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1977 single by Johnny Duncan
"A Song in the Night"
Single by Johnny Duncan
from the album Come a Little Bit Closer
B-side"Use My Love"
ReleasedJune 1977
Recorded1977
GenreCountry
Length2:41
LabelColumbia 10554
Songwriter(s)Bobby Springfield
Producer(s)Billy Sherrill
Johnny Duncan singles chronology
"It Couldn't Have Been Any Better"
(1977)
"A Song in the Night"
(1977)
"Come a Little Bit Closer"
(1977)

"A Song in the Night" is a country music song written by Bobby Lee Springfield, recorded by Johnny Duncan. It was the first of two singles from his 1977 LP, Come a Little Bit Closer. Harmony vocals during the last minute of the song were provided by Janie Fricke.

Initially promoted as "his best record yet," the song went to No. 5 on both Billboard American and Canadian Hot Country Singles charts. It became his fourth of a string of seven Top Five hits.

Duncan's only song to cross over to the Pop charts, "A Song in the Night" also reached #105 in the U.S.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1977) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) 5
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles 105
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1977) Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) 30

References

  1. Music VF - Songs written by Bobby Lee Springfield
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 112.
  3. Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004
  4. "Johnny Duncan Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004
  6. "Hot Country Songs โ€“ Year-End 1977". Billboard. Retrieved July 21, 2021.

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