| "It's Midnight" | ||||
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| Single by Elvis Presley | ||||
| from the album Promised Land | ||||
| A-side | "It's Midnight" | |||
| B-side | "Promised Land" | |||
| Released | September 27, 1974 | |||
| Recorded | December 10, 1973 | |||
| Studio | Stax Studios, Memphis | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:20 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Billy Edd Wheeler and Jerry Chesnut | |||
| Producer(s) | Felton Jarvis | |||
| Elvis Presley singles chronology | ||||
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"It's Midnight" is a 1974 song recorded by Elvis Presley. It was written by Jerry Chesnut and Billy Edd Wheeler. [1]
Elvis Presley recorded it during his December 10–16, 1973, recording sessions at Stax Records in Memphis. [2] [3] The session produced three more charting songs: "Promised Land", "If You Talk in Your Sleep" and "Help Me".
The song was first released in October 1974 as a B-side to a cover of Chuck Berry's "Promised Land". [2] [4] (While the Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records indicates "Promised Land" as the A-side, [5] different pressings have "It's Midnight" as the A-side and "Promised Land" as a B-side and vice versa.) [6]
"Promised Land" rose to number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, [2] 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. [2] "It's Midnight" peaked on it at number 9 in January 1975. [4] [7]
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.
| Chart (1974–1975) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Easy Listening [8] | 8* |
| US Billboard Hot Country Singles [4] [7] | 14* / 9** |
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