Everyone feels alone sometimes, and there is an odd comfort in a song that names it. These put words to the quiet hours, and remind you that plenty of other people have felt exactly the same.
Updated 2026
Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles 1966
All the lonely people, and the question of where they belong.
Are You Lonesome Tonight? by Elvis Presley 1960
A tender late-night question to someone who has gone.
Only the Lonely by Roy Orbison 1960
Orbison's voice climbing toward heartbreak and back.
The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel 1964
Hello darkness, my old friend, and the loneliness of a crowd.
All by Myself by Eric Carmen 1975
A grand, aching ballad for an empty apartment.
Alone by Heart 1987
The big-voiced ache of waiting by a phone that won't ring.
Mr. Lonely by Bobby Vinton 1962
A soldier far from home with no one to write to.
Solitary Man by Neil Diamond 1966
Choosing to be alone after being let down one too many times.
Creep by Radiohead 1992
Feeling like the one person who does not fit in the room.
Lonely Teardrops by Jackie Wilson 1958
Upbeat enough to dance to, even while it cries.