I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry

~ Recording by Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.2I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:45Hank Williams with His Drifting CowboysMy Bucket's Got a Hole in It / I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
  • 1949-11-08 US
1.4I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry?:??Hank WilliamsMoanin' the Blues
1.6I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry?:??Hank Williams with His Drifting CowboysMoanin' the Blues
1.13I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank WilliamsGreatest Hits
1.3I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:49Hank Williams24 Greatest Hits
1.9I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:49Hank Williams40 Greatest Hits
1.9I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:49Hank Williams40 Greatest Hits
1.9I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:49Hank Williams40 Greatest Hits
1.9I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:49Hank Williams40 Greatest Hits (manufactured by Disque Americ)
1.9I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:49Hank Williams40 Greatest Hits
1.9I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank WilliamsCountry Memories
2.5I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank WilliamsThe Original Singles Collection...Plus
2.5I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank WilliamsThe Original Singles Collection… Plus
  • 1991-07-01 US
1.4I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank WilliamsLonesome Blues
1.7I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:51Hank WilliamsCheating Hearts
2.8I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:47Hank WilliamsQ Country
1.7I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank WilliamsAlone and Forsaken
  • 1995-04-18 US
1.7I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank WilliamsAlone and Forsaken
  • 1995-04-25 US
1.8I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank WilliamsLegendary Country Singers
1.2I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:49Hank WilliamsThe Legend Lives Anew
1.3I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:49Hank Williams20 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits
  • 1997-12-30 US
1.3I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:49Hank Williams20 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits
2.16I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:49Hank WilliamsThe Complete Hank Williams
  • 1998-09-17 US
13.17I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:45Hank WilliamsGeschichte der Pop Musik
17.17I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:47Hank Williams400 Country Greats
  • 1999-11-01 US
1.15I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:43Hank WilliamsFamous Country Music Makers
1.15I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:47Hank Williams75 Years of the WSM Grand Ole Opry, Volume One
2.15I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:46Hank WilliamsClassic Country: 1941-1951
2.15I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:46Hank WilliamsClassic Country: 1941-1951
1.4I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank WilliamsThe Roots of Johnny Cash
  • 2001-05-22 US
1.7I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:49Hank WilliamsThe Best of Hank Williams
  • 2001-07-25 JP
1.6I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:47Hank WilliamsThe Ultimate Collection
  • 2002-07-23 US
4.4I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank WilliamsHank Williams: Das Leben einer Country-Legende
  • 2002-11-25 DE
1.13I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:50Hank WilliamsEssential Country
2.9I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank WilliamsHillbilly Hero
1.8I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank WilliamsLegendary Country Singers
1.8I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank WilliamsLegendary Country Singers: Hank Williams
1.5I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank WilliamsYou Win Again: 26 Original Recordings
  • 2003-01-29 -
1.3I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:49Hank Williams24 Greatest Hits
1.10I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:47Hank WilliamsNo More Darkness
1.6I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:49Hank WilliamsThe Essential Hank Williams: Hillbilly Legend
1.3I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank WilliamsArtist’s Choice: Willie Nelson
  • 2004-04-21 US
1.3I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:49Hank WilliamsRamblin' Man
3.15I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank WilliamsSimply Country
1.9I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:46Hank WilliamsThe Gold Collection
1.18I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank WilliamsYour Cheatin' Heart
1.6I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:47Hank WilliamsGold
  • 2005-06-14 US
2.12I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:46Hank WilliamsTurn Back the Years: The Essential Hank Williams Collection
  • 2005-10-11 US
1.18I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:47Hank WilliamsThe King of Hillbilly Music
  • 2005-12-05 DE
1.16I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:50Hank WilliamsThe Complete Collection
1.2I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:47Hank Williams20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Hank Williams, Volume 2
  • 2006-07-25 -
1.5I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:49Hank WilliamsThe Essential Guide to American Roots
  • 2006-09-19 US
1.3I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank WilliamsThe Hank Williams Story
  • 2006-09 US
2.16I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:49Hank WilliamsGreatest Ever! Country: The Definitive Collection
1.17I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:47Hank WilliamsCollected
  • 2007-03-09 NL
2.15I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:49Hank WilliamsThe Best of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour
4.15I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:47Hank WilliamsCountry & Western Hits
  • 2008-05-03 DE
3.2I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:47Hank WilliamsCountry Greats
1.3I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:47Hank WilliamsHonky Tonk Country
1.4I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank WilliamsVintage Country: The Golden Age of Country Music
2.3I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:47Hank WilliamsThe Absolutely Essential Collection
  • 2009-02-23 GB
2.2I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank Williams with His Drifting CowboysHank Williams The Anthology
1.14I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank WilliamsThe Ultimate Collection: Country (100 Hits)
2.16I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:49Hank WilliamsThe Complete Hank Williams
  • 2010-12-21 US
1.6I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:47Hank WilliamsHank Williams: Icon
  • 2011-05-23 US
1.15I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:49Hank Williams"MAKE MINE a DOUBLE" - Two Great Albums for the Price of One
  • 2011-09-19 XW
1.3I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:45Hank Williams20 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits
  • 2011 -
2.19I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:46Hank WilliamsAmerican Rock ’n’Roll Anthems
3.6I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry?:??Hank WilliamsCountry Classics The Absolutely Essential CD Collection
1.11I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank WilliamsCountry Roots
3.6I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:45Hank WilliamsEight Classic Albums
  • 2013-06-04 XE
1.8I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry?:??Hank WilliamsCountry Songbook 10 Classic Country Hits Volume 1
2.26I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:49Hank WilliamsNext in Line: Influence, Volume 3
1.18I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:45Hank WilliamsNick Cave Heard Them Here First
  • 2015-05-08 GB
3.14I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank WilliamsThe Many Faces of Bob Dylan
  • 2016-11-18 MX
2.8I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank Williams with His Drifting CowboysThe Complete Singles As & Bs 1947–55, Vol. 1
3.5I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:47Hank WilliamsCountry Greats – The Ultimate Collection
  • 2017-06-30 DE
  • 2017 XE
1.5I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank WilliamsGreatest Ever! Country
  • 2017-07-28 GB
2.16I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:49Hank WilliamsCountry – 50 Songs
  • 2017-09-06 IT
3.11I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry (single version)2:46Hank WilliamsNOW That’s What I Call Country
  • 2017-11-24 GB
4.16I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:47Hank Williams101 Country
1.14I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:45Hank Williams with The Drifting CowboysCountry Music: A Film by Ken Burns: The Soundtrack
  • 2019-09-06 -
2.11I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:45Hank Williams with The Drifting CowboysCountry Music: A Film by Ken Burns: The Soundtrack (deluxe edition)
  • 2019-09-06 XW
1.14I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:45Hank Williams with The Drifting CowboysCountry Music: A Film by Ken Burns: The Soundtrack
2.11I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:45Hank Williams with The Drifting CowboysCountry Music: A Film by Ken Burns: The Soundtrack
5.20I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:45Hank WilliamsNOW 100 Hits: Country
  • 2020-03-13 GB
1.6I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank WilliamsIconic Country Originals In Stereo!
  • 2020-05-01 CA
  • 2020-05-01 US
1.2I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:49Hank Williams with His Drifting CowboysMoanin’ the Blues (expanded edition)
  • 2021-11-05 XW
1.13I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:47Hank Williams18 Greatest Hits: The Very Best of
1.3I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:49Hank Williams24 Greatest Hits
1.9I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:49Hank Williams40 Greatest Hits
1.3I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank WilliamsAmerican Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MTV
Promotion
1.5I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:45Hank WilliamsThe Complete Hank Williams Sampler
1.2I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:47Hank WilliamsUncut 2003.10: Music That Inspired the Joshua Tree
  • 2003-10 GB
1.15I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:49Hank WilliamsBad Seeds: Nick Cave: Roots & Collaborations
  • 2009-02 GB
Bootleg
1.5I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank WilliamsZombieland
(unknown)
1.3I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry2:47Hank Williams50 Soft Goldies
  • 1997 -
1.16I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:49Hank WilliamsThe Best of Hank Williams
2.5I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:48Hank WilliamsUltimate Collection: 72 Original Recordings
1.8I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry2:47Hank WilliamsThe Legendary Recordings (Doxy Records)
  • 2016-12-05 -

Relationships

recorded at:E.T. Herzog Recording Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
part of:Rolling Stone: 40 Saddest Country Songs of All Time (number: 2) (order: 2)
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 4) (order: 4)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 111) (order: 111)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 165) (order: 165)
stream video for free:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WXYjm74WFI [info]
recording of:I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry (on 1949-08-30)

Related works

I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry

lyricist and composer:Hank Williams
publisher:Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Germany) GmbH
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (on 1949-10-31)
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (from 2002 to present)
later translated versions:’k Ben alleen zodat ik ween
Nunca se lo digan
is the basis for:Vü föd ned
lyrics quoted in:Song for Another Time