008.
9. "Official Charts > Big Fun". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 6 September 2023.
10. "A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman: Ep 61: Hey There Lonely Girl to Rhythm Of The Rain on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Archived from the original on 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
11. Giles, David (28 July 1990). "Singles" (PDF). Music Week . p. 19. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.