"Hey There Lonely Girl" is a song released in 1969 by Eddie Holman. The original version "Hey There Lonely Boy" was recorded in 1963 by Ruby & the Romantics. It was a hit for both of them. It has since been recorded by many other artists.
In 1969, Eddie Holman released his own version of the song. It peaked at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop chart in 1970. On the US soul singles chart, it went to number 4.[4] It peaked at number 1 on the Canadian RPM chart and number 42 on the Australian chart.[5] Four years after its US / Canadian release, the single went to number 4 on the UK Singles Chart;[6] it is his highest charting single in each country.
British boy band Big Fun covered the song for their 1990 album A Pocketful of Dreams, produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, and released it as the fourth single in July 1990, peaking at number 62 in the UK chart.[9] The track was subsequently denounced by band member Phil Creswick.[10] David Giles of Music Week panned this version as being the "SAW worst production", noting Big Fun members' "ridiculous whining voices" and deemed it as unlikely to be a hit.[11]
