Lonely
Akon
2004
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release/version source checked.
Release: 2004
Release: 2004Source checked
Original track on the 2004 Trouble album; single followed in 2005.
Separately documented single release: 2005. Read the source note for the release region or version.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Lonely - release / recording history
Original track on the 2004 Trouble album; single followed in 2005. Source consulted 2026-10-13; not a complete discographic audit.
Former annual assignments retained as history
These appearances were removed from the main annual lists. They are not original release dates.
- 1997: premature
- 2003: premature
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
The feelings of isolation and loneliness.
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1997.html, song-list position 79
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
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An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Chronology-screened editorial addition; dated source reviewed; popularity rank not assigned.
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Lonely - date and recording source
Original track on the 2004 Trouble album; single followed in 2005. Selected as a contemporary editorial supplement, not assigned an invented chart rank.
Owner-supplied 1997.html
Historical source retained for identity/context only. It does not establish a chart rank in this newly selected year.
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