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“Lonesome Day” by Bruce Springsteen
From the album The Rising (2002)
“Lonesome Day” by Bruce Springsteen appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2002 and 2009. It was first released in 2002 on the album The Rising. Its best result is #24 on the WXRT Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #468 of the '00s.
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"Lonesome Day" opens The Rising, Bruce Springsteen's 2002 album with the E Street Band, and Columbia sent it out on December 2, 2002 as the single after the title track. Like several songs on the record, it seems to draw on the September 11, 2001 attacks, yet it's loose enough to hold any grief: its narrator is trying to get through the loneliness left by losing someone they loved.
Brendan O'Brien produced and mixed it, with Nick DiDia recording, and the E Street muscle gets some extra ache from Soozie Tyrell's violin and background vocals and the cellos of Jere Flint and Larry LeMaster. It made only modest dents on the pop charts but climbed to No. 3 on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 24 | 93XRT Chicago, IL | WXRT Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2002 | 30 |
| 2003 | 37 | The Bear Ottawa, ON | The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2003 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 243 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
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