Are You Lonely for Me (Freddie Scott song) explained

Are You Lonely For Me
Type:	single
Artist:	Freddie Scott
Album:	Are You Lonely For Me?
Released:	1966
Recorded:	1966
Label:	Shout Records
Producer:	Bert Berns

"Are You Lonely for Me", written and produced by Bert Berns (aka Bert Russell), is a song first recorded by Freddie Scott.

The single was Scott's highest charting single on the R&B chart, hitting the number-one spot for four weeks, in early 1967. "Are You Lonely For Me" was also Freddie Scott's second and last Top 40-hit single.^[1] The song's back up vocals were performed by Cissy Houston and the Sweet Inspirations.^[2]

Chart positions

Chart (1967)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[3]	39
U.S. Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues	1

Cover versions

The song has been covered many times since, including renditions by:

• Hank Ballard,^[4]
• Commitments,^[5]
• Grateful Dead,^[6]
• Al Green,^[7]
• Chuck Jackson,^[8]
• Steve Marriott,^[9]
• Otis Redding & Carla Thomas,^[10]
• David Johansen.^[11]

Influence

• The song was a standard in the Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders tours from 1972 to 1974.
• Keith Richards named it the one song he would want to be credited for writing^[12]

Notes and References

1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 514.
2. Book: White, Adam . The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits. Bronson . Fred . 1993 . Billboard Books:Watson-Guptill Publications, New York . 28.
3. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 744.

4. Web site: Hank Ballard: You Can't Keep a Good Man Down . Ankeny . Jason . . 2012-01-16.
5. Web site: Commitments: The Commitments . Erlewine . Stephen Thomas . . 2012-01-16.
6. Web site: Grateful Dead: Dick's Picks, Vol. 30 . Planer . Lindsay . . 2012-01-16.
7. Web site: Al Green: Gets Next to You . Erlewine . Stephen Thomas . . 2012-01-16.
8. Web site: Chuck Jackson: The Best of Chuck Jackson . Sendra . Tim . . 2012-01-16.
9. Web site: Steve Marriott: Marriott . Sendra . Tim . . 2012-01-16.
10. Web site: Otis Redding & Carla Thomas: King & Queen . Ankeny . Jason . . 2012-01-16.
11. Web site: Buster Poindexter: Buster Poindexter . Ruhlmann . William . . 2018-03-03.
12. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Ask Keith Richards: If you could go back in time and be credited for writing any song,... . YouTube.