Lonely
Akon
2005
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release/version source checked.
Release: 2004
Release: 2004Source checked | Recent carryover
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.
Akon wrote the song about the feeling of loneliness and isolation.
Evidence scope: Attributed owner-supplied note; NOT independently verified songwriter testimony
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 2005.html, position 131
Original annotation, retained with an explicit unverified label
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual identity reconciliation, not audio-fingerprint or exact-pressing verification. Version labels are catalog safeguards.
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
Supplied annual selection; independent annual corroboration remains open
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Owner-supplied 2005.html
Supplied annual selection, not independently corroborated.
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