Ask the Lonely (Journey song)
{{infobox song
|name = Ask the Lonely
|artist = Journey
|type = single
|cover =
|album = Two of a Kind
|genre = Arena rock
|B-side = "Troubled Child"
|writer = Steve Perry
Jonathan Cain
|released = 1983
|producer = Kevin Elson
Mike Stone
|length = 3:56
|prev_title = Send Her My Love
|prev_year = 1983
|next_title = Only the Young
|next_year = 1985
}}
"Ask the Lonely" is a song by American rock band Journey. It was featured in the film Two of a Kind and its respective soundtrack. The song 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 Top Rock Tracks chart in January 1984.
Track listing
- "Ask the Lonely" (Perry, Cain) – 3:56
- "Troubled Child" (Cain, Schon, Perry) – 4:29
Personnel
- Steve Perry - vocals
- Neal Schon - guitar, vocals
- Jonathan Cain - keyboards, vocals
- Ross Valory - bass, vocals
- Steve Smith - drums
Charts
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| Chart (1983–1984)
!Peak |
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| {{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|3|artist=Journey|access-date=August 19, 2022|refname="BBMSR"}} |