Songs About Loneliness

These are the best songs that address someone’s feelings of isolation and desolation.

RANK	SONG TITLE	ARTIST(S)	YEAR
1	Space Oddity	David Bowie	1969
2	Rocket Man	Elton John	1972
3	Here I Go Again	Whitesnake	1987
4	Eleanor Rigby	The Beatles	1966
5	Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)	Roy Orbison	1960
6	All Alone Am I	Brenda Lee	1962
7	All by Myself	Eric Carmen	1975
8	Hey You	Pink Floyd	1980
9	Blue Bayou	Roy Orbison	1963
10	Alone Again (Naturally)	Gilbert O'Sullivan	1972
11	I Am a Rock	Simon & Garfunkel	1966
12	Tired of Being Alone	Al Green	1971
13	The Boxer	Paul Simon	1969
14	Blue Bayou	Linda Ronstadt	1977
15	Cruel Summer	Bananarama	1983
16	One	Three Dog Night	1969
17	Message in a Bottle	The Police	1979
18	Boulevard of Broken Dreams	Green Day	2004
19	Owner of a Lonely Heart	Yes	1983
20	The Fool on the Hill	The Beatles	1967
21	Lonely People	America	1974
22	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry	B.J. Thomas	1966
23	Drive	The Cars	1984
24	Tragedy	The Bee Gees	1979
25	I Drink Alone	George Thorogood	1985
26	Solitary Man	Neil Diamond	1966
27	Mr. Blue	The Fleetwoods	1959
28	Goodbye to Love	The Carpenters	1972
29	Mr. Lonely	Bobby Vinton	1962
30	Solitaire	Laura Branigan	1983
31	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry	Hank Williams	1949
32	Solitaire	The Carpenters	1975
33	So Lonely	The Police	1978
34	Have You Seen Her?	The Chi-Lites	1971
35	Lonely Boy	Andrew Gold	1977