It's Midnight (song)
| "It's Midnight" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Elvis Presley | ||||
| from the album Promised Land | ||||
| A-side | "Promised Land" | |||
| B-side | "It's Midnight" | |||
| Released | October 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1973 | |||
| Length | 3:20 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | [1] | |||
| Elvis Presley singles chronology | ||||
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"It's Midnight" is a 1974 song by Elvis Presley.
Writing
It was written together by Jerry Chesnut and Billy Edd Wheeler.[2]
Recording
Elvis Presley recorded it during his December 10–16, 1973 recording sessions at Stax Records in Memphis.[3][4] The session produced three more charting songs: "Promised Land", "If You Talk in Your Sleep" and "Help Me" ("If You Talk in Your Sleep"'s B-side).[3]
Release history
The song was first released in October 1974 as a B-side to a cover of Chuck Berry's "Promised Land".[3][5] (While the Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records indicates "Promised Land" as the A-side,[6] different pressings have "It's Midnight" as the A-side and "Promised Land" as a B-side and vice versa.)[7]
For reasons unknown, initial releases of the song in the United Kingdom on the 45 rpm single RCA Victor PB 10074 retitled the track "It's Midnight and I Miss You."[8]
Reception
"Promised Land" rose to number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100,[3] while the two sides together (as "It's Midnight / Promised Land") and "It's Midnight" on its own charted on the Hot Country Singles chart.[3] "It's Midnight" peaked on it at number 9 in January 1975.[5][9]
Critical reception
Billboard in its review of the album Promised Land (in the January 18, 1975 issue) picked "It's Midnight" as one of the best cuts on the album.
Charts
| Chart (1974–1975) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Easy Listening[10] | 8* |
| US Billboard Hot Country Singles[5][9] | 14* / 9** |
- * as "It's Midnight / Promised Land"
- ** as "It's Midnight"
References
- Billy Edd Wheeler (2002). Real Country Humor: Jokes from Country Music Personalities. august house. pp. 110–. ISBN 978-0-87483-652-3.
- Alanna Nash (1 February 2012). Elvis and the Memphis Mafia. Aurum Press. pp. 272–. ISBN 978-1-84513-759-5.
- Rob Bowman (1997). Soulsville, U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records. Music Sales Group. pp. 305–. ISBN 978-0-8256-7284-2.
- Kevin Crouch; Tanja Crouch (9 April 2012). The Gospel According To Elvis. Music Sales Group. pp. 223–. ISBN 978-0-85712-758-7.
- Maury Dean (2003). Rock and Roll. Algora Publishing. pp. 323–. ISBN 978-0-87586-207-1.
- Martin Popoff (5 August 2010). Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records 1948–1991. Krause Publications. pp. 940–. ISBN 978-1-4402-1621-3.
- "Elvis Presley - It's Midnight / Promised Land at Discogs".
- "Elvis Presley - Promised Land/It's Midnight and I Miss You at 45cat".
- "Elvis Presley - Chart history (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
"Elvis Presley - Chart history (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-12-16. - "Elvis Presley - Chart history (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
