Lonesome Town

Other versions

• Johnny Tillotson recorded and released his version of this song in 1962.
• Paul McCartney performed the song live alongside David Gilmour for a 1999 PETA fundraiser concert.
• The Ventures recorded at least two versions of this song, the first released in 1961 on their album The Ventures and the second, new recording on their 1975 cassette-only album Hollywood Metal Dinamic Sound 3000.
• The song was covered by the psychobilly band The Cramps on the EP Gravest Hits and also featured on compilations Off the Bone and How to Make a Monster. Paul McCartney recorded it for his album Run Devil Run. Australian singer Jason Donovan recorded it, too, for his album Let It Be Me.

• The song was also featured in the game Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse in a cover by the band Milton Mapes.
• The song was covered and released as single by English garage legend Holly Golightly. The song also appears on Singles Round-Up.
• This song was also covered by Portuguese rocker Legendary Tiger Man with Rita Redshoes on vocals on his 2009 album Femina.
• This song was also covered by Tom Petty and Bob Dylan on their Live on Air / Radio Broadcast 1986 Live album .
• Françoise Hardy recorded a version in French, La Rue des cœurs perdus in 1968.
• This song was also covered by american punk band the cramps in 1983.

  In media

• The song appears on the soundtrack to the film Pulp Fiction. The song is played as characters Mia and Vincent begin their conversation in the restaurant.
• The song was used on the NBC television series Heroes in chapter 14 of the fourth season, in the episode "Close to You", which aired January 11, 2010. Sometime-evil carny leader and lonesome heart Sam Sullivan chooses the song on a diner jukebox and orders a milkshake, reminiscent of the scene in Pulp Fiction. A closeup of the milkshake is shown as Sam invokes an "earthquake", which then drowns out the music. The song runs from 38:35 to 39:52 in the episode.
• The song was used in Episode 4 of the Netflix series The End of the F***ing World.
• The song was used in the trailer for the Hulu series Castle Rock.