Midnight Girl/Sunset Town
{{Infobox song
| name = Midnight Girl/Sunset Town
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Sweethearts of the Rodeo
| album = Sweethearts of the Rodeo
| B-side = I Can't Resist
| released = November 29, 1986
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country
| length = 3:07
| label = Columbia
| writer = Don Schlitz
| producer = Steve Buckingham
| prev_title = Since I Found You
| prev_year = 1986
| next_title = Chains of Gold
| next_year = 1987
}}
"Midnight Girl/Sunset Town" is a song written by Don Schlitz, and recorded by American country music duo Sweethearts of the Rodeo. It was released in November 1986 as the third single from the album Sweethearts of the Rodeo. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 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=341}}
Content
The song is about a young woman who is a native of an unnamed rural town with conservative values. Having taken a liking to the nightlife, the woman has grown restless and weary of her own rural upbringing and desires to abandon it altogether in favor of a relocation to a larger city. During the song, she—as part of the "Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep" prayer—prays that she will eventually be able to fulfill those exact wishes.
Chart performance
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!align="left"|Chart (1986–1987) !align="center"|Peak |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|4|artist=Sweethearts of the Rodeo}} |
| align="left"|Canadian RPM Country Tracks
|align="center"|6 |
References
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Category:Sweethearts of the Rodeo songs
Category:Songs written by Don Schlitz
Category:Song recordings produced by Steve Buckingham (record producer)
Category:Columbia Records singles
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