Their first was 1972’s “A Horse With No Name” and then 1975’s “Sister Golden Hair.” They had seven Top 10 hits. This song is one of their shortest, but sweetest melodies ever.America had 11 Top 40 hits and 2 number 1 songs. Dustin from Franksville, WiI never knew that America was such a God-loving band.Dan Peek is the one who got religion more or less after he left the in the late 70s. Kevin from Reading, PaDustin, I don't think America was especially God loving when they were having their hits.Dan from Gurnee, IlI thought I was day dreaming in my car when I heard the line for the version of Lonely People where he sings, "give your heart to Jesus Christ". Bmn from Hisuan, Argentina> I never knew that America was such a God-loving band.You are now riding that highway in the sky! Ric from Atlanta, GaCheck out this video from Dan himself.Lianna from Sylva, NcIt is also very interesting to note that many Pagans use this song, as in the last line it says "She" will never take you down or never give you up", which to Wiccans refers to the Goddess, and the silver cup is the chalice that predates the cup of Christ, and the silver highway is the silver astral cord leading from this life to that which comes next, Wiccans having no belief in Hell.Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn December 22nd 1974 "Lonely People" by America entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart and on March 2nd, 1975 it peaked at #5 (for 1 week) and spent 14 weeks on the Top 100.Īnd on February 15th, 1975 it reached #1 (for 1 week) on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart.īetween January 5th and June 14th, 1975 there were 23 different records in a row that held the #1 spot on the Adult Contemporary chart for just one week "Lonely People" was sixth in that string.This was for all the lonely people, and I was one of them." So at the time it was written it was about the chalice used during the wedding ceremony. After a couple of years of it being out, we'd do shows where, when we played that song, there would be a standing ovation in the middle of it. where do they all belong?' That line haunted me and cut me to the core. The line that inspired it was from 'Eleanor Rigby': 'all the lonely people, where do they all come from. There was a joy, but also a sadness for everybody that didn't have somebody, 'cause I knew what that was like. It had become this quest, to get this woman and make things right. I had always felt like the melancholy, lonely person. The song came out of true experience, Dan says: "I wrote it probably within a month of getting married to my long-lost love, Catherine. "Lonely People" was Peek's standout contribution to Holiday, a simple tune that carried a universal message. Djflwb from Tampa, FlHighway Highlight (from the box set booklet).The guitars, keyboard, and the dismal vocals just had to fade. What could be more heart-wrenching than being ignored by one person who could hardly care about how I chaliced her? Nothing follows. “This is for all the single people, thinking that love has left them dry.” Yeah. Writing never did pay, and that time I hardly knew that it didn’t or that it could. Listening to this in the afternoons when I was jobless, seeking any type of work that would pay-after my scholarship’s graduation stipend was depleted, spent for mailing my essays and poems to city-based magazines, that never even saw publication. The low vocals-“this is for all the lonely people, thinking that life has passed them by”-never allowed me to know why I was literally lonely in those days after my mother died. Romanong Kurong from PhilippinesThe guitar introduction thrills me to no end.
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