Rockin' into the Night

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Rockin' into the Night
38 Special - Rockin' Into the Night.jpg
Studio album by
Released3 October 1979
Recorded1979
Studio Studio One (Doraville, Georgia)
Genre
Length38:29
Label A&M
Producer Rodney Mills
38 Special chronology
Special Delivery
(1978)
Rockin' into the Night
(1979)
Wild-Eyed Southern Boys
(1981)

Rockin' into the Night is the third studio album by the Southern rock band 38 Special, released in 1979.

Contents

The title track, written by three members of Survivor, became the band's first big hit (peaking at #43 during a nine-week run on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart), [1] and marked the first of many songs Jim Peterik would write for and with the band.

"Money Honey" is a cover of a 1953 song by Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Santa Cruz Sentinel noted that parts of the album "slip into a dense, wallowing series of undistinguished rock tunes." [4]

Track listing

  1. "Rockin' into the Night" (Jim Peterik, Gary Smith, Frankie Sullivan) – 3:58
  2. "Stone Cold Believer" (Don Barnes, Jeff Carlisi, Donnie Van Zant, Larry Junstrom) – 4:11
  3. "Take Me Through the Night" (Barnes, Van Zant) – 4:10
  4. "Money Honey" (Jesse Stone) – 3:10
  5. "The Love That I've Lost" (Barnes) – 4:34
  6. "You're the Captain" (Carlisi, Van Zant) – 4:24
  7. "Robin Hood" (Barnes, Carlisi) – 4:40
  8. "You Got the Deal" (Barnes, Van Zant) – 4:50
  9. "Turn It On" (Carlisi, Van Zant) – 4:34

Personnel

38 Special

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1980)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [5] 57

References

  1. "The Hot 100, The week of 02/02/1980". Billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  2. Rockin' into the Night at AllMusic
  3. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 702.
  4. Beebe, Greg (19 Oct 1979). "Quick Discs". Santa Cruz Sentinel. p. 17.
  5. "38 Special Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 11, 2024.

Rockin' into the Night at Discogs (list of releases)