A Song in the Night (song)
| "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 | |||
| 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. 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.