Are You Lonely for Me (Freddie Scott song)
"Are You Lonely for Me", written and produced by Bert Berns, 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. The song's back up vocals were performed by Cissy Houston and the Sweet Inspirations.
Cover versions
The song has been covered many times since, including renditions by:- Hank Ballard,
- Commitments,
- Grateful Dead,
- Al Green,
- Chuck Jackson,
- Steve Marriott,
- Otis Redding & Carla Thomas,
- David Johansen.
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