Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 2004
How Do You Get That Lonely
Buy How Do You Get That Lonely now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = How Do You Get That Lonely
| cover = How-do-you-get-that-lonely-blaine-larsen.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Blaine Larsen
| album = Off to Join the World
| released = November 1, 2004
| recorded = 2004
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country
| length = 4:07
| label = BNA
| writer = Rory Feek, Jamie Teachenor
| producer = Rory Feek, Tim Johnson
| prev_title = In My High School
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = The Best Man
| next_year = 2005
| misc =
}}
"'How Do You Get That Lonely'" is a song written by Rory Feek and Jamie Teachenor, and recorded by American country music artist Blaine Larsen. It was released November 1, 2004, reaching number 18 on the 'Billboard' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It also peaked at #91 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it Larsen's only Hot 100 entry.
History
"How Do You Get That Lonely" had originally appeared in Larsen's album 'In My High School' on Giantslayer Records. The song was the second single from the album 'In My High School' after Giantslayer Records had released the title song "In My High School" as Larsen's debut single. After Larsen joined BNA Records, the label released the song and re-released 'In My High School', with one track added, as 'Off to Join the World'.
Content
"How Do You Get That Lonely," was written by Rory Feek and Jamie Teachenor as a tribute of and dedication to the memory of Lance Emmitt, of Mount Pleasant, Tennessee, the son of Mack Emmitt and Gloria Renee Thomason Mash. Lance Emmitt had committed suicide on Nov. 11, 2003. He was just 19. The song opens with reference to a small news item about the suicide of a young man.
Tigers is the team of Mount Pleasant High School that Emmitt attended. Larsen said: "I got chills when I first heard it, and I knew it was a song I was supposed to cut".[https://archive.today/20120917151005/http://www.wdxe.net/wdxe.php?rfc=narticle.php&id=3082 WDXE.net: Local youth's tragic story inspires a top country hit]
Music video
Two separate music videos were released. The first one in 2004 accompanied the release by Giantslayer Records taken from the album entitled 'In My High School'. This video shot in black and white shows Blaine Larsen singing and playing the guitar. It was produced by lilDRAGON and directed by Gabe McCauley. Jeremy Gonzales was the director of photography.[http://vimeo.com/35207298 Vimeo.com: "How Do You Get That Lonely"]
The official music video with the release of the song by BNA came in 2005 through the duo Robert Deaton III and George Flanigen IV known as Deaton-Flanigen Productions.[http://deatonflanigen.com/index.php?pg=credits Deaton Flanagan Music Videos (since 1998)] It shows grieving family members, including Larsen, on their way to the funeral of a young man, and they contemplating on reasons why he might have committed suicide, at the same time reflecting on their own lives. The music video ends with them arriving at the funeral site.
Chart performance
References
Category:2004 singles
Category:Blaine Larsen songs
Category:Songs written by Rory Feek
Category:Songs about suicide
Category:BNA Records singles
Category:Music videos directed by Deaton-Flanigen Productions
Category:Songs written by Jamie Teachenor
Category:2004 songs
Buy How Do You Get That Lonely now from Amazon
<-- Return to songs from 2004