CHARLES KELLEY RELEASES HIS NEW SINGLE, 'LONELY GIRL,' TO RADIO.

Artist: Charles Kelley

Charles Kelley releases “Lonely Girl” to Country radio today from his debut solo album, THE DRIVER (Capitol Records Nashville). Fans can catch a performance of the song this Sunday (April 3rd) during the 51st Academy of Country Music Awards at 8pm ET/delayed PT on CBS.

“I’ve been wanting to cut this song since I heard it about three years ago,” shares Kelley. “At the time, it wasn’t the right fit for Lady A, so when we started digging into my solo project, I knew it would be a big part of the record. It’s not easy to follow Stapleton’s demo, I mean he’s the best singer in our genre, but I put my own little spin on it and it’s turned out to be a favorite live.”

Penned by Chris Stapleton and Jesse Frasure, the new song follows THE DRIVER’s GRAMMY-nominated title track. Before hitting the road this summer with Lady A, Kelley will gear up for THE DRIVER TOUR picked up by Enterprise, with special guest Josh Kelley launching April 9 in Washington, D.C. at The Fillmore. For more information on new music and the upcoming tour, visit www.charleskelley.com.

Charles Kelley (Lonely Girl) OC: …head’s bopping. :52
“So, ‘Lonely Girl’ is a song that Chris Stapleton actually was a part of writing, along with a friend Jesse Frasure. I’ve always said this, he is one of those singers that intimidates me to a whole other level, but I’ve always wanted to cut this too. We almost cut this on a couple of Lady Antebellum records, but it just never really fit where we were going and I felt like when I was coming out with this solo project that this was a song that would be a nice kind of addition. It’s definitely a little bit of an outlier compared to a lot of the other songs off the project. It’s got a little more groove to it. It’s a little funky. I felt like the project, to balance out more of the somber moments, needed something kind of funky. I love the way it came out. We actually have a little background part that Chris Stapleton, that he’s singing on, doing the answer parts to the song. This is definitely the one, when I’ve played it live, had the head’s bopping.”