Two Less Lonely People in the World

{{short description|1982 single by Air Supply}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Two Less Lonely People in the World

| cover = Two Less Lonely People in the World - Air Supply.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Air Supply

| album = Now and Forever

| B-side = What Kind of Girl

| released = November 1982

| recorded = 1982

| studio =

| genre = Soft rock

| length = 3:59

| label = Arista (US)

| writer = Howard Greenfield, Ken Hirsch

| producer = Harry Maslin

| prev_title = Young Love

| prev_year = 1982

| year = 1982

| next_title = Making Love Out of Nothing at All

| next_year = 1983

}}

"Two Less Lonely People in the World" is a song by British/Australian soft rock duo Air Supply, from their 1982 album Now and Forever. It was the third of three singles released from the album.

The song reached number 38 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 33 on Cash Box in January 1983.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19830129.html |title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 29, 1983 |access-date=December 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603012829/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19830129.html |archive-date=June 3, 2015 |url-status=dead }} It also charted modestly in Australia. Written by Ken Hirsch and veteran lyricist Howard Greenfield, it provided a rare hit for Greenfield decades after his 1960s heyday, and one of the last before his death.

"Two Less Lonely People in the World" was a hit on adult contemporary radio in Canada and the United States, reaching number two in Canada,{{Cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6207&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=33uukr1f0fd21sp6dojo2sq6u3 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-01-12 |archive-date=2016-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316011838/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6207&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=33uukr1f0fd21sp6dojo2sq6u3 |url-status=dead }} and three weeks at number four in the US.{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1983-01-29|title=Adult Contemporary Chart|website=Billboard.com|access-date=25 April 2021}}

Billboard said that "The group's sentimental sound is so distinctive that the new single is instantly familiar."{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|title=Top Single Picks|date=November 13, 1982|accessdate=2023-02-08|page=75|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XiQEAAAAMBAJ}}