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"Lonely Day" is a song by Armenian American heavy metal band System of a Down. It was released in 2006 as the second single from their fifth album Hypnotize (2005), and written by guitarist Daron Malakian, who also provides lead vocals on this track. The song received a nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards.[2] This was System of a Down's last single for 14 years, until they released two new songs ("Protect the Land" and "Genocidal Humanoidz") in 2020.

"Lonely Day"
Single by System of a Down
from the album Hypnotize
B-side	"Snowblind" "The Metro" "Marmalade"
Released	April 17, 2006
Recorded	The Mansion Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California Akademie Mathematique of Philosophical Sound Research Los Angeles, California
Genre	Alternative rock[1]
Length	2:47
Label	American Columbia CK
Songwriter(s)	Daron Malakian
Producer(s)	Rick Rubin Daron Malakian
System of a Down singles chronology
"Hypnotize" (2005) "Lonely Day" (2006) "Protect the Land" / "Genocidal Humanoidz" (2020)
Music video
"Lonely Day" on YouTube

The song is featured in the 2007 film Disturbia, as well as the film's trailer; however, it is not included in the film's soundtrack.

Music video

The music video opens with a shot of downtown Los Angeles, with the traffic light at the corner of S Broadway & 6th St on fire. The video continues with shots of the band members. There are other various shots of other items that are on fire. In order of appearance, they are as follows: a padlock, a building, shrubs in front of an office building, a newspaper dispenser, a shopping cart, a pay phone, a train car, a stack of wooden pallets, several trees, a billboard, a single car in traffic among other non-burning cars, an advertisement in Chinese at a bus stop, a bench at a train station, a dumpster, a building, and the roof of a gas station.

As of November 2022, the song has 311 million views on YouTube.

Track listing

Personnel

• Daron Malakian – guitars, lead vocals
• Serj Tankian – keyboards, vocals
• Shavo Odadjian – bass guitar
• John Dolmayan – drums

Chart positions

Weekly chart performance for "Lonely Day"

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[3]	37
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4]	62
Canada Rock Top 30 (Radio & Records)[5]	17
Czech Republic (Radio Top 100)[6]	55
Denmark (Tracklisten)[7]	20
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[8]	16
France (SNEP)[9]	84
Germany (Official German Charts)[10]	46
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[11]	17
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[12]	72
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[13]	23
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[14]	10
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[15]	10

References

External links

• "Lonely Day" Official music video on YouTube

На других языках

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[de] Lonely Day

Lonely Day ist ein Song der US-amerikanischen Alternative-Metal-Band System of a Down und gleichzeitig die zweite Single aus deren Album Hypnotize. Die Single wurde am 7. April 2006 veröffentlicht.[1] Der Text wurde vom Gitarristen der Band, Daron Malakian, geschrieben. Lonely Day kommt sowohl im Film Disturbia als auch im dazugehörigen Trailer vor.

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- [en] Lonely Day

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[es] Lonely Day

«Lonely Day» es el segundo sencillo del álbum Hypnotize (2005) de la banda System of a Down. La canción fue escrita por el guitarrista Daron Malakian, que también proporciona la voz principal de la pista. Este fue el último sencillo de System of a Down durante 14 años, hasta que lanzaron dos nuevas canciones ("Protect the Land" y "Genocidal Humanoidz") en 2020.

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[ru] Lonely Day

Lonely Day — второй сингл с альбома Hypnotize американской рок-группы System of a Down, вышедший в 2006 году. Сингл номинировался на Грэмми в категории «Лучшее хард-рок исполнение».

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