Why Don't You Spend the Night

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"Why Don't You Spend the Night"
Single by Ronnie Milsap
from the album Milsap Magic
B-side "Heads I Go Hearts I Say"
ReleasedJanuary 1980
Genre Country
Length4:12
Label RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s) Bob McDill
Producer(s) Ronnie Milsap, Rob Galbraith
Ronnie Milsap singles chronology
"In No Time at All"
(1979)
"Why Don't You Spend the Night"
(1980)
"My Heart"
(1980)

"Why Don't You Spend the Night" is a song written by Bob McDill, and recorded by American country music artist Ronnie Milsap. It was released in January 1980 as the first single from the album Milsap Magic . The song was Milsap's thirteenth number one on the country chart. The single spent a week at number one and a total of eleven weeks on the chart. [1]

Contents

Chart performance

Chart (1980)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks2

Year-end charts

Chart (1980)Position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 15


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