Thugs Get Lonely Too

"Thugs Get Lonely Too" is a song by rapper Tupac Shakur. The song was released as a 12" promo single for his 2004 posthumous album Loyal to the Game. The song was also used as the b-side to the album's lead single Ghetto Gospel. The song features singer Nate Dogg and was produced by Eminem.

"Thugs Get Lonely Too"
Single by 2Pac featuring Nate Dogg
from the album Loyal to the Game
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2004
Recorded1992 – 2004
Genre
Length4:48
LabelInterscope Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Marshall Mathers
2Pac featuring Nate Dogg singles chronology
"One Day at a Time (Em's Version)"
(2004)		 "Thugs Get Lonely Too"
(2004)		 "Ghetto Gospel"
(2005)
Nate Dogg singles chronology
"I Like That"
(2004)		 "Thugs Get Lonely Too"
(2004)		 "The Set Up"
(2004)

It charted at #55 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and at #98 on the Billboard Hot 100. As the song was released as a promotional single only, no official music video for the song was created. In 1993, Tech N9ne recorded a verse for the song, while living with QDIII, who at the time was working on Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z....

Original Version

The original version of "Thugs Get Lonely Too" was recorded during the Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. & Thug Life era. It was produced by Stretch of the rap group Live Squad and sampled heavily from the song "If I Was Your Girlfriend" by Prince. The title of the song also resembles a track called Gigolos Get Lonely Too by The Time, composed by Prince.

Weekly charts
Charts Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[1] 98
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[2] 55
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[3] 31
UK CD single
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Thugs Get Lonely Too" (feat. Nate Dogg)T. Shakur, M. Mathers, N. HaleEminem4:48
2."Hennessey" (Red Spyda remix) (feat. E.D.I. and Sleepy Brown)T. Shakur, A. Thelusma, M. Greenidge, P. BrownRed Spyda3:18

References
  1. "2Pac Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  2. "2Pac Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  3. "2Pac Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved January 12, 2022.


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