Lonely Day

 ( System Of A Down Songs ) 

" Lonely Day" is a song by American heavy metal band System of a Down. It was released on April 17, 2006, as the second single from their fifth studio album, Hypnotize (2005), making it their last single before their hiatus and their most recent single until 2020 with "Protect the Land" and "Genocidal Humanoidz" being released as double A-side singles. Written by guitarist Daron Malakian, who also provides lead vocals, the song also received a nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards.Blabbermouth.net. "SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD, STONE SOUR Among GRAMMY Nominees", December 7, 2006, at Blabbermouth.net ; last accessed December 7, 2006.

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Music video The music video opens with a shot of downtown Los Angeles, with the traffic light at the corner of S Broadway & 6th St on fire. The video continues with shots of the band members sitting in their tour bus. There are other various shots of other items that are on fire. In order of appearance, they are as follows: a padlock, a building, shrubs in front of an office building, a newspaper dispenser, a shopping cart, a pay phone, a train car, a stack of wooden pallets, several trees, a billboard, a single car in traffic among other non-burning cars, an advertisement in Chinese at a bus stop, a bench at a train station, a dumpster, another building, and the roof of a gas station.

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Track listing Notes

• "Shame" is a cover of "Shame on a Nigga" by Wu-Tang Clan

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Personnel

• Daron Malakian – guitars, lead vocals
• Serj Tankian – keyboards, backing vocals
• Shavo Odadjian – bass
• John Dolmayan – drums

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Charts

+Weekly chart performance for "Lonely Day" ! scope="col"	Chart (2006) ! scope="col"	Peak position

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Certifications

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