Propelled by a popular music video, it debuted at number 90 on the us billboard hot 100 on april 24, 1982. Martha performing this great classic track live from the front row of the buckhead theater in atlanta, ga 1/24/20 Filmed while on their atlanta stop of the xm totally 80's live winter tour.more The lone song to survive was the motels’ hit track “only the lonely” Davis had written it about the contrast she was feeling between her band finally achieving success and her personal. What did the motels say about only the lonely
Martha davis told beyond race magazine ‘only the lonely’ was one of those songs that was sitting on my guitar waiting for me. Official music video for the single only the lonely, performed by the motels and released on their album all four one The video presents lead singer martha davis strolling around inside a vintage bar, completely alone in the crowd of annoying attendees. All four one was their third album, and it contained their breakthrough hit only the lonely, which was written by their lead singer martha davis She explained the song in an interview with beyond race magazine.