"Thugs Get Lonely Too"
Single by 2Pac featuring Nate Dogg
from the album Loyal to the Game
Released	September 23, 2004
Recorded	1992 – 2004
Genre	R&B gangsta rap
Length	4:48
Label	Interscope Records
Songwriter(s)	Tupac Shakur Marshall Mathers Nathaniel Hale
Producer(s)	Eminem
2Pac singles chronology
"One Day at a Time (Em's Version)" (2004) "Thugs Get Lonely Too" (2004) "Ghetto Gospel" (2005)
Nate Dogg singles chronology
"I Like That" (2004) "Thugs Get Lonely Too" (2004) "The Set Up" (2004)

"Thugs Get Lonely Too" is a song by rapper Tupac Shakur. The song was released as a 12" promo single for his 2004 posthumous album Loyal to the Game. The song was also used as the b-side to the album's lead single "Ghetto Gospel". The song features singer Nate Dogg and was produced by Eminem.

It charted at number 55 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number 98 on the Billboard Hot 100. As the song was released as a promotional single only, no official music video for the song was created. In 1993, Tech N9ne recorded a verse for the song, while living with QDIII, who at the time was working on Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z....

Original Version

The original version of "Thugs Get Lonely Too" was recorded during the Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. & Thug Life era. It was produced by Stretch of the rap group Live Squad and sampled heavily from the song "If I Was Your Girlfriend" by Prince. The title of the song also resembles a track called Gigolos Get Lonely Too by The Time, composed by Prince.

Track listing

Weekly charts