The Night's Too Long
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The Night's Too Long is a single release by Patty Loveless
, recorded at MCA/Nashville in the spring of 1990. It was included on her fourth album with MCA Records, On Down the Line
, with the single being released in September 1990. It was the second single released from the album.
, were in his office listening through some material for the upcoming album, and trying to find songs. Brown played this song by the writer Lucinda Williams
. They liked what they heard and wound up going to hear Lucinda at the Bluebird Cafe
in Nashville that night. That's when they made the decision to record the song.
It's a different type of song than what Loveless recorded previously, as instead of a ballad or a country/pop song, it was a song that included a story line.
The song charted for 19 weeks on the Billboard
Hot Country Singles and Tracks
chart, reaching #20 during the week of 8 December 1990.
Patty Loveless
Patty Loveless , is an American country music singer.Since her emergence on the country music scene in late 1986 with her first album, Loveless has been one of the most popular female singers of the Neotraditional country movement, although she has also recorded albums in the Country pop and...
, recorded at MCA/Nashville in the spring of 1990. It was included on her fourth album with MCA Records, On Down the Line
On Down the Line
On Down the Line is the fourth album released by country music artist Patty Loveless. Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee during December 1989/January 1990, it was the follow-up to her breakthrough album, Honky Tonk Angel....
, with the single being released in September 1990. It was the second single released from the album.
Background
This song came about when Loveless and her producer, Tony BrownTony Brown (record producer)
Tony Brown is an American country music record producer.He was born in Greensboro, North Carolina.Brown played piano for Elvis Presley. He toured with the TCB Band for much of Presley's final two years and was a part of the 1976 "Jungle Room" recording sessions at Graceland...
, were in his office listening through some material for the upcoming album, and trying to find songs. Brown played this song by the writer Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams is an American rock, folk, blues and country music singer and songwriter. She recorded her first albums in 1978 and 1980 in a traditional country and blues style and received very little attention from radio, the media, or the public. In 1988, she released her self-titled album,...
. They liked what they heard and wound up going to hear Lucinda at the Bluebird Cafe
Bluebird cafe
The Bluebird Cafe is a music club in Nashville, Tennessee that opened in 1982. The club is famous for intimate, acoustic music performed by its composers...
in Nashville that night. That's when they made the decision to record the song.
It's a different type of song than what Loveless recorded previously, as instead of a ballad or a country/pop song, it was a song that included a story line.
The song charted for 19 weeks on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country Singles and Tracks
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
chart, reaching #20 during the week of 8 December 1990.
Chart positions
| Chart (1990) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 20 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 4 |