Down That Road Tonight

{{Infobox song

| name = Down That Road Tonight

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

| album = Workin' Band

| B-side = A Lot Like Me

| released = December 24, 1988

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = 3:08

| label = Warner Bros. Nashville

| writer = {{hlist|Jeff Hanna|Josh Leo|Wendy Waldman}}

| producer = Josh Leo

| prev_title = I've Been Lookin'

| prev_year = 1988

| next_title = Turn of the Century

| next_year = 1989

}}

"Down That Road Tonight" is a song written by Jeff Hanna, Josh Leo and Wendy Waldman, and recorded by American country music group Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. It was released on December 24, 1988 as the third single from the album Workin' Band, and reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944–2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=250}}

Chart performance

class="wikitable sortable"

!align="left"|Chart (1988–1989)

!align="center"|Peak
position

{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|6|artist=The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band}}

=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"\|Chart (1989) !scope="col"\|Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM){{cite web\|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6640&type=1&interval=24\|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989\|work=RPM\|date=December 23, 1989\|accessdate=August 28, 2013}} \| align="center" \| 78
US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite web \| url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1989/hot-country-songs\| title=Best of 1989: Country Songs \| work=Billboard \| publisher=Prometheus Global Media \| date=1989\| accessdate=August 28, 2013}} \| align="center" \| 92

class="wikitable sortable"

scope="col"|Chart (1989)

!scope="col"|Position

Canada Country Tracks (RPM){{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6640&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989|work=RPM|date=December 23, 1989|accessdate=August 28, 2013}}

| align="center" | 78

US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1989/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1989: Country Songs | work=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | date=1989| accessdate=August 28, 2013}}

| align="center" | 92

References

Category:1989 singles

Category:Nitty Gritty Dirt Band songs

Category:Songs written by Josh Leo

Category:Song recordings produced by Josh Leo

Category:Warner Records singles

Category:Songs written by Jeff Hanna

Category:Songs written by Wendy Waldman

Category:1988 songs