It's Lonely Out There Explained

It's Lonely Out There
Type:single
Artist:Pam Tillis
Album:All of This Love
B-Side:You Can't Have a Good Time Without Me
Released:May 1996
Studio:Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre:Country
Length:3:23
Label:Arista Nashville
Producer:Pam Tillis
Mike Poole
Prev Title:The River and the Highway
Prev Year:1996
Next Title:Betty's Got a Bass Boat
Next Year:1996

"It's Lonely Out There" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Pam Tillis. It was released in May 1996 as the third single from her album All of This Love. The song reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in September 1996.[1] Tillis wrote the song with her then-husband, Bob DiPiero.

Content

The song's lyrical focus is a woman conversing with an ex-lover of hers, "taunting" him by telling him to find another lover but warning him that "it's lonely out there".[2]

Background

The song is composed in the key of A-flat major with a main chord pattern of A-E-D9-E on the verses, and A-E-Fm-D9-A-E-A on the chorus. Tillis presented the idea to her then-husband Bob DiPiero, who helped her compose it on a classical guitar that was gifted to him by Neil Diamond. According to Tillis, DiPiero had "pretty much written it" when she took a nap, and then when she woke up with the song "I Can See Clearly Now" in her head, the two decided to give the song a similar sound.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=pam tillis|chart=Country Songs}} Pam Tillis Hot Country Songs Chart History]. Billboard. January 30, 2012.
  2. Book: A boy named Sue: gender and country music . Kristine M. McCusker, Diane Pecknold . 2004 . 163. 9781578066780 .
  3. News: This guitar won't be 'Lonely' for long . . September 8, 1996 . February 21, 2019 . 4.