Original sentence: "If You Think You're Lonely Now" is a song recorded and released as a single by American soul singer-songwriter Bobby Womack in 1981.It was released from his album The Poet.The song is also mentioned by Mariah Carey in her song "We Belong Together".The song was later revised in 1994 by K-Ci Hailey, whose version outperformed Womack's original on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, peaking at number seventeen
Edited sentence: "If You Think You're Lonely Now" is a notable 1981 single recorded and released as a single by American soul singer-songwriter Bobby Womack, released off his comeback album, The Poet.In 2007, R&B singer Jaheim interpolated, or partially covered the song as "Lonely" on his album "The Making of a Man".The music and lyrics for the chorus of "Lonely" are directly taken from the earlier Womack song.The number also receives a shout-out from singer Mariah Carey on her best-selling 2005 ballad, "We Belong Together", with the lyric, "I can't sleep at night/you're all on my mind/Bobby Womack's on the radio singing to me 'if you think you're lonely now' but wait a minute/this is too deep...".The single helped his Poet album reach gold status.The song is notable for bringing Womack back to national prominence after falling into a deep creative and commercial hole during the late-seventies.The song was later revised in 1994 by Womack fan, K-Ci Hailey, of the hit group Jodeci, whose version outperformed Womack's original on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, peaking at number seventeen.The song, written and produced by Womack, talks of a man who makes good on a promise to leave his lover after a strained relationship, promising, "if you think you're lonely now/wait until tonight, girl"