Song for the Lonely

"Song for the Lonely"
Single by Cher
from the album Living Proof
Released	March 19, 2002
Recorded	2001
Studio	Metrophonic Studios
Venue	London, England
Genre	Dance-pop
Length	4:01 (album version) 3:21 (radio edit)
Label	Warner Bros WEA
Songwriter(s)	Mark Taylor Paul Barry Steve Torch
Producer(s)	Mark Taylor
Cher singles chronology
"The Music's No Good Without You" (2001) "Song for the Lonely" (2002) "Alive Again" (2002)
Music video
"Song for the Lonely" on YouTube

"Song for the Lonely" (originally titled "(This is) A Song for the Lonely")^[1] is a song by American singer Cher from her twenty-fourth studio album, Living Proof (2001). It was written by Mark Taylor, Paul Barry and Steve Torch, and produced by Taylor. It released on March 19, 2002, as the second international single from the album, while in North America it was released as the lead single, by Warner Bros. Records and WEA. "Song for the Lonely" is a dance-pop song which was initially written as a love song, but after the September 11 attacks, Cher eventually saw it in a different way.

"Song for the Lonely" was met with positive reviews, with music commentators complimenting its heartfelt lyrics and beat. Commercially, the song was a disappointment on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 85, but it topped the Maxi-Singles Sales and the Dance Club Play charts. It also reached the top forty in Canada, The Czech Republic, and Romania. The accompanying music video for "Song for the Lonely" was recorded in New York City under the direction of Stu Maschwitz, and depicts Cher walking through the streets of the city since the 18th century until the modern days, while she is joined by several people from those times. To promote the song, Cher performed it on the American Music Awards of 2002, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and later included it on the setlists of her Living Proof: The Farewell Tour (2002–05) and her concert residency Cher (2008–11).