Last Night (Morgan Wallen song)

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"Last Night"
Single by Morgan Wallen
from the album One Thing at a Time
ReleasedJanuary 31, 2023 (2023-01-31)
Genre Country pop
Length2:43
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Songwriter(s)
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Morgan Wallen singles chronology
"Thought You Should Know"
(2022)		"Last Night"
(2023)		"One Thing at a Time"
(2023)
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"Last Night" on YouTube

"Last Night" is a song written by John Byron, Ashley Gorley, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, and Ryan Vojtesak. It was recorded by American country music singer Morgan Wallen, the third single from his 2023 album One Thing at a Time . [2] The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs in February 2023.

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For the week ending March 18, 2023, "Last Night" reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100, a first for Wallen. The last country song to reach the top spot was "All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)" by Taylor Swift in 2021, and the last time a solo male artist did so was in 1981, with the song "I Love a Rainy Night" by Eddie Rabbitt. It spent 16 non-consecutive weeks at the top, the most ever for a non-collaboration and tied for the second most of all time. According to Billboard , the song was the number one single for 2023, the third such single to have also hit number one on the Billboard country chart since 1959.

This song is occasionally compared to the song "Your Call" by Secondhand Serenade, released in 2007, for using the same chords and picking pattern. In 2024, Secondhand Serenade played a mashup of the two songs at their show held at Emo's Not Dead Cruise 2024. [3]

Chart performance

The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts dated February 13, 2023, ascending from a debut position of number seven one week prior. The same week, Wallen's prior singles "Thought You Should Know" and "You Proof" claimed the number two and three positions, while "I Wrote the Book" was at number 10. [4]

Following the release of One Thing at a Time, "Last Night" ascended from number five to one on the Billboard Hot 100 dated March 18, 2023, becoming Wallen's first number one on the chart. The song achieved 47.5 million streams, 18,000 digital downloads sold, and a 10.8 million airplay audience. The same week, Wallen occupied 36 places on the Hot 100, the most of any artist, as well as five of the top 10 on the Hot 100. [5] "Last Night" is also the first country song by a solo male to top the Hot 100 in over 42 years, following "I Love a Rainy Night" by Eddie Rabbitt (1981), and the first country song to top the chart since "All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)" by Taylor Swift in November 2021. [6] On the chart dated August 5, 2023, "Last Night" sat at number two between Jason Aldean's "Try That in a Small Town" and Luke Combs's "Fast Car" at numbers one and three, respectively, making it the first time in the Hot 100's history that the top three positions were all occupied by country artists. [7] On the chart dated August 19, 2023, "Last Night" topped the Hot 100 for a 16th non-consecutive week, surpassing "As It Was" by Harry Styles as the longest running number one by a solo artist with no accompanying acts, as well as tying for the second longest run of all time. [8] To date, it is the only single to have peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 during six consecutive months.

In July 2023, "Last Night" became the first song to accrue one billion on-demand streams in the United States in a single year. [9]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "Last Night"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [38] 6× Platinum420,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) [39] Platinum80,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [40] 3× Platinum90,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [41] Silver200,000‡
United States (RIAA) [42] 7× Platinum7,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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