Midnight Rocks

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"Midnight Rocks"
Midnight Rocks - Al Stewart.jpg
Single by Al Stewart
from the album 24 Carrots
B-side "Constantinople"
ReleasedAugust 1980
Genre Pop rock
Length3:48
Label Arista Records 0552
Songwriters Al Stewart, Peter White
Producer Chris Desmond
Al Stewart singles chronology
"Song on the Radio"
(1979)
"Midnight Rocks"
(1980)
"Mondo Sinistro"
(1980)

"Midnight Rocks" is a song written by Al Stewart and Peter White and was performed by Stewart. The song appeared on his 1980 album, 24 Carrots . [1]

"Midnight Rocks" reached No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and No. 13 on the Adult Contemporary chart in the United States in 1980. [2] The song peaked at No. 79 in Canada. [3] It also charted modestly on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart (#46). [4] The song was the last charting single by Stewart. [5]

Charts

Chart (1981/82)Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [6] 50
Canada (RPM Top 100 Singles) [7] 79
USA (Hot 100)24

References

  1. "Al Stewart, 24 Carrots". Discogs . Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  2. "Al Stewart, "Midnight Rocks" chart positions". Musicvf.com. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  3. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  4. "Item: 249 - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  5. "Al Stewart's charting singles". Musicvf.com. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  6. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 294. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  7. "RPM Top 100 Singles - November 8, 1980" (PDF).