Hey There Lonely Girl
"Hey There Lonely Girl" is a song released in 1969 by Eddie Holman. The original version "Hey There Lonely Boy" was recorded in 1963 by Ruby & the Romantics. It was a hit for both of them. It has since been recorded by many other artists.
Ruby & the Romantics version
The group's original 1963 recording was a Top 30 hit, peaking at #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart. "Hey There Lonely Boy" also reached #5 on Billboard's Middle-road singles chart.Eddie Holman version
In 1969, Holman released his own version of the song. It peaked at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop chart in 1970. On the U.S. soul singles chart, it went to number 4. It peaked at number 1 on the Canadian RPM chart and number 42 on the Australian chart. Four years after its US / Canadian release, the single went to number 4 on the UK Singles Chart; it is his highest charting single in each country.Other versions
- Shaun Cassidy's 1977 version was a track on his debut LP. It reached # 5 in Australia.
- Robert John, in 1980, for the album Back on the Street.
- British boy band Big Fun covered the song for their 1990 album A Pocketful of Dreams, produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, and released it as the fourth single in July 1990, peaking at number 62 in the UK chart. The track was subsequently denounced by band member Phil Creswick. David Giles of Music Week panned this version as being the "SAW worst production", noting Big Fun members' "ridiculous whining voices" and deemed it as unlikely to be a hit.