| "Ain't That Lonely Yet" | ||||
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| Single by Dwight Yoakam | ||||
| from the album This Time | ||||
| B-side | "Lonesome Roads" | |||
| Released | March 8, 1993 | |||
| Format | CD Single, 7" single | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:17 | |||
| Label | Reprise 18590 | |||
| Writer(s) | Kostas James House |
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| Producer | Pete Anderson | |||
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"Ain't That Lonely Yet" is the title of a song written by Kostas and James House, and recorded by Dwight Yoakam. It was released in March 1993 as the first single from his CD This Time. It peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks. It served as the lead-off single to his CD, This Time; in addition, it went on to win a Grammy award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance.
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The song is a mid-tempo in which the narrator has just left his lover because of what she has put him through. She tries to win him back with phone calls and notes (left on his door). The narrator denies his former lover, and tries to convince himself that he "ain't that lonely yet," or not lonely enough to return to her.
Bill Janovitz of Allmusic gave the song a positive review. He says the most compelling verse in the song is the second verse, because of the metaphor of the narrator's ex-lover as a spider.[1]
The music video was directed by Dwight Yoakam and Carolyn Mayer.
"Ain't That Lonely Yet" debuted at number 60 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of March 13, 1993.
| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 | 1 |
| Canada RPM Country Singles | 1 |
| Preceded by "I Love the Way You Love Me" by John Michael Montgomery |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single June 12, 1993 |
Succeeded by "Tell Me Why" by Wynonna |