Lonely Day

"Lonely Day"
"Lonely Day"
Single by System of a Down
from the album Hypnotize
Released	April 17, 2006
Recorded	The Mansion; Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California; Akademie Mathematique of Philosophical Sound Research; Los Angeles, California
Length	2:47
Label	American/Columbia; CK
Songwriter(s)	Daron Malakian
Producer(s)	Rick Rubin, Daron Malakian
System of a Down singles chronology
Music video
	"Lonely Day" on YouTube

"Lonely Day" is the second single from the 2005 album Hypnotize by Armenian American metal band System of a Down. It was 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]

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.

Track listing

Digital download
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Lonely Day"	Daron Malakian	2:47

CD extended play
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Lonely Day"	Daron Malakian	2:48
2.	"Shame" (System of a Down featuring Wu-Tang Clan)	Ghostface Killah, GZA, U-God, Inspectah Deck, Ol' Dirty Bastard, RZA, Method Man, Raekwon	2:41
3.	"Snowblind" (Black Sabbath cover)	Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward	4:40
4.	"Metro" (Berlin cover)	John Crawford	2:59
5.	"Marmalade"	Serj Tankian (lyrics), Daron Malakian (music)	3:01
6.	"Lonely Day" (Video CD extra)		2:57

Personnel

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

Chart positions

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[2]	37
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[3]	62
Canada Rock Top 30 (Radio & Records)^[4]	17
Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100)^[5]	55
Denmark (Tracklisten)^[6]	20
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)^[7]	16
France (SNEP)^[8]	84
Invalid chart entered Germany2	46
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[9]	17
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[10]	72
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100	23
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)^[11]	10
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)^[12]	10

References

^ Blabbermouth.net. "SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD, STONE SOUR Among GRAMMY Nominees", December 7, 2006, at Blabbermouth.net Archived September 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine; last accessed December 7, 2006.
^ "System of a Down – Lonely Day". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
^ "System of a Down – Lonely Day" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
^ "RR Canada Rock Top 30" (PDF). p. 62. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – RADIO – TOP 100 and insert 200631 into search. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
^ "System of a Down – Lonely Day". Tracklisten.
^ "System of a Down: Lonely Day" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat.
^ "System of a Down – Lonely Day" (in French). Les classement single.
^ "System of a Down – Lonely Day". Top 40 Singles.
^ "System of a Down – Lonely Day". Swiss Singles Chart.
^ "System of a Down Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
^ "System of a Down Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved April 3, 2015.

External links

[1] Blabbermouth.net. "SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD, STONE SOUR Among GRAMMY Nominees", December 7, 2006, at Blabbermouth.net Archived September 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine; last accessed December 7, 2006.

[sc_Australia_System_of_a_Down-2] "System of a Down – Lonely Day". ARIA Top 50 Singles.

[sc_Austria_System_of_a_Down-3] "System of a Down – Lonely Day" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.

[4] "RR Canada Rock Top 30" (PDF). p. 62. Retrieved October 14, 2019.

[sc_Czech_Republic_-5] "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – RADIO – TOP 100 and insert 200631 into search. Retrieved 12 September 2018.

[sc_Denmark_System_of_a_Down-6] "System of a Down – Lonely Day". Tracklisten.

[sc_Finland_System_of_a_Down-7] "System of a Down: Lonely Day" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat.

[sc_France_System_of_a_Down-8] "System of a Down – Lonely Day" (in French). Les classement single.

[sc_New_Zealand_System_of_a_Down-9] "System of a Down – Lonely Day". Top 40 Singles.

[sc_Swiss_System_of_a_Down-10] "System of a Down – Lonely Day". Swiss Singles Chart.

[sc_Billboardalternativesongs_System_of_a_Down-11] "System of a Down Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved April 9, 2015.

[sc_Billboardmainstreamrock_System_of_a_Down-12] "System of a Down Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved April 3, 2015.

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Serj Tankian Daron Malakian Shavo Odadjian John Dolmayan Ontronik "Andy" Khachaturian
Studio albums	System of a Down Toxicity Steal This Album! Mezmerize Hypnotize
Singles	"Sugar" "Spiders" "Chop Suey!" "Toxicity" "Aerials" "Innervision" "Boom!" "B.Y.O.B." "Question!" "Hypnotize" "Lonely Day" "Protect the Land" / "Genocidal Humanoidz"
Tours	Reunion Tour Wake Up the Souls Tour Linkin Park and Friends: Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington
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