Leave Me Lonely (Hilltop Hoods song)

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"Leave Me Lonely"
Single by Hilltop Hoods
from the album The Great Expanse
Released23 November 2018
GenreAustralian hip-hop
Length3:14
LabelUniversal Music Australia
Songwriter(s)Matthew David Lambert and Daniel Howe Smith, DJ Debris (Barry John M. Francis), Richard Berry and Leigh Roy Ryan [1]
Hilltop Hoods singles chronology
"Clark Griswold"
(2018)
"Leave Me Lonely"
(2018)
"Exit Sign"
(2019)

"Leave Me Lonely" is a song by Australian hip hop group Hilltop Hoods from their eighth studio album The Great Expanse. It was released as the second single from the album on 23 November 2018.[2]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019, the album was nominated for Song of the Year.[3]

At the APRA Music Awards of 2020, the song won Most Performed Urban Work of the Year.[4]

Chart performance[edit]

The song peaked at No. 11 on the ARIA Singles Chart, making it Hilltop Hoods' ninth top 40 single. The song was certified Platinum by ARIA in February 2019.[5]

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (2018–19) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 11

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (2019) Position
Australia (ARIA)[7] 43

Certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[8] 4× Platinum 280,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ASCAP Songview repertory entry for this song". Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  2. ^ Langford, Jackson (23 November 2018). "Hilltop Hoods Announce New Album 'The Great Expanse', Drop New Single 'Leave Me Lonely'". Music Feeds. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  3. ^ "ARIA Awards: 2019 ARIA Awards Nominated Artists Revealed". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 10 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  4. ^ Cooper, Nathanael (25 May 2020). "Tones and I, Hilltop Hoods dominate 2020 APRA Music Awards". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  5. ^ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Hilltop Hoods – Leave Me Lonely". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  7. ^ "ARIA End of Year Singles Chart 2019". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  8. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2021 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 28 April 2021.