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Lonely Day
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Lonely Day
| cover = System of a Down - Lonley Day (single).jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = System of a Down
| album = Hypnotize
| B-side =
* "Snowblind"
* "The Metro"
* "Marmalade"
| released = April 17, 2006
| recorded = * The Mansion
*
* Akademie Mathematique of Philosophical Sound Research
*
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
Alternative rock
| length = 2:47
| label = * American
* Columbia
| writer = Daron Malakian
| producer = * Rick Rubin
* Daron Malakian
| prev_title = Hypnotize
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = Protect the Land
| next_title2 = Genocidal Humanoidz
| next_year = 2020
| misc =
}}
"'Lonely Day'" is a song by Armenian 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.Blabbermouth.net. "SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD, STONE SOUR Among GRAMMY Nominees", December 7, 2006, at [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=63432 Blabbermouth.net] ; last accessed December 7, 2006. This was System of a Down's last single for 14 years, until they released two new songs ("Protect the Land" and "Genocidal Humanoidz") in 2020.
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.
As of August 30, 2022, the song has 305 million views on YouTube.
Track listing
{{Track listing
|headline = CD extended play
|title1 = Lonely Day
|writer1 = Daron Malakian
|length1 = 2:48
|title2 = Shame
|note2 = System of a Down featuring Wu-Tang Clan
|writer2 =
|length2 = 2:41
|title3 = Snowblind
|note3 = Black Sabbath cover
|writer3 =
|length3 = 4:40
|title4 = Metro
|note4 = Berlin cover
|writer4 = John Crawford
|length4 = 2:59
|title5 = Marmalade
|writer5 =
|length5 = 3:01
|title6 = Lonely Day
|note6 = Video CD extra
|length6 = 2:57
}}
Personnel
* Daron Malakian guitars, lead vocals
* Serj Tankian keyboards, vocals
* Shavo Odadjian bass guitar
* John Dolmayan drums
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References
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