Lonesome Day

"Lonesome Day"
Single by Bruce Springsteen
from the album The Rising
ReleasedDecember 2, 2002
RecordedFebruary–March 2002
Southern Tracks Recording Studio, Atlanta, Georgia
GenreRock, country rock
Length4:08
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bruce Springsteen
Producer(s)Brendan O'Brien
Bruce Springsteen singles chronology
"The Rising"
(2002)
"Lonesome Day"
(2002)
"Waitin' on a Sunny Day"
(2003)

"Lonesome Day" is a song written by Bruce Springsteen and initially performed by Springsteen and the E Street Band. It is the opening track of his 2002 album The Rising. It was released as a single as the follow-up to the title track on December 2, 2002 and reached #36 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart, #39 in the UK, and #47 in Sweden. It fared much better on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart, reaching #3.