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"Loneliness"
Single by Tomcraft
Released12 September 2002 (2002-09-12)
RecordedAugust 2002
StudioElektroraum (Berlin, Germany)
Genre
Length2:44
LabelKosmo
Songwriter(s)

Edmund Clement

  • Eniac
Producer(s)
  • Eniac
  • Tomcraft
Tomcraft singles chronology
"Bang Bang"
(2002) 		"Loneliness"
(2002) 		"Brainwashed (Call You)"
(2003)

"Loneliness" is a song by German disc jockey Tomcraft (Thomas Bruckner). It was written by Ivan Matias, Andrea Martin, Tomcraft and Eniac and produced by the latter two. The song is based on an excerpt of Martin's 1999 single "Share the Love".[3] "Loneliness" was released as a single in September 2002 in Germany and in April 2003 in the United Kingdom. The single peaked at number 10 on the German Singles Chart and topped the UK Singles Chart.

British singer-songwriter Will Young sampled the song for his 2015 single "Love Revolution".[4]

Track listings

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Credits and personnel

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Credits are adapted from the German maxi-CD single liner notes.[5]

Studio

  • Recorded in August 2002 at Elektroraum (Berlin, Germany)

Personnel

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[33] Silver 200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Germany 12 September 2002 12-inch vinyl Kosmo [34]
2 December 2002 CD
United Kingdom 28 April 2003
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
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Australia 7 July 2003 CD Superphunk [36]

References

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  1. ^ "11 big songs that have missed the Top 40 this year". Official Charts Company. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2019. In this '60s-style track, Will even managed to weave in a bit of a techno song in the chorus – Tomcraft's Number 1 banger Loneliness. Now, you weren't expecting that were you?
  2. ^ "The ARIA Report – Chartifacts!" (PDF). ARIA. 14 July 2003. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2003. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  3. ^ Masterton, James (4 May 2003). "Week Ending May 10th 2003". Chart Watch UK. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Will Young samples Tomcraft's chart-topping Loneliness on his new single Love Revolution". Chart Shaker. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  5. ^ a b Loneliness (German maxi-CD single liner notes). Tomcraft. Kosmo Records. 2002. 019 453 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ Loneliness (German 12-inch single sleeve). Tomcraft. Kosmo Records. 2002. KOS 2042.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ Loneliness (UK CD single liner notes). Tomcraft. Data Records, Ministry of Sound, Kosmo Records. 2003. DATA52CDS.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ Loneliness (UK cassette single sleeve). Tomcraft. Data Records, Ministry of Sound, Kosmo Records. 2003. DATA52MCS.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ "Issue 699" ARIA Top 100 Singles. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  10. ^ "The ARIA Report – ARIA Club Chart – Week Commencing 17th March 2003" (PDF). ARIA. 17 March 2003. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2003. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Issue 699" ARIA Top 50 Dance Singles. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Tomcraft – Loneliness" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  13. ^ "Tomcraft – Loneliness" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  14. ^ "Tomcraft – Loneliness" (in Dutch). Ultratop Dance. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  15. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 21, no. 21. 17 May 2003. p. 6. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  16. ^ "Tomcraft: Loneliness" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  17. ^ "Tomcraft – Loneliness" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  18. ^ "Tomcraft – Loneliness" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  19. ^ "Top 50 Singles Εβδομάδα 27/05 – 03/06" (in Greek). IFPI. Archived from the original on 5 June 2003. Retrieved 29 June 2020. See Best column.
  20. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Dance Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  21. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Loneliness". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  22. ^ "Top 10 Dance Singles, Week Ending 1 May 2003". GfK Chart-Track. Retrieved 11 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
  23. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 6, 2003" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  24. ^ "Tomcraft – Loneliness" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  25. ^ "Arhiva romanian top 100 – Editia 29, saptamina 28.07–3.08, 2003" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on 18 February 2005. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  26. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  27. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  28. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  29. ^ "ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Club Chart 2003". ARIA. Archived from the original on 15 April 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  30. ^ "Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 2003" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  31. ^ "Top 100 Songs of 2003". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 2003. Archived from the original on 2 June 2004. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  32. ^ "The Official UK Singles Chart 2003" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  33. ^ "British single certifications – Tomcraft – Loneliness". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  34. ^ "Home". Kosmo Music. Archived from the original on 1 December 2002. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  35. ^ "New Releases – For Week Starting 28 April 2003: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 26 April 2003. p. 27. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  36. ^ "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 7th July 2003" (PDF). ARIA. 7 July 2003. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2003. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
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