Lonely Town (Brandon Flowers song)

"Lonely Town"
Single by Brandon Flowers
from the album The Desired Effect
Released April 27, 2015 (2015-04-27)
Format Digital download
Recorded 2014
Studio Battle Born Studios
(Winchester, Nevada)
Genre Synth-rock[1]
Length 3:31
Label Island
Songwriter(s) Brandon Flowers
Producer(s) Ariel Rechtshaid
Brandon Flowers singles chronology
"Still Want You"
(2015)		 "Lonely Town"
(2015)		 "I Can Change"
(2015)

"Still Want You"
(2015)		 "Lonely Town"
(2015)		 "I Can Change"
(2015)
Music video
"Lonely Town" on YouTube

"Lonely Town" is a song by American singer Brandon Flowers from his second studio album, The Desired Effect (2015). It was released on April 27, 2015, as the album's third single.[2][3]

Composition

Sonically the track appears to be a breezy love song but lyrically it features lines with dual meanings (e.g., "When will you come home again? Did you lock the door when it shut?"), potentially attributable to a stalker.

Danielle Haim (of Haim) requested to play the drum part and features on the recording.

Music video

The music video for "Lonely Town" centers around a young woman (Penelope Mitchell) while doing random things around her house with headphones on while dancing to the song.[4][5] Someone is watching her from outside her window.[3][6][7] The video is retro-styled.[8][9]

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[10] 47

References

  1. ↑ "The 50 Best Modern Songs That Sound Like the 1980s". Vulture. October 28, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  2. ↑ http://www.gigwise.com/news/100005/brandon-flowers-lonely-town-from-the-desired-effect-unveiled---listen
  3. 1 2 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/watch-brandon-flowers-creepy-retro-lonely-town-video-20150427
  4. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6546084/watch-brandon-flowers-lonely-town-video
  5. ↑ http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/27/watch-brandon-flowers-voyeuristic-lonely-town-video
  6. ↑ http://www.fuse.tv/videos/2015/04/brandon-flowers-lonely-town-video
  7. ↑ http://www.spin.com/2015/04/brandon-flowers-lonely-town-watch-music-video/
  8. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6546084/watch-brandon-flowers-lonely-town-video
  9. ↑ http://diymag.com/2015/04/27/brandon-flowers-unveils-lonely-town-video
  10. ↑ "Brandon Flowers Chart History (Hot Rock Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
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