"A Second to Midnight" | ||||
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Single by Kylie Minogue and Years & Years | ||||
from the album Disco: Guest List Edition | ||||
Released | 6 October 2021 | |||
Recorded | 2021 | |||
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Length | 3:27 | |||
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"A Second to Midnight" on YouTube |
"A Second to Midnight" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue and English singer-songwriter Olly Alexander,performing under his solo project Years &Years. The song was released on 6 October 2021. It serves as the lead single of Minogue's reissue album Disco:Guest List Edition,the re-release of her fifteenth studio album Disco (2020). [1] The song is also included on the deluxe version of Years &Years' third studio album Night Call (2022) and featured as the intro music for the Night Call Tour. It marks the second collaboration between Minogue and Alexander following "Starstruck".
Chart (2021) | Peak position |
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Australia Airplay (Radiomonitor) [4] | 43 |
Hungary (Single Top 40) [5] | 37 |
Japan Hot Overseas ( Billboard) [6] | 8 |
UK Singles Downloads (OCC) [7] | 13 |
UK Physical Singles (OCC) [8] | 1 |
UK Indie (OCC) [9] | 27 |
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs ( Billboard ) [10] | 26 |
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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Various | 6 October 2021 |
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United States | 12 October 2021 | Dance radio | BMG | [11] |
Various | 12 November 2021 | CD single |
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