Lonely Nights

"Lonely Nights"
Single by Mickey Gilley
from the album You Don't Know Me
B-side	"We've Watched Another Evening Waste Away"
Released	September 1981
Format	7"
Recorded	1981
Genre	Country
Length	3:23
Label	Epic
Writer(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)

For the song by the German hard rock band Scorpions, see Face the Heat. For the song by the Canadian singer Bryan Adams, see You Want It You Got It.

"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. "Lonely Nights" was Mickey 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.

Chart performance

Chart (1981–1982)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" by Juice Newton	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single February 6, 1982	Succeeded by "Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight" by Eddie Rabbitt
Preceded by "Have You Ever Been Lonely?" by Patsy Cline and Jim Reeves	RPM Country Tracks number-one single February 27, 1982	Succeeded by "Only One You" by T. G. Sheppard