Lonely Day
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"Lonely Day" is a song by 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.[1]
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 sitting in their tour bus. 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, another building, and the roof of a gas station.
As of May 2025, the music video for "Lonely Day" has over 408 million views on YouTube.[2]
Track listing
Notes
- "Shame" is a cover of "Shame on a Nigga" by Wu-Tang Clan
Personnel
- Daron Malakian – guitars, lead vocals
- Serj Tankian – keyboards, backing vocals
- Shavo Odadjian – bass
- John Dolmayan – drums
Charts
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| Canada Rock Top 30 (Radio & Records)[3] | 17 |
| Czech Republic (Radio Top 100)[4] | 55 |
Certifications
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References
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- ↑ Blabbermouth.net. "SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD, STONE SOUR Among GRAMMY Nominees", December 7, 2006, at Blabbermouth.net Template:Webarchive; last accessed December 7, 2006.
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