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"A Man This Lonely" is a song written by Ronnie Dunn and Tommy Lee James, and recorded by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. Dunn and James, who played guitar in Brooks & Dunn's backing band at the time, wrote the song while on tour in Canada. It was released in December 1996 as the fourth single from Brooks & Dunn's album Borderline. It reached number 1 on Billboard magazine's Hot Country Songs chart.

Critical reception

Billboard reviewed the single favorably, saying that "the song boasts a solid lyric, and as usual Dunn wrings every drop of emotion out of each line".

Music video

The video was directed by Michael Oblowitz. The video takes place at the CF Ranch in Alpine, Texas.

Chart positions

"A Man This Lonely" debuted at number 51 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of December 7, 1996.

Chart (1996–1997)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)	4
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)	24
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)	62
US Country Songs (Billboard)	26

References

AOL Music profile for "A Man This Lonely"
"Brooks, Dunn 'Lonely' at the Top". Nashville, Tennessee: The Tennessean. 23 February 1997. p. 113.
"Reviews: Country". Billboard. 108 (49): 78. December 7, 1996. ISSN 0006-2510.
"Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7790." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. February 24, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
"Brooks & Dunn Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.
"Brooks & Dunn Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
"RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1997". RPM. December 15, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
"Best of 1997: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.

Brooks & Dunn

Kix Brooks
Ronnie Dunn

Studio albums

Compilations

Singles

1990s

"Brand New Man"
"My Next Broken Heart"
"Neon Moon"
"Boot Scootin' Boogie"
"Lost and Found"
"Hard Workin' Man"
"We'll Burn That Bridge"
"She Used to Be Mine"
"Rock My World (Little Country Girl)"
"That Ain't No Way to Go"
"She's Not the Cheatin' Kind"
"I'll Never Forgive My Heart"
"Little Miss Honky Tonk"
"You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone"
"Whiskey Under the Bridge"
"My Maria"
"I Am That Man"
"Mama Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothing"
"A Man This Lonely"
"Why Would I Say Goodbye"
"Honky Tonk Truth"
"He's Got You"
"If You See Him/If You See Her" (with Reba McEntire)
"How Long Gone"
"Husbands and Wives"
"I Can't Get Over You"
"Missing You"
"Beer Thirty"

2000s

"You'll Always Be Loved by Me"
"Ain't Nothing 'bout You"
"Only in America"
"The Long Goodbye"
"My Heart Is Lost to You"
"Every River"
"Red Dirt Road"
"You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl"
"That's What She Gets for Loving Me"
"That's What It's All About"
"It's Getting Better All the Time"
"Play Something Country"
"Believe"
"Building Bridges" (with Sheryl Crow and Vince Gill)
"Hillbilly Deluxe"
"Proud of the House We Built"
"God Must Be Busy"
"Put a Girl in It"
"Cowgirls Don't Cry" (with Reba McEntire)
"Indian Summer"
"Honky Tonk Stomp" (with Billy Gibbons)

Other songs

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