"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

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

Weekly charts

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

Year-end charts

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

Certifications

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

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  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.



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