It's Midnight

"It's Midnight"
Single by Elvis Presley
from the album Promised Land
A-side"It's Midnight"
B-side"Promised Land"
ReleasedSeptember 27, 1974
RecordedDecember 10, 1973
StudioStax Studios, Memphis
GenreCountry
Length3:20
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)Billy Edd Wheeler and Jerry Chesnut
Producer(s)Felton Jarvis
Elvis Presley singles chronology
"If You Talk in Your Sleep" / "Help Me"
(1974)
"It's Midnight" / "Promised Land"
(1974)
"My Boy" / "Thinking About You"
(1975)

"It's Midnight" is a 1974 song recorded by Elvis Presley. It was written by Jerry Chesnut and Billy Edd Wheeler.

Recording

Elvis Presley recorded it during his December 10–16, 1973, recording sessions at Stax Records in Memphis. The session produced three more charting songs: "Promised Land", "If You Talk in Your Sleep" and "Help Me".

Release history

The song was first released in October 1974 as a B-side to a cover of Chuck Berry's "Promised Land". (While the Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records indicates "Promised Land" as the A-side, different pressings have "It's Midnight" as the A-side and "Promised Land" as a B-side and vice versa.)

Reception

"Promised Land" rose to number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the two sides together (as "It's Midnight / Promised Land") and "It's Midnight" on its own charted on the Hot Country Singles chart. "It's Midnight" peaked on it at number 9 in January 1975.

Critical reception

Billboard in its review of the album Promised Land (in the January 18, 1975 issue) picked "It's Midnight" as one of the best cuts on the album.

Charts

Chart (1974–1975) Peak
position
US Billboard Easy Listening 8*
US Billboard Hot Country Singles 14* / 9**
* as "It's Midnight / Promised Land"
** as "It's Midnight"

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