Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)

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writer:	Joe Melson Roy Orbison

publisher:	Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK) Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1960-05-04)
was commissioned by:	Rondor Music (London) Ltd.

lyrics page:	https://genius.com/Roy-orbison-only-the-lonely-know-the-way-i-feel-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/work/11807 [info]
Songfacts:	https://www.songfacts.com/facts/roy-orbison/only-the-lonely-know-the-way-i-feel [info]
Wikidata:	Q3375430 [info]

referred to in medleys:	Medley (Stars on 45) (order: 9) Stars on 45 (12″ single) (order: 18)
later translated versions:	Eenzaam voor altijd Kijk in m’n ogen

Recordings

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	recordings
1960-03-26	Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)		Roy Orbison	2:27
1965-03-25	Only the Lonely (live, 1965-03-25: Laren, Noord-Holland, Netherlands)	live	Roy Orbison	?:??
1968-07-16	Only the Lonely (live, 1968-07-16: Top of the Pops, BBC, United Kingdom)	live	Roy Orbison	2:22
1969-05-09	Only the Lonely (live, 1969-05-09: Batley Variety Club, Batley, England)	live	Roy Orbison	2:48
1973-09	Only the Lonely	cover	Svenne & Lotta	2:39
1975-10-18	Only the Lonely (live, 1975-10-18: Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch, England)	live	Roy Orbison	3:22
1980-03-25	Only the Lonely (live, 1980-03-25: Club Fiesta, Stockton-on-Tees, England)	live	Roy Orbison	2:39
1980-07-13	Only the Lonely (live, 1980-07-13: Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Coliseum, Birmingham, AL, USA)	live	Roy Orbison	2:31
1982-08-05	Only the Lonely (live, 1982-08-05: Studio 6A, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA)	live	Roy Orbison	3:01
1986-01	Only the Lonely (1986 studio re-recording)		Roy Orbison	2:29
1987-09-30	Only the Lonely (live, 1987-09-30: Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, CA, USA)	live	Roy Orbison and Friends	2:44
1987-09-30	Only the Lonely (live, 1987-09-30: Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, CA, USA)	live	Roy Orbison	2:48
1987-09-30	Only the Lonely (SACD cut; live, 1987-09-30: Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, CA, USA)	live	Roy Orbison	3:38
1988-12-04	Only the Lonely (live, 1988-12-04, The Front Row Theater, Highland Heights, OH, USA)	live	Roy Orbison	4:32
1996-08	Only the Lonely	cover and instrumental	Mark Whitfield	4:39
2001-12-08	Only the Lonely (live, 2001-12-08: Edinburgh, Scotland)	cover and live	Showaddywaddy	1:16
2017	Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel) (updated version with additional music, 2017)		Roy Orbison with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	2:32
	Only the Lonely (live, Austin City Limits)	live	Roy Orbison	2:41
	Only the Lonely (live)		Roy Orbison	2:20
	Only the Lonely (karaoke)		Roy Orbison	2:34
	Only the Lonely (live)		Roy Orbison	2:27
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:45
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:28
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:27
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:27
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:27
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:27
	Only the Lonely (live)		Roy Orbison	2:45
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:29
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:24
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:25
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:25
	Only the Lonely (live)		Roy Orbison	2:46
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:26
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:28
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:26
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:18
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:24
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:27
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:36
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:25
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:28
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:28
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:27
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:28
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:47
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:19
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:26
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:27
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:29
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:27
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:27
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	1:30
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:28
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	?:??
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:32
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:28
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:23
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:23
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:27
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:26
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:26
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:26
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:27
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:27
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:23
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	?:??
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:27
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:30
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:25
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:26
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:25
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:26
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:27
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	?:??
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:25
	Only the Lonely	cover	Chris Isaak	2:53
	Only the Lonely	cover	Damien Leith	2:24
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:24
	Only the Lonely	cover	Mariachi El Bronx	?:??
	Only the Lonely	cover	The Flying Pickets	3:29
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:26
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:24
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:31
	Only the Lonely	cover	Chris Isaak	2:58
	Only the Lonely	cover	Chris Isaak	2:53
	Only the Lonely	cover and live	Chris Isaak	2:52
	Only the Lonely	cover	David Thibault	2:26
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:28
	Only the Lonely	live	Roy Orbison	2:43
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:28
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:28
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	?:??
	Only the Lonely	cover	The Boppers	2:21
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	?:??
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:34
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:25
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:25
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:26
	Only the Lonely		Roy Orbison	2:24
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