Lonely Town (On the Town)

The song segues into the "Lonely Town Pas de Deux" ballet in the musical in which Gabey watches other sailors dance with girls while he is alone.

[1] "Lonely Town" is one of the three principal ballads of the show alongside "Lucky to Be Me" and "Some Other Time".

[2] The Boston Herald critic Elinor Hughes felt that "Lonely Town" was one of the few songs from the musical that would be "most likely to be remembered".

Comden recalled that Sinatra was "very, very angry" upon being told on the last day of shooting that the song was not to be included.

[3] "Lonely Town" was performed by Shirley Horn on Charlie Haden's 1999 album The Art of the Song, in an arrangement by Alan Broadbent.