Midnight Lady

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"Midnight Lady"
Single by Chris Norman
from the album Some Hearts Are Diamonds
B-side "Woman"
Released1986
Genre Soft rock [1]
Label Hansa, Arista (UK)
Songwriter(s) Dieter Bohlen
Producer(s) Dieter Bohlen

"Midnight Lady" is a song by English soft rock musician Chris Norman, released as a single in 1986. The song, produced and written by Dieter Bohlen, one half of Modern Talking, reached number one on the German singles chart in May 1986. [2] Norman is popular in Germany where he scored his most hit records during the 1980s. "Midnight Lady" was also successful in Switzerland [3] and Austria, [4] where it also reached the number one spot. The song also went top 20 in the Netherlands and Belgium, reaching No. 9 [5] and No. 16, [6] respectively.

The song was used in the German crime series Tatort [7] in the 180th episode "Der Tausch".

Charts

Chart performance for "Midnight Lady"
Chart (1986)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [8] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50) [9] 16
Europarade Top 30 ( Music Week ) [10] 3
European Hot 100 Singles ( Music & Media ) [11] 28
Germany (Media Control Charts) [12] 1
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [13] 9
Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade) [14] 1

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