"Lonesome Loser" is a song written by
David Briggs and performed by Australian
soft rock music group
Little River Band. Released in July 1979 as the lead single from their fifth studio album First Under the Wire, the song peaked at number 19 on the Australian
Kent Music Report singles chart.[1] The song also peaked at No. 6 on the
Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's third top 10 hit and sixth overall top 40 hit in the United States.[2]