country music charts. In popular culture Orbison's version of his song has been used in motion pictures, including The Love Letter (1999) and Only the Lonely (1991). Bruce Springsteen referred to the song in his 1975 song "Thunder Road", and when inducting Orbison into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, Springsteen said, "In '75, when I went into the studio to make Born to Run, I wanted to make a record with words like Bob Dylan that sounded like Phil Spector, but most of all I wanted to sing like Roy Orbison." Springsteen originally intended to begin his album with an alarm clock followed by Orbison's song playing over the radio. References External links Roy Orbison - Only the Lonely at Metrolyrics 1960 singles 1960s ballads 1969 singles UK Singles Chart number-one singles Roy Orbison songs Glen Campbell songs Pop standards Sonny James songs Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients Songs about loneliness Songs written by Roy Orbison Songs written by Joe Melson The Flying Pickets songs Monument Records singles Song recordings produced by Fred Foster 1960 songs