| In My Lonely Room | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Martha and the Vandellas |
| Album: | Greatest Hits |
| B-Side: | A Tear for the Girl |
| Released: | March 23, 1964 |
| Recorded: | Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A); January 29, 1964 |
| Genre: | Soul |
| Label: | Gordy G-7031 |
| Producer: | Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier |
| Prev Title: | Live Wire |
| Prev Year: | 1964 |
| Next Title: | Dancing in the Street |
| Next Year: | 1964 |
"In My Lonely Room" is a 1964 single by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. In this song, which registered at #6 R&B (Cashbox) and #44 Pop,[1] the narrator solemnly discusses how her lover's flirting with other girls leave her so depressed that all she can do was sit by "(her) lonely room and cry". The song was produced under a more solemn though still uptempo gospel-influenced number that had been on a number of the group's hits starting with "(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave". It was their fifth hit with Holland–Dozier–Holland.
Cash Box described it as "a real happy thumper geared for loads of spins and sales" that is performed in an "exciting infectious fashion."[2]
drums
tenor saxophone
baritone saxophone solo[4]
bass guitar
guitar
guitar
piano