Thugs Get Lonely Too

"Thugs Get Lonely Too"
Single by 2Pac featuring Nate Dogg
from the album Loyal to the Game
Released	September 23, 2004
Recorded	1992 –2004
Genre	R&B gangsta rap
Length	4:48
Label	Interscope Records
Songwriters	Tupac Shakur Marshall Mathers Nathaniel Hale
Producer	Eminem
2Pac singles chronology
"Runnin' (Dying to Live)" (2003) "Thugs Get Lonely Too" (2004) "Ghetto Gospel" (2005)
Nate Dogg singles chronology
"Groupie Luv" (2004) "Thugs Get Lonely Too" (2004) "Gangsta Party" (2005)

"Thugs Get Lonely Too" is a song by rapper Tupac Shakur featuring Nate Dogg. The song was released as a 12" promo single for his 2004 posthumous album Loyal to the Game . The song was also used as the b-side to the album's lead single "Ghetto Gospel".

It charted at number 55 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number 98 on the Billboard Hot 100. As the song was released as a promotional single only, no official music video for the song was created. In 1993.

Original Version

The original version of "Thugs Get Lonely Too" was recorded during the Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. & Thug Life era. It was recorded at Toyz Recording Studios in Baltimore, MD.and produced by Frank Starchak and Tupac. Rick Heyman sampled from the song "If I Was Your Girlfriend" by Prince. The title of the song also resembles a track called Gigolos Get Lonely Too by The Time, composed by Prince. It also originally featured a verse recorded from underground rap artist Tech N9ne as the two had met multiple times and were close friends before his death. When QD3 did the soundtrack to the film "Gangland" Tech recorded his verse, but the final version wasn't released until years later on YouTube.

Track listing

UK CD single

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Thugs Get Lonely Too" (feat. Nate Dogg)	Tupac Shakur Marshall Mathers Nathaniel Hale	Eminem	4:48
2.	"Hennessey" (Red Spyda remix) (feat. E.D.I. and Sleepy Brown)	Shakur Andy Thelusma Malcolm Greenidge Patrick Brown	Red Spyda	3:18
Total length:				8:06

Weekly charts

Charts	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100 [1]	98
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [2]	55
US Rhythmic Airplay ( Billboard ) [3]	31

References

1. "2Pac Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
2. "2Pac Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
3. "2Pac Chart History (Rhythmic Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved January 12, 2022.