Midnight Fire (song)

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"Midnight Fire"
Single by Steve Wariner
from the album Midnight Fire
B-side "You Turn It All Around"
ReleasedAugust 13, 1983
Genre Country
Length3:10
Label RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s) Dave Gibson, Lewis Anderson
Producer(s) Tony Brown, Norro Wilson
Steve Wariner singles chronology
"Don't Your Memory Ever Sleep at Night"
(1983)
"Midnight Fire"
(1983)
"Lonely Women Make Good Lovers"
(1983)

"Midnight Fire" is a song written by Dave Gibson and Lewis Anderson, and recorded by American country music artist Steve Wariner. It was released in August 1983 as the first single and title track from the album Midnight Fire . The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1983)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 5
Canadian RPM Country Tracks11

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 372.
  2. "Steve Wariner Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.