A Song in the Night (song)
Appearance
"A Song in the Night" | ||||
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Single by Johnny Duncan | ||||
from the album Come a Little Bit Closer | ||||
B-side | "Use My Love" | |||
Released | June 1977 | |||
Recorded | 1977 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 2:41 | |||
Label | Columbia 10554 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bobby Springfield[1] | |||
Producer(s) | Billy Sherrill | |||
Johnny Duncan singles chronology | ||||
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"A Song in the Night" is a country music song written by Bobby Lee Springfield, recorded by Johnny Duncan. It was the first of two singles from his 1977 LP, Come a Little Bit Closer. Harmony vocals during the last minute of the song were provided by Janie Fricke.
Initially promoted as "his best record yet," the song went to No. 5 on both Billboard American and Canadian Hot Country Singles charts.[2] It became his fourth of a string of seven Top Five hits.
Duncan's only song to cross over to the Pop charts, "A Song in the Night" also reached #105 in the U.S.[3]
Charts
[edit]Weekly charts
[edit]Chart (1977) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 5 |
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles[5] | 105 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 5 |
Year-end charts
[edit]Chart (1977) | Position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] | 30 |
References
[edit]- ^ Music VF - Songs written by Bobby Lee Springfield
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 112.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004
- ^ "Johnny Duncan Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004
- ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1977". Billboard. Retrieved July 21, 2021.