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Lonely Nights

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"Lonely Nights"
Single by Mickey Gilley
from the album You Don't Know Me
B-side"We've Watched Another Evening Waste Away"
ReleasedSeptember 1981
Recorded1981
GenreCountry
Length3:23
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Stewart Harris and Keith Stegall
Producer(s)Jim Ed Norman
Mickey Gilley singles chronology
"You Don't Know Me"
(1981)
"Lonely Nights"
(1981)
"Tears of the Lonely"
(1982)

"Lonely Nights" is a song written by Keith Stegall and Stewart Harris, and recorded by American country music artist Mickey Gilley. It was released in September 1981 as the second single from the album You Don't Know Me. The song was Gilley's thirteenth number one country hit. The single stayed at number one for one week and stayed a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.[1]

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1981–1982) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

Year-end charts

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Chart (1982) Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 30

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 137.
  2. ^ "Mickey Gilley Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1982". Billboard. Retrieved June 22, 2021.