Ask the Lonely (Journey song)

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"Ask the Lonely"
Single by Journey
from the album Two of a Kind
B-side"Troubled Child"
Released1983
GenreArena rock
Length3:56
LabelMCA
CBS/Sony
Songwriter(s)Steve Perry
Jonathan Cain
Producer(s)Kevin Elson
Mike Stone
Journey singles chronology
"Send Her My Love"
(1983)
"Ask the Lonely"
(1983)
"Only the Young"
(1985)

"Ask the Lonely" is a song by American rock band Journey. Featured in the film Two of a Kind and its respective soundtrack, it was a radio rock hit in the U.S. (despite only receiving a single release in Japan) and appears on their 1988 Greatest Hits album. The single was backed with "Troubled Child", a track from their 1983 album Frontiers. CD reissues of said album feature "Ask the Lonely" as a bonus track.

The track reached number 3 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart (then named "Top Rock Tracks") in January 1984.[1]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Ask the Lonely" (Perry, Cain) – 3:56
  2. "Troubled Child" (Cain, Schon, Perry) – 4:29

Personnel[edit]

Charts[edit]

Chart (1983–1984) Peak
position
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[2] 3

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Journey". Billboard.
  2. ^ "Journey Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved August 19, 2022.