A Night to Remember (Joe Diffie song)

"A Night to Remember" is a song written by Max T. Barnes and T.W. Hale, and recorded by American country music singer Joe Diffie. It was released in March 1999 as the first single and title track from his album A Night to Remember. The single peaked at number 6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song also crossed over to the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 38.

Content

The song is a mid-tempo ballad in which the narrator tells of his "night to remember" a lost lover. He begins by stating that he has had a tough week, and has plans for tonight because he is feeling downcast.

In the second verse, he states how he feels that, because his woman was "so hard to lose", he has to do such a recollection of her, even though "sad ain't style". According to Billboard.com, Diffie "conveys an element of hope among the ashes of a relationship that make this song a survivor."

Music video

The music video for this song starts with Diffie singing and playing guitar in a forest, and also shows a man who is planning his "night to remember" in a dark house.

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 59 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated March 13, 1999. It charted for 29 weeks on that chart, peaking at number 6 on the chart dated July 17, 1999. In addition, it was a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 38 on that chart, which is Diffie's only Top 40. In addition, it was ranked as the number 18 most-played song of 1999, according to Billboard.

Chart (1999)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)	10
US Billboard Hot 100	38
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	6

Year-end charts

Chart (1999)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)	76
US Country Songs (Billboard)	18

Parodies

Country music parodist Cledus T. Judd parodied this song on his album, Just Another Day in Parodies, under the title "A Night I Can't Remember."

References

Joe Diffie - "A Night to Remember" Review Billboard Song Reviews; retrieved on June 5, 2008
Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 125–126. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
"A Night To Remember" Year-End Ranking of 1999
"Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 8473." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. August 30, 1999. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
"Joe Diffie Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
"Joe Diffie Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
"RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1999". RPM. December 13, 1999. Archived from the original on 2013-10-15. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
"Best of 1999: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1999. Archived from the original on 2007-12-11. Retrieved August 25, 2012.

v t e Joe Diffie singles
A Thousand Winding Roads	"Home" "If You Want Me To" "If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)" "New Way (To Light Up an Old Flame)"
Regular Joe	"Is It Cold in Here" "Ships That Don't Come In" "Next Thing Smokin'"
Honky Tonk Attitude	"Honky Tonk Attitude" "Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)" "John Deere Green" "In My Own Backyard"
Third Rock from the Sun	"Third Rock from the Sun" "Pickup Man" "So Help Me Girl" "I'm in Love with a Capital "U"" "That Road Not Taken"
Life's So Funny	"Bigger Than the Beatles" "C-O-U-N-T-R-Y" "Whole Lotta Gone"
Twice Upon a Time	"This Is Your Brain" "Somethin' Like This"
Greatest Hits	"Texas Size Heartache"
A Night to Remember	"A Night to Remember" "The Quittin' Kind" "It's Always Somethin'"
In Another World	"In Another World"
Tougher Than Nails	"Tougher Than Nails"
Other singles	"Not Too Much to Ask" (with Mary Chapin Carpenter)

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