so lonely - police - cover

"So Lonely" is a song by The Police, appearing on the 1978 studio album Outlandos d'Amour and released as a single in November 1978 and again in February 1980 as a re-release. The single didn't chart on the first occasion but reached number 6 after the second release. The other singles from Outlandos D'Amour, "Roxanne" and "Can't Stand Losing You", followed a same scenario of not charting very high in 1978, but doing very well on a re-release. This is probably due to the fact that The Police had their breakthrough in 1979.

Sting has admitted that he used Bob Marley's No Woman No Cry as the basis for this song: "People thrashing out three chords didn't really interest us musically. Reggae was accepted in punk circles and musically more sophisticated, and we could play it, so we veered off in that direction. I mean let's be honest here, 'So Lonely' was unabashedly culled from 'No Woman No Cry' by Bob Marley. Same chorus. What we invented was this thing of going back and forth between thrash punk and reggae. That was the little niche we created for ourselves." —Sting, Revolver 4/2000[1]

Sting recycled the lyrics in the song's verses from his earlier Last Exit song "Fool in Love".

The video for the song depicts the band walking around the streets of Tokyo, including the subway trains.

The song has been covered many times, including a version by Limbeck on a Police tribute album put out on The Militia Group.

The band O.A.R. has used the song as a tag on their song That Was a Crazy Game of Poker.

It has also been ridiculed by many critics[who?], who joke that Sting was singing Sue Lawley or even Salami instead of So Lonely at the chorus.

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[TubieNewbie4u]

love it, very different and very good

[gkartsonakis]

many thanks!!

[TheGalwayFarmer]

face it, you are hardly Sting

[killerbill93]

so you are a bass singer?

guitar and bass sounds great!

[DysisTend]

Best cover ive heard, very original

[SkaaDeeWorks]

nice

honest sounding

too bad we can't see your face

[deanomyte76]

Nice song. Dude.  What is up w your guitar? 12 strung 6?

[ajapaneseman]

sleepy voice

[kipkip4ever]

this is just beautiful! luv the song and love this version!

[allthumbs09]

I'm diggin the arrangement, very original!