"Lonely Is the Night" is a song written and performed by American rock singer and guitarist Billy Squier.
[1] It appeared as the first track on side two of his triple-Platinum 1981 album, Don't Say No,[2] and became a rock radio hit, reaching number 28 on Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
[3] It was not released as a single, although it appeared on the B-side of UK pressings of Squier's hit "In the Dark".
In the Led Zeppelin biography, Hammer of the Gods, the song is mentioned, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, as one of the best singles Zeppelin ever put out, presumably for its similarity to another Led Zeppelin song.
Led Zeppelin had disbanded a year before the song's release due to drummer John Bonham's death.