"You're Only Lonely"

"You're Only Lonely" is a 1979 single by JD Souther from his album You're Only Lonely. It was 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒑 𝒉𝒊𝒕, 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒃𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑯𝒐𝒕 100 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑫𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 15, 22 𝒂𝒏𝒅 29, 1979 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒅𝒖𝒍𝒕 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒕.
JD was a songwriter behind country-rock hits by the Eagles and Linda Ronstadt.

Sadly: JD Souther passed away on September 18, 2024 at the age of 78.

𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐑: 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫(𝐬) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 “𝐃𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 /𝐌𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐰 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜” 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐨𝐧-𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲, 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲.