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<p>The song incorporated the innovative structure and knack for changing tempos exemplified by the second side of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Beatles</a>' <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Road" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Abbey Road</em></a> album, released the previous year and a clear influence on this single. "Lonely Days" shifts back and forth between a piano-and-strings-dominated verse reminiscent of "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Never_Give_Me_Your_Money" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">You Never Give Me Your Money</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Slumbers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Golden Slumbers</a>," and an up-tempo stomping chorus that echoes "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_That_Weight" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Carry That Weight</a>"; perhaps as an acknowledgment of the debt, as the record approaches its fade-out, the lead singer's voice is filtered to sound like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">John Lennon</a>'s.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonely_Days#cite_note-reunion-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a></p><h2>Release</h2><p>In the United States, Atco released "Lonely Days" on 6 November 1970. As in other territories, "Man for All Seasons", also taken from <em>2 Years On</em>, featured as the B-side.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonely_Days#cite_note-friends-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonely_Days#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a> Atco also issued a promotional single featuring the mono and stereo mixes on the disc's respective sides.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonely_Days#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[5]</a> A music video of the song was made following the release of the song, the first scene features Maurice playing a Fender Malibu acoustic guitar and sitting next to the window. The second scene features Barry walking his dog in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">London</a> park and the third scene features Robin showing loneliness and wanting to go outside driving his car.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonely_Days#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[6]</a></p><p>The Bee Gees performed "Lonely Days" on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tonight_Show_Starring_Johnny_Carson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson</em></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Johnny_Cash_Show" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Johnny Cash Show</em></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dick_Cavett_Show" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Dick Cavett Show</em></a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ed_Sullivan_Show" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Ed Sullivan Show</em></a>. On their performance of this song in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andy_Williams_Show" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Andy Williams Show</em></a>, they also performed "Man for All Seasons".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonely_Days#cite_note-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[7]</a></p><h2>Reception</h2><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_Box" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Cash Box</em></a> described the song as a "slow building ballad [which] aims at the creation of atmosphere before it breaks into its chant-like body."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonely_Days#cite_note-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[8]</a></p><h2>Personnel</h2><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Gibb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Barry Gibb</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_vocalist" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lead</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmony_vocals" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">harmony vocals</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_guitar" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">acoustic guitar</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Gibb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Robin Gibb</a> – lead, harmony and backing vocals</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Gibb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Maurice Gibb</a> – lead, harmony and backing vocals, piano, bass, acoustic guitar</li><li>Geoff Bridgford – drums</li><li>Bill Shepherd – orchestra and strings arrangement</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>