It's Midnight (song)


"It's Midnight" is a 1974 song by Elvis Presley.

Writing

It was written together 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".
For reasons unknown, initial releases of the song in the United Kingdom on the 45 rpm single RCA Victor PB 10074 retitled the track "It's Midnight and I Miss You."

Reception

"Promised Land" rose to number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the two sides together 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 picked "It's Midnight" as one of the best cuts on the album.

Charts