Pitney, Gene - Backstage (I'm Lonely) Lyrics
A thousand hands applaud tonight
I sing my songs my star shines bright
I stop and smile I take my bow
I leave the stage and then somehow
You've gone away and each night I seem to die a little
Out on that stage I play the star
I'm famous now I've come so far
A famous fool I let love go
I didn't know I'd miss you so
Backstage I'm lonely, backstage I cry
Hating myself since I let you say goodbye
Every night a different club
And yet I'm lonely all the time
When I sign my autograph
When I hold an interview
Can't get you out of my mind
Come back my love come back to me
I need you now so desperately
What good is fame it's just a game
I'd give it all to be the same
Backstage I wait now, hoping I'll see
Your smiling face waiting there backstage for me
Your smiling face waiting backstage for me
Backstage
Backstage
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Pitney, Gene Backstage (I'm Lonely) Comments
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I saw Gene in person when he was touring with his show The Gene Pitney Show on 5-17-66 at Salina,Kansas's Memorial Hall.
Amazing voice and what a showman, so sadly missed
A voice in a million.
Amazing
Great song and singer sadly missed
Fantastic
2 me the best voice ever...
The mousey girl standing behind him really thought this video was her ticket to stardom (spoiler alert: it wasn't)
Gene ♡♡
The only thing I can say about this track is WOW!!!
1966 - Got to No.4 in the Charts.
Gene Pitney your star sure does shine ever so bright!! You made the 60's a very happy place to be!! To be sure!!!
Gene Pitney actually did die backstage one night after his last concert. He was 63. RIP, love GP.
I thought he was found in a hotel still sadly missed
Gene Francis Alan Pitney (Feb 17th 1940 - April 5th 2006)
@George Lyons He had a heart attack and died in his sleep.
@Doris May He did. Apparently while on tour he had a heart attack while sleeping and passed away.
I've been a gene Pitney singer now for a few years and I've always felt humbled by his music and every song tells a story
His voice got me hooked on him in 1964
What an underrated talent he was. Just terrific!
Really good singer
Gene, thank you for a lifetime of wonderful hits.."If I didn't have a dime", "Not responsible"..the list stretches into the ages. May you rest in Golden Hits heaven..
am i drunk or is he miming lol
What an unpretentious clip and singer. Thank you Gene and your producers for bringing your voice to the world. You've left us with so many golden oldies (If I didn't have a dime!..)
Rest in peace Gene and join the company of singer/ writer saints on high..
We saw Gene Pitney several times in Australia ..including the last tour prior to his death.he was a true professional with such a unique voice thanks for the memories that remain every time I hear your music ..
The Tulsa Tenor,A voice hard to beat!
He had something special in his voice that has cought my attention as any other singer from his time. I love oldest songs
13 people don't know what "great" is. Gene had a one of a kind voice. His range..awesome.
Saw gene live he was brilliant thanks gene,God bless
Loved this guy never made
1964...WOUAOH ! !
my dad was a fan I grew up listening to these great artists gene's voice was so distinctive it really makes your spine tingle !! best male singer of his generation ? I think an argument could be made for that 😀
One of my favorite singers ever!! A singer and a gentleman! Died way too young!
Love Backstage, loved Gene since I was 11 years old.
One of the Greatest voices ever :):)
Adam n the ants
Such emotion! I love that voice
classic record
Who thumbed this down? I hate you.
Only the severely tone deaf people would thumps down the Gene.
Maybe it was the sound quality, which isn't the best, but I love these old b/w videos and I love Gene, so willing to put up with it.
Only the hard of hearing would thumbs down this. Absolute legend
Can anyone say for certain what Gene is singing in the bridge ("every night a different _, every night a different _ ")? Doesn't sound like 'room' and 'club' to me.
+darrenjray Every night a different girl Every night a different club(If you're able to read his lips it helps a lot.)
Every Night a Different Girl ,Every Night a different Club and yet I'm Lonely all the Time
This clip is hilarious. Firstly, there's the Best Supporting Actress behind him, there's Mr Goofy trying to get in the shot and then there's the impatient kid at the end who can't wait for him to finish singing so he can get an autograph. Classic Gene!
My grandfather Bill had Gene Pitney's greatest hits and this song was in it, he used to play the album every Sunday while my family would prepare the Sunday dinner.
my granda billy was the same haha :) used to love dancing round the kitchen to these songs! :)
On this day in 1966 {June 23rd} Gene Pitney performed "Backstage" on the ABC-TV program 'Where the Action Is'...
Eighteen days earlier {June 5th} was its last day on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; it had peaked at #25 {for 1 week} on May 22nd, 1966 and spent 8 weeks on the chart...
On June 6th, 1966 it reached #2 {for 1 week} on the Canadian Kennedy Weekly Singles chart; the week it was at #2, the #1 record was "When A Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge...
Between 1961 and 1969 he had twenty-three Top 100 records; four made the Top 10 with "Only Love Can Break a Heart" being his biggest hit, it peaked at #2* {for 1 week} on October 28th, 1962...
Gene Francis Alan Pitney passed away on April 5th, 2006 at the age of 66...
May he R.I.P.
* The week that "Only Love Can Break a Heart" was at #2, it was kept out of the top spot by a song that he wrote, "He's A Rebel" by the Crystals...
Gene Pitney the best singer
The best in any genere!
Thank you for uploading this video!
Oh tudieu ! I'm gonna know those lyrics by heart...
First it's epic but then :
"Backstage I'm lonely, backstage I cry"
The rythm in this verse breaks and flows in such a mesmerizing manner. Now I'll just go and melt by myself.
Whoah... those vocals are wonderful.
April 6 -2006...Theo day a voice has died ..thanks that I had enjoyed your great music
It saddens me that I am just listening to his music... better late than never.
I remember hearing Gene Pitney on BBC, Hit-parade of sunday when I was a teenager. I'm a french woman and I didn't know his face. Thank you for that video. I haven't forgotten his great voice.
my brother never could hit the high note at the end of this, still makes me laugh
MY BROTHER COULD ..HE WAS UNREAL...LOL......
bonnie benini Now MY brother-he'd go to the pub and sink 10 beers in 30 minutes,then just sit there in the bar singing that high note at the end of Backstage for the rest of the afternoon!The other patrons'd be chucking 10-dollar notes at him-to get him to knock it off!
oh how shit tht its out of sync!!!!!
It says 'no description available' up there ^^ That's right--none. I love him.
It comes from Dick Clark's Where the action is
One of the best singers i've ever heard, i had the pleasure of meeting the great man in the early 90's in Dublin not only a fabulous singer but a true Gent too R.I.P
Sound & vid not go together, but really who cares, for It's the Great Gene Pitney, him in person, that wonderful voice, there is no other with such a great voice..
How cool!
Thankyou for the great uploads . Am English 64 and always liked Gene Pitney. Saw him a few times in the sixties . Bournemouth Winter Gardens Comes to mind. Long gone! There seemed to be more modesty amongst great stars in those days.
Who the hell found this??? Love you for it. Pitney is like no other.
Love this song. Thanks
Love the song