Released 1981 Length 4:42 Writer(s) Billy Squier | Genre Rock
hard rock Label Capitol Records | |
Producer(s) Reinhold Mack and Billy Squier | ||
"Lonely Is the Night" is a song written and performed by American rock singer and guitarist Billy Squier. It appeared as the first track on Side 2 of his Triple Platinum 1981 album Don't Say No and became an AOR (Album Oriented Rock) radio hit, reaching number 28 on Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 1981.
Squier has performed "Lonely Is the Night" live with Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band.
In the Led Zeppelin biography "Hammer of the Gods" the song is mentioned, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, as one of the best singles Zeppelin ever put out, presumably for its similarity to another Led Zeppelin song. Although it doesn't specify what song that is, the song's tune is similar to "Nobody's Fault but Mine". Led Zeppelin had disbanded a year before the song's release due to Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham's death.
Use in media
This song has been used in both Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s and Guitar Hero 5.
In the film Couples Retreat, this song is used when two of the characters compete with each other in a Guitar Hero battle.
This song is used in the Then and Now recap at the beginning of Supernatural episode 4.02, "Are You There God? It's Me, Dean Winchester".
The song appears on fictional radio station Los Santos Rock Radio in the video game Grand Theft Auto V.