"Lonely Nation" is a song by the rock group Switchfoot

Switchfoot

Switchfoot is an American rock band from San Diego, California. The band's members are Jon Foreman , Tim Foreman , Chad Butler , Jerome Fontamillas , and Drew Shirley .After early successes in the Christian rock scene, Switchfoot first gained mainstream...

. It is the first track on the 2005 record, Nothing Is Sound

Nothing Is Sound

Nothing Is Sound is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock band Switchfoot. It was released on September 13, 2005, and début at number three on the Billboard 200. The first single from this album was "Stars," which was the number one most-added song on Modern Rock Radio, and received...

. The song remains a fan favorite.

Song history

Switchfoot frontman Jon Foreman

Jon Foreman

Jonathan Mark Foreman is the lead singer, lead guitarist, main songwriter and co-founder of the alternative rock band Switchfoot. He started Switchfoot in 1996 with drummer Chad Butler and bassist Tim Foreman ....

, had this to say about the song:

As a single

The song was slated to be released as the follow-up single to the 2005 hit Stars

Stars (Switchfoot song)

"Stars" is the first single released from Switchfoot's fifth album Nothing Is Sound. It was the most-added song on Modern Rock Radio in its first week of release and peaked at number sixteen on the US Modern Rock chart. The song was certified gold as a digital single on December 13, 2005...

, but was inexplicably pulled by the band's label, Sony BMG

Sony BMG Music Entertainment

Sony BMG Music Entertainment was a recorded music company, which was a 50–50 joint venture between the Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann AG...

 before release.

A portion of a music video was also shot for the song, but the full video was never completed. Clips from the video can be found during a montage on Switchfoot's popular self-made DVD, Switchfootage 2.

External links

• Lyrics