Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone (Jermaine Jackson song)

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"Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone"
Single by Jermaine Jackson
from the album Precious Moments
Released1986 [1]
Recorded1986
Genre R&B
Length4:30
Label Sony
Songwriter(s) David Foster, Jermaine Jackson, Tom Keane, Kathy Wakefield
Producer(s) Jackson, Keane
Jermaine Jackson singles chronology
"I Think It's Love"
(1986)
"Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone"
(1986)
"Do You Remember Me"
(1986)

"Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone" is a song co-written by Jermaine Jackson, David Foster, Tom Keane, and Kathy Wakefield. It was recorded by Jackson in 1986, and later by Glenn Medeiros in 1987.

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Notable releases

Original version

"Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone" was originally recorded by Jackson. It was the second single released from his eleventh studio album, Precious Moments , and his twenty-third single overall.

Glenn Medeiros version

"Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone" was later recorded by American pop artist Glenn Medeiros. It was the second single released from his self-titled debut album. It reached number 67 on the Billboard Hot 100 [2] on January 30, 1988.

Adaptation

"Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone" was covered in a Cantonese version as "千億個夜晩" ("A Hundred Billion Nights") and released on the album 《千億個夜晚》 by George Lam. (1986)

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