Midnight Sky#Remix
{{short description|2020 single by Miley Cyrus}}
{{About|the Miley Cyrus song|the 2020 film|The Midnight Sky|the sky as it appears at night|Midnight}}
{{Use American English|date=August 2020}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Midnight Sky
| cover = Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky.png
| album = Plastic Hearts
| A-side =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Miley Cyrus
| released = {{Start date|2020|8|14}}
| recorded =
| studio = Gold Tooth Music (Los Angeles, CA){{cite AV media notes|title=Plastic Hearts|others=Miley Cyrus|year=2020|type=liner notes|publisher=RCA Records|id=19439837352|page=10}}
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=43}}
| genre =
| label = RCA
| writer =
- Miley Cyrus
- Ilsey Juber
- Jon Bellion
- Alexandra Tamposi
- Andrew Wotman
- Louis Bell
| producer =
- Louis Bell
- Andrew Watt
| prev_title = Don't Call Me Angel
| prev_year = 2019
| next_title = Prisoner
| next_year = 2020
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|aS1no1myeTM|"Midnight Sky"}}
}}
}}
"Midnight Sky" is a song by American singer Miley Cyrus, released on August 14, 2020, by RCA Records as the lead single from her seventh studio album Plastic Hearts. The single was written by Cyrus, Ali Tamposi, Ilsey Juber and Jon Bellion with song's producers: Louis Bell and Andrew Watt. It is a disco, pop, synth-pop, electropop and pop rock song with lyrics about independence and self-confidence. The song's music video was Cyrus' first self-directed music video and was released on the same day as the single.
"Midnight Sky" was included on several year-end lists of best songs of 2020. Commercially, the song reached number one in Bulgaria, Lebanon, and Serbia, as well as the top five in the United Kingdom and has reached the top ten on music charts in over 15 territories. It also peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Global 200 chart. It was also the longest-running number-one single on UK radio in 2020, spending six weeks atop.
Background and release
On August 4, 2020, Cyrus posted on her social media a clip of the music video for her song "Start All Over" with the hashtags "#sheiscoming" and "#butforrealthistime", in reference to her long-delayed seventh studio album She Is Miley Cyrus.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/miley-cyrus-teases-new-music-as-she-tells-fans-to-meet-miley-cyrus-again-2721234|title=Miley Cyrus teases new music as she tells fans to 'Meet Miley Cyrus... again'|last=Langford|first=Jackson|work=NME|date=August 5, 2020|access-date=August 5, 2020|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806180702/https://www.nme.com/news/music/miley-cyrus-teases-new-music-as-she-tells-fans-to-meet-miley-cyrus-again-2721234|url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine |date=2020-08-05 |title=Miley Cyrus Teases 7th Album With Throwback Clip, Hear Snippet of New Song 'Midnight Sky' |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9429581/miley-cyrus-teases-she-is-coming |access-date=2020-08-05 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=August 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805154129/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9429581/miley-cyrus-teases-she-is-coming |url-status=live }} Later that day, she shared a preview of "Midnight Sky" on social media. The track was released on August 14 as planned.
A preview of "Midnight Sky" was released to coincide with the launch of Instagram Reels, a video-sharing service similar to TikTok, on August 6, 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.mobilemarketer.com/news/instagram-looks-to-steal-tiktoks-thunder-with-worldwide-expansion-of-reels/583017/|title=Instagram looks to steal TikTok's thunder with worldwide expansion of Reels|last=Williams|first=Robert|publisher=Mobile Marketers|date=August 6, 2020|access-date=August 10, 2020|archive-date=August 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814143858/https://www.mobilemarketer.com/news/instagram-looks-to-steal-tiktoks-thunder-with-worldwide-expansion-of-reels/583017/|url-status=live}} On August 31, the Midnight Sky Truck, an experiential pop-up, appeared in Los Angeles, with various influencers sharing photographs and videos of themselves in the truck.{{cite magazine |last1=Kaufman |first1=Gil |title=If You See Miley Cyrus Riding Around L.A. in a Disco Truck Hop Aboard! |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9443226/miley-cyrus-disco-ball-truck-midnight-sky-merch |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Lynne Segall |access-date=September 2, 2020 |archive-date=September 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902035231/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9443226/miley-cyrus-disco-ball-truck-midnight-sky-merch |url-status=live }}
The song and video were inspired by other female musicians, such as Stevie Nicks, Joan Jett and Debbie Harry, specifically, Nicks' song "Edge of Seventeen". Cyrus reached out to Nicks before release, asking for her blessing of the song.{{cite magazine |author1=Samantha Hissong |title=Watch Miley Cyrus' Sassy Self-Directed Video for New Song 'Midnight Sky' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/miley-cyrus-midnight-sky-song-video-1039633/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=August 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814190238/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/miley-cyrus-midnight-sky-song-video-1039633/ |archive-date=August 14, 2020 |date=August 14, 2020 |url-status=live}} In an interview with Hits 1, Cyrus explained the song's background, stating:{{blockquote|You just definitely want to feel like you are just in control of your own life and not trying to control anyone else's, so for me to be able to really have a good, clear understanding of the last two years, which there was some traumatic experiences – losing the house in Malibu and going through a really public breakup – I think I just really needed some clarity. And so it was just really important to me to be able to like really sit with my thoughts.{{cite magazine |author1=Gil Kaufman |title=Miley Cyrus Talks Ditching Weed, Deep Meaning Behind 'Midnight Sky' and Whether She'll Ever Marry Again |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9434397/miley-cyrus-siriusxm-interview-sobriety-marriage-children |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 14, 2020 |date=August 14, 2020 |archive-date=October 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025073301/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9434397/miley-cyrus-siriusxm-interview-sobriety-marriage-children |url-status=live }}}}
Just hours before it was released, reports surfaced that the singer and Cody Simpson had split. Although unconfirmed, the reported breakup came as the singer explained to SiriusXM Hits 1 that much of the song focuses on the idea of personal evolution.{{Cite web|last=Rearick|first=Lauren|title=Miley Cyrus Drops New Song After She and Cody Simpson Reportedly Break Up|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/miley-cyrus-drops-new-song-midnight-sky|access-date=2020-09-21|website=Teen Vogue|date=August 14, 2020|language=en-us|archive-date=September 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923193246/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/miley-cyrus-drops-new-song-midnight-sky|url-status=live}}
Composition and lyrics
"Midnight Sky" is a disco{{cite web |author1=Josiah Hughes |title=Miley Cyrus Returns with "Midnight Sky" |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/miley_cyrus_returns_with_midnight_sky |website=Exclaim! |access-date=August 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823055746/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/miley_cyrus_returns_with_midnight_sky |archive-date=August 23, 2020 |date=August 14, 2020 |url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |author1=Jason Lipshutz |title=First Stream: New Music From Drake, Miley Cyrus, SuperM and More |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9434477/first-stream-drake-miley-cyrus-superm |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814185444/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9434477/first-stream-drake-miley-cyrus-superm |archive-date=August 14, 2020 |date=August 14, 2020 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |author1=Mike Wass |title=Miley Cyrus Saves Pop With Dreamy Disco Anthem "Midnight Sky" |url=https://www.idolator.com/7913438/miley-cyrus-saves-pop-with-dreamy-disco-anthem-midnight-sky?adblock=1&chrome=1 |website=Idolator |access-date=August 14, 2020 |date=August 14, 2020 |archive-date=April 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423134928/https://www.idolator.com/7913438/miley-cyrus-saves-pop-with-dreamy-disco-anthem-midnight-sky?adblock=1&chrome=1 |url-status=live }} and pop{{cite magazine |author1=Billboard Staff |title=From Drake's New Single to Dua Lipa's New Remix & More, What's Your Favorite New Music Release? Vote! |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9434727/favorite-new-music-release-poll-drake-lil-durk-dua-lipa-missy-elliott-madonna-the-blessed-madona |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 14, 2020 |date=August 14, 2020 |archive-date=August 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815190344/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9434727/favorite-new-music-release-poll-drake-lil-durk-dua-lipa-missy-elliott-madonna-the-blessed-madona |url-status=live }} song with "raw arena rock vocals and the pristinely glossy production", as described by Rolling Stone. It has also been characterized as "Prince-esque",{{cite magazine |author1=Brittany Spanos |title=Miley Cyrus Was Meant to Channel Eighties Stevie Nicks |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/miley-cyrus-stevie-nicks-midnight-sky-stand-back-1043770/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=August 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823045344/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/miley-cyrus-stevie-nicks-midnight-sky-stand-back-1043770/ |archive-date=August 23, 2020 |date=August 14, 2020 |url-status=live}} synth-pop,{{cite web |author1=Nina Corcoran |title=Stream Miley Cyrus' New Single "Midnight Sky" |url=https://consequence.net/2020/08/miley-cyrus-midnight-sky-music-video/ |website=Consequence of Sound |access-date=August 14, 2020 |date=August 14, 2020 |archive-date=April 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411125950/https://consequence.net/2020/08/miley-cyrus-midnight-sky-music-video/ |url-status=live }} electropop{{cite web |author1=Grayson Gilcrease |title=Miley Cyrus Reminds Us She Doesn't Belong to Anyone in Disco-Tastic "Midnight Sky" Video |url=https://www.popsugar.co.uk/entertainment/miley-cyrus-midnight-sky-music-video-47681192 |website=POPSUGAR |access-date=August 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819154932/https://www.popsugar.co.uk/entertainment/miley-cyrus-midnight-sky-music-video-47681192 |archive-date=August 19, 2020 |date=August 14, 2020 |url-status=live}} and pop rock.{{cite web |author1=Saskia Postema |title=Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky |url=https://www.euphoriazine.com/blog/2020/08/music/tracks-miley-cyrus-midnight-sky/ |website=EUPHORIA. Magazine |access-date=August 23, 2020 |date=August 17, 2020 |archive-date=August 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823042755/https://www.euphoriazine.com/blog/2020/08/music/tracks-miley-cyrus-midnight-sky/ |url-status=live }} Written in the key of E minor, it has a tempo of 110 beats per minute, with Cyrus' vocal range spanning from the low note of D3 to the high note of D5.{{cite web |title=Miley Cyrus "Midnight Sky" Sheet Music in E Minor |url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0216457 |website=Musicnotes |date=August 14, 2020 |access-date=August 23, 2020 |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128150336/https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0216457 |url-status=live }}
Its lyrics are inspired by Cyrus' divorce from Liam Hemsworth and relationships with Kaitlynn Carter and Cody Simpson, and show the singer "tak[ing] back her narrative" and being confident in herself.{{cite web |author1=Patrick Ryan |title=Miley Cyrus gets personal on new disco-inspired song 'Midnight Sky,' shares self-directed video |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/08/14/miley-cyrus-midnight-sky-new-song-video/3370913001/ |website=USATODAY |access-date=August 14, 2020 |date=August 14, 2020 |archive-date=April 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423134928/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/08/14/miley-cyrus-midnight-sky-new-song-video/3370913001/ |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |author1=Rania Aniftos |title=She's Here: Miley Cyrus Drops 'Midnight Sky' Single & Video |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9433998/miley-cyrus-midnight-sky-single-video |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 14, 2020 |date=August 14, 2020 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112221530/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9433998/miley-cyrus-midnight-sky-single-video |url-status=live }} She also revealed in an interview in Alex Cooper's Call Her Daddy podcast that her desire was for the song to be an anthem that normalized pansexuality and provided visibility for those living in fear of rejection over their authentic selves.{{Cite web|last=Cooper|first=Alexandra|date=August 16, 2020|title=Miley Cyrus- Call Her Daddy Interview (FULL EP)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7RSbUk4I1g|access-date=September 4, 2020|website=YouTube|archive-date=September 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901195722/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7RSbUk4I1g|url-status=live}} Cyrus described the song as a "reflection of everyone kind of having this personal kind of woke moment" during an interview on the Zach Sang Show, where she declared:
I feel like a lot of us are waking up. And you know, the midnight sky, I think is kind of a road that feels like it could be nice to take with our head up in the clouds. You know, I feel like right now in society, we don't want to live with our heads in the clouds. But I think in time that's maybe why I've created worlds like this. Because this is kind of my idea of living with my head in the clouds of my own kind of fantasy and the world I wanna create. So I think that it's a cool message, to tell people to create the environment and the world that you wanna live in and I think that's happening on a very political level right now. But also we can do it especially in this quarantine time, in these intimate spaces of our home that we have a place that feels like we've created our own environment, our own head in the clouds, so this is mine.{{Cite web|last=Bowenbank|first=Starr|date=2020-08-30|title=Miley Cyrus's "Midnight Sky" Is One Hundred Percent About Her Divorce From Liam Hemsworth|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/a33605322/miley-cyrus-midnight-sky-lyrics-meaning/|access-date=2020-09-14|website=Cosmopolitan|language=en-US|archive-date=September 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917034500/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/a33605322/miley-cyrus-midnight-sky-lyrics-meaning/|url-status=live}}Singing about the idea of forever being no more in the track, Cyrus explained that she wanted to capture the idea of personal growth. "I think we're kind of set up for devastation — in that, from the time we're little kids, we're taught to claim other humans as our best friends forever. And you just don't know who you're going to be sitting with here right now. You never know who you're going to evolve to be and who they're going to evolve to be," she said to SiriusXM Hits1.
Cyrus opens the song with the declaration that "it's been a long time since I felt this good on my own" and she later sings "I don't need to be loved by you", the moment is a personal one, exploring independence in the wake of her divorce from Liam Hemsworth. As she told Zane Lowe in an Apple Music interview, some of "Midnight Sky" stemmed from a personal desire to be the one to tell her story, since looking back, she explained that it often felt as if the press were the ones to tell her story. With the release of the song, Cyrus wanted to speak directly to her fans, and to have more control over an identity that's been shaped by a lifetime in the public eye.
Critical reception
"Midnight Sky" was highly praised by music critics.{{cite web|url=https://kcpr.org/2021/01/05/plastic-hearts-is-miley-cyrus-at-her-best/|title="Plastic Hearts" is Miley Cyrus at her best|publisher=KCPR|author=Lilly Leif|work=KCPR |date=January 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416024050/https://kcpr.org/2021/01/05/plastic-hearts-is-miley-cyrus-at-her-best/|archive-date=April 16, 2021}} Brittany Spanos of Rolling Stone believed "the 27-year-old Disney darling-turned-pop provocateur has returned with yet another bold reinvention, looking to the raw arena rock vocals and the pristinely glossy production of the era for her new single". She also wrote that Cyrus channeled Stevie Nicks at her solo 80s peak, calling the track a "Stand Back" 2.0, and added that it is "a Prince-esque come hither full of biting, bewitching heartbreak confidence that Nicks invented".{{Cite magazine|last1=Spanos|first1=Brittany|date=2020-08-14|title=Miley Cyrus Was Meant to Channel Eighties Stevie Nicks|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/miley-cyrus-stevie-nicks-midnight-sky-stand-back-1043770/|access-date=2020-09-20|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|archive-date=August 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823045344/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/miley-cyrus-stevie-nicks-midnight-sky-stand-back-1043770/|url-status=live}} Nina Corcoran of Consequence of Sound described it as a "flashy synthpop number" stating that is "arguably sleeker than anything Cyrus has released before".{{Cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2020/08/miley-cyrus-midnight-sky-music-video/|title=Miley Cyrus Gets Dolled Up for New Single "Midnight Sky"|website=consequence.net|date=August 14, 2020|access-date=January 17, 2023|archive-date=January 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117024526/https://consequence.net/2020/08/miley-cyrus-midnight-sky-music-video/|url-status=live}}
Alex Gallagher of NME described "Midnight Sky" as an "assertive disco-tinged bop". Gallagher praised the song's lyrics for "Cyrus asserting [her] control and independence," adding that the song's chorus was "rousing."{{Cite web|url =https://www.nme.com/news/music/miley-cyrus-returns-bold-new-single-midnight-sky-2727712|title =Miley Cyrus returns with bold new single 'Midnight Sky'|website =NME.com|date =August 14, 2020|access-date =August 16, 2020|archive-date =August 16, 2020|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20200816200504/https://www.nme.com/news/music/miley-cyrus-returns-bold-new-single-midnight-sky-2727712|url-status =live}} Similarly, Michael Cragg of The Guardian called the song a "disco-tinged, post-divorce banger", commenting that it "sounds suitably refreshed after the double-meh of 2017's country singer rebirth and last year's, erm, 'Cattitude', 'Midnight Sky' is everything all that wasn't: impassioned, energised and delivered by someone brave enough to sport a platinum-blonde mullet".{{Cite web|date=2020-08-28|title=Tracks of the week reviewed: Miley Cyrus, Lupin, Peaches|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/aug/28/miley-cyrus-track-of-week|access-date=2020-09-13|website=the Guardian|language=en|archive-date=September 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912215234/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/aug/28/miley-cyrus-track-of-week|url-status=live}} Mike Wass of Idolator described it as a "dreamy disco anthem"; he praised the personal lyrics stating that "the first taste of MC7 is a deeply autobiographical account of the pop star's emotional journey post-divorce".{{Cite web| url=https://www.idolator.com/7913438/miley-cyrus-saves-pop-with-dreamy-disco-anthem-midnight-sky?andro=1&chrome=1| title=Miley Cyrus Saves Pop With Dreamy Disco Anthem "Midnight Sky"| website=idolator.com| date=August 14, 2020| access-date=August 16, 2020| archive-date=April 23, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423134933/https://www.idolator.com/7913438/miley-cyrus-saves-pop-with-dreamy-disco-anthem-midnight-sky?andro=1&chrome=1| url-status=live}}
The New York Times{{'}} pop critics ranked "Midnight Sky" as one of the week's most notable releases in their weekly updated column "The Playlist", where Lindsay Zoladz highlighted that "Cyrus's punchy, muscular alto is the true center of this song's power".{{Cite news|last1=Pareles|first1=Jon|last2=Caramanica|first2=Jon|last3=Zoladz|first3=Lindsay|date=2020-08-17|title=Drake's GIF-a-Thon, and 9 More New Songs|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/arts/music/playlist-drake-miley-cyrus.html|access-date=2020-09-20|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=September 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919051015/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/arts/music/playlist-drake-miley-cyrus.html|url-status=live}} Entertainment Weekly{{'}}s music team also ranked the track as one of the best songs of the week in their weekly column "Friday Five" and Marcus Jones commented: "the single lets her still be the rock star she's branded herself over the last five years while catering to those who first embraced her during the Hannah Montana era".{{Cite web|title=Friday Five: Miley Cyrus' disco-chic single, another unreleased Prince gem, and more|url=https://ew.com/music/music-reviews/friday-five-rico-miley-cyrus-prince-rico-nasty/|access-date=2020-09-21|website=EW.com|language=EN|archive-date=September 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919122848/https://ew.com/music/music-reviews/friday-five-rico-miley-cyrus-prince-rico-nasty/|url-status=live}} Claire Dodson of Teen Vogue included "Midnight Sky" in the magazine's selection of the week's best new tunes, stating that "Cyrus' musical journey continues to twist and turn, but her rebellious sensibilities (and recent '80s Joan Jett-esque haircut) are perfectly at home on 'Midnight Sky' an electro-dance track about not belonging to anyone".{{Cite web|last=Dodson|first=P. Claire|title=SuperM Dials Everything Up to "100" in New Music Video|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/superm-wonho-miley-cyrus-more-best-new-music-friday|access-date=2020-09-21|website=Teen Vogue|date=August 14, 2020|language=en-us|archive-date=September 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921192511/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/superm-wonho-miley-cyrus-more-best-new-music-friday|url-status=live}}
=Year-end lists=
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|+Select rankings of "Midnight Sky" ! scope="col"| Publication ! scope="col"| List ! scope="col"| Rank ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="2"| Billboard
| The Best Songs of 2020 | 16 |
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| The 30 Best Pop Songs of 2020: Staff Picks
| {{n/a}} | {{Cite magazine|date=2020-12-11|title=The 30 Best Pop Songs of 2020: Staff Picks {{!}} Billboard|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/9497730/best-pop-songs-2020/|access-date=2020-12-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211173043/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/9497730/best-pop-songs-2020/|archive-date=December 11, 2020}} |
| scope="row"| Consequence of Sound
| Top 50 Songs of 2020 | 17 |
| scope="row"| DIY
| DIY{{'}}s Best Songs of 2020 | 9 |
| scope="row"| Idolator
| The 100 Best Pop Songs of 2020 | 10 |
| scope="row"| NME
| The 50 Best Songs of 2020 | 21 |
| scope="row"| PopBuzz
| The 20 Best Singles of 2020 | 5 |
| scope="row"| Rolling Stone
| Best Songs of 2020 | 11 |
| scope="row"|Spin
| The 30 Best Songs of 2020 | 18 |
| scope="row"| Pitchfork
| Pitchfork Reader's Top 100 Songs of 2020 | 37 |
Commercial performance
In the United States, "Midnight Sky" debuted at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Cyrus' 15th top-20 hit in the country and 50th entry on the chart, making her one of the artists with most Hot 100 entries. The song also became her best solo debut on the chart since "Malibu", which peaked at number ten in 2017, although in the meantime Cyrus had also reached number 13 with "Don't Call Me Angel", along with Ariana Grande and Lana Del Rey. In its first week "Midnight Sky" was the 20th most heard song in the United States in streaming and the third most downloaded legally. The single debuted at number three on Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart after only Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion's "WAP" and Morgan Wallen's "7 Summers", another release of the week. The single was certified two-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in April 2023.{{cite web | url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=miley#search_section | title=Gold & Platinum | website=Recording Industry Association of America }}
In the United Kingdom, the song debuted at number 15 on the UK Singles Chart for the issue dated August 21, 2020{{Cite web|title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 {{!}} Official Charts Company|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20200821/7501/|access-date=September 13, 2020|website=www.officialcharts.com|language=en|archive-date=September 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913062803/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20200821/7501/|url-status=live}} and reached number seven in its seventh week there, becoming Cyrus' sixth top-ten hit in the country. In its tenth week, it reached a new peak of number five. The song is also the longest-running number-one single on UK radio in 2020, with six weeks so far, and on iTunes, with 29 days atop the chart. Thus, "Midnight Sky" became United Kingdom's biggest song by a female artist of 2020 and second overall, according to The Official Big Top 40 making it Cyrus' second year on a roll having the biggest female song of the year in the country, following "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" in 2019.{{Cite web|title=The Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights' is the UK's biggest song of 2020|url=https://www.bigtop40.com/news/the-weeknd-blinding-lights-biggest-song-of-2020/|access-date=January 2, 2021|website=BigTop40|language=en|archive-date=December 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227190114/https://www.bigtop40.com/news/the-weeknd-blinding-lights-biggest-song-of-2020/|url-status=live}} The song was also the 11th best-selling single in pure sales of 2020 on the UK Singles Chart.{{Cite web|title=Official Charts - Home of the Official UK Top 40 Charts|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/|access-date=2021-01-04|website=www.officialcharts.com|archive-date=August 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806163721/https://www.officialcharts.com/|url-status=live}} On June 20, 2022, PPL reported that "Midnight Sky" was United Kingdom's 9th most played track in 2021 and also the only solo song by a female artist in the top 10.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-19 |title=Ed Sheeran was the most-played artist of 2021 in the UK |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/20/ed-sheeran-was-the-most-played-artist-of-2021-in-the-uk |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=June 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623014707/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/20/ed-sheeran-was-the-most-played-artist-of-2021-in-the-uk |url-status=live }}{{Cite magazine |last=Brandle |first=Lars |date=2022-06-21 |title=Ed Sheeran Dominates U.K. Airwaves In 2021, Sets Record |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/ed-sheeran-ppl-uk-airwaves-2021-record-1235090449/ |access-date=2022-06-23 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=June 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623014707/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/ed-sheeran-ppl-uk-airwaves-2021-record-1235090449/ |url-status=live }}
"Midnight Sky" also debuted at number 16 in Australia, later peaking at number seven, number eight in Canada and number one in Scotland.
Remix
{{Infobox song
| name = Edge of Midnight (Midnight Sky Remix)
| cover =
| album = Plastic Hearts
| A-side =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Miley Cyrus featuring Stevie Nicks
| released = {{Start date|2020|11|6}}
| recorded =
| studio = Gold Tooth Music (Los Angeles, CA){{cite AV media notes|title=Plastic Hearts|others=Miley Cyrus|year=2020|type=liner notes|publisher=RCA Records|id=19439837352|page=10}}
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=43}}
| label = RCA
| writer =
- Miley Cyrus
- Ilsey Juber
- Jon Bellion
- Alexandra Tamposi
- Andrew Wotman
- Louis Bell
- Stevie Nicks
| producer =
- Louis Bell
- Andrew Watt
}}
On November 6, 2020, Cyrus released a remix of "Midnight Sky" featuring Stevie Nicks titled "Edge of Midnight". The song is a mashup of "Midnight Sky" and Stevie Nicks's own 1982 single "Edge of Seventeen". Nicks lends her own vocals in this version, singing the chorus of "Midnight Sky", while Cyrus does the same singing "just like the white winged dove" from Nicks's "Edge of Seventeen". The remix has a unique cover featuring both Nicks and Cyrus.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/miley-cyrus-and-stevie-nicks-team-up-for-edge-of-seventeen-midnight-sky-mashup-1234824250/ |title=Miley Cyrus and Stevie Nicks Team Up for 'Edge of Seventeen'/'Midnight Sky' Mashup |last=Willman |first=Chris |website=Variety |date=November 5, 2020 |access-date=November 6, 2020 |archive-date=November 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106062429/https://variety.com/2020/music/news/miley-cyrus-and-stevie-nicks-team-up-for-edge-of-seventeen-midnight-sky-mashup-1234824250/ |url-status=live }}
Music video
An accompanying, self-directed music video for "Midnight Sky" was released on August 14, 2020.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/miley-cyrus-midnight-sky-song-video-1039633/|title=Watch Miley Cyrus' Sassy Self-Directed Video for New Song 'Midnight Sky'|last=Hissong|first=Samantha|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=August 14, 2020|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=August 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814190238/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/miley-cyrus-midnight-sky-song-video-1039633/|url-status=live}} It features Cyrus in various settings, such as a room with mirrors, a "colorful" gumball pit and a neon disco setting with streamers and Technicolor statues of jungle animals, while wearing a mullet, glittery makeup, black Chanel bodysuit, Swarovski gem-covered black gloves.{{cite web |author1=Chris Murphy |title=Miley Cyrus and Her Mullet Drop Music Video for 'Midnight Sky' at Midnight, Naturally |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/watch-miley-cyrus-new-music-video-for-single-midnight-sky.html |website=Vulture |access-date=August 14, 2020 |date=August 14, 2020 |archive-date=September 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921094653/https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/watch-miley-cyrus-new-music-video-for-single-midnight-sky.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |author1=Katherine Turman |title=Miley Cyrus Drops Sexy Self-Directed Video for New Single 'Midnight Sky' |url=https://www.spin.com/2020/08/miley-cyrus-drops-video-for-new-single-midnight-sky/ |website=SPIN |access-date=August 14, 2020 |date=August 14, 2020 |archive-date=August 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823194538/https://www.spin.com/2020/08/miley-cyrus-drops-video-for-new-single-midnight-sky/ |url-status=live }} In a mini-doc about the making of the video, Cyrus is detailed in her references, calling upon Pat Benatar and David Bowie as visual inspirations. She's even more specific and studied when she talks about the acid-trip theme of the video: "You went to a Blondie show at CBGB with a hit of acid for later [in tow], head to an afterparty at Indochine, and pop the tab when you know you'll be at Studio 54," she says.{{Cite web|last=Lobenfeld|first=Claire|title=Why Disco Is Taking Over Pop, One Feel-Good Banger At A Time|url=https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/how-disco-taking-over-pop-one-banger-at-a-time|access-date=October 6, 2020|website=Nylon|date=October 6, 2020 |language=en|archive-date=October 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201006205054/https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/how-disco-taking-over-pop-one-banger-at-a-time|url-status=live}}
According to Lauren Valenti of Vogue, the music video shows Cyrus ushering in a new aesthetic era that harks back to the glamour and rebellion of the late 1970s. "It's a dizzying display of self-expression all Cyrus's own, though she did work off the right blueprints, drawing inspiration for her sparkling short from her female rock icons Joan Jett, Debbie Harry, and Stevie Nicks" pointed Valenti.{{Cite web|last=Valenti|first=Lauren|title=Miley Cyrus Takes Disco Makeup to the Next Level in Her New "Midnight Sky" Music Video|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/miley-cyrus-midnight-sky-makeup-look|access-date=September 21, 2020|website=Vogue|date=August 14, 2020|language=en-us|archive-date=August 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815204355/https://www.vogue.com/article/miley-cyrus-midnight-sky-makeup-look|url-status=live}}
In an interview with Apple Music, Cyrus explained she was in fact creating the music video for another song when the "Midnight Sky" song idea came out to her, along the music video concept:{{blockquote|[F]or this record, actually, the way that I even wrote "Midnight Sky" was I was prepping to create a video for another song. I wrote and directed and conceptualized the video for "Midnight Sky," but it started because I was doing that with another song. Then Andrew Watt, my creative partner, came over and played me this track, and I scratched everything and said, "I've got to write this. This is the foundation of which I feel like I can lay my story on top of that."{{Cite web|date=August 14, 2020|title=Miley Cyrus - "Midnight Sky"|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2094561/miley-cyrus-midnight-sky/music/|access-date=September 20, 2020|website=Stereogum|archive-date=September 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913194141/https://www.stereogum.com/2094561/miley-cyrus-midnight-sky/music/|url-status=live}}}}
In a radio interview with Chris Kelly for Toronto's KiSS 92.5, Cyrus said the bubble gum in the video represents "[her] being lost in the bubblegum pop scene" and the disco ball reflected that "it's this kind of broken pieces that were put back together to make something whole again".{{cite web |title=Miley Cyrus Talks 'Midnight Sky' with Chris Kelly |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VtI0XcuCtY |website=YouTube | date=August 14, 2020 |publisher=KiSS 92.5 |access-date=August 23, 2020 |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021113640/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VtI0XcuCtY |url-status=live }}
Live performances
Cyrus performed "Midnight Sky" for the first time at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards on August 30, where she swung on a disco ball, in reference to her 2013 song, "Wrecking Ball".{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/3168848/miley-cyrus-vma-performer/|title=Miley Cyrus Returns to the VMAs|website=MTV|date=August 17, 2020|access-date=August 18, 2020|archive-date=September 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901012721/http://www.mtv.com/news/3168848/miley-cyrus-vma-performer/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|title=Miley Cyrus Rides A Glittering Disco Ball In Feverish 'Midnight Sky' VMA Debut|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/3169530/miley-cyrus-vma-midnight-sky-performance/|access-date=2020-08-31|website=MTV News|language=en|archive-date=August 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831131953/http://www.mtv.com/news/3169530/miley-cyrus-vma-midnight-sky-performance/|url-status=dead}} The next day, she performed the song on Live Lounge.{{Cite news|title=Veja Miley Cyrus cantando "my future", de Billie Eilish, no Live Lounge|url=https://www.vagalume.com.br/news/2020/09/01/miley-cyrus-faz-cover-de-my-future-de-billie-eilish-no-live-lounge-veja.html|access-date=2020-09-07|website=Vagalume|language=pt|archive-date=September 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906082716/https://www.vagalume.com.br/news/2020/09/01/miley-cyrus-faz-cover-de-my-future-de-billie-eilish-no-live-lounge-veja.html|url-status=live}} On September 10, she performed the song at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.{{Cite web|date=10 September 2020|title=Miley Cyrus Is Completely in Her Element as She Performs "Midnight Sky" on The Tonight Show and later at the 2020 iHeart Radio Festival|url=https://www.popsugar.com/node/47780390|access-date=12 September 2020|website=PopSugar}} Ten days later she performed the song on iHeartRadio Music Festival 2020.{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Emily|url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2020-09-19-miley-cyrus-covers-blondie-performs-midnight-sky-at-iheart-festival/|title=Miley Cyrus Covers Blondie, Performs 'Midnight Sky' at iHeart Festival|date=September 20, 2020|access-date=October 20, 2020|publisher=iHeart Radio|archive-date=October 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022121726/https://www.iheart.com/content/2020-09-19-miley-cyrus-covers-blondie-performs-midnight-sky-at-iheart-festival/|url-status=live}} On October 9, she performed "Midnight Sky" on The Graham Norton Show amongst "a million Mileys".{{cite web|last=Nattress|first=Katrina|url=https://www.spin.com/2020/10/miley-cyrus-performs-midnight-sky-amongst-a-million-mileys-on-graham-norton/|title=Miley Cyrus Performs 'Midnight Sky' Amongst 'a Million Mileys' on Graham Norton|date=October 10, 2020|access-date=October 20, 2020|work=Spin|archive-date=October 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018172845/https://www.spin.com/2020/10/miley-cyrus-performs-midnight-sky-amongst-a-million-mileys-on-graham-norton/|url-status=live}} On October 16, Cyrus performed the song on her MTV Unplugged: Backyard Sessions special.{{cite web|url=https://www.mtvema.com/en-us|title=Miley Cyrus and the Social Distancers - "Midnight Sky"|date=October 16, 2020|access-date=October 20, 2020|publisher=MTV|archive-date=September 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929165619/https://www.mtv.com/ema/video-clips/nh3j0g/mtv-unplugged-miley-cyrus-and-the-social-distancers-midnight-sky|url-status=live}} She performed the song at Save Our Stages, the event was held on October 20, 2020. She performed again in Amazon Music Holiday Plays digital concert series on December 1.{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201123005947/en/Miley-Cyrus-Kicks-Off-"Amazon-Music-Holiday-Plays"-A-Weekly-Concert-Experience-Featuring-Performances-and-Whimsical-Pageantry-December-1-in-her-First-Performance-Since-the-Release-of-New-Album-Plastic-Hearts|title=Miley Cyrus Kicks Off "Amazon Music Holiday Plays": A Weekly Concert Experience Featuring Performances and Whimsical Pageantry, December 1, in her First Performance Since the Release of New Album, Plastic Hearts|publisher=Amazon.com, Inc. Business Wire|date=November 23, 2020|access-date=November 24, 2020|archive-date=November 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123142249/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201123005947/en/Miley-Cyrus-Kicks-Off-%E2%80%9CAmazon-Music-Holiday-Plays%E2%80%9D-A-Weekly-Concert-Experience-Featuring-Performances-and-Whimsical-Pageantry-December-1-in-her-First-Performance-Since-the-Release-of-New-Album-Plastic-Hearts|url-status=live}} Later she performed the remix version of Midnight Sky, "Edge of Midnight" for the first time on The Howard Stern Show.{{cite web|url=https://www.howardstern.com/news/2020/12/02/miley-cyrus-on-duetting-with-dua-lipa-covering-courtney-love-and-dating-during-covid|title=Miley Cyrus on Duetting With Dua Lipa, Covering Courtney Love, and Dating During COVID|date=December 2, 2020|access-date=December 8, 2020|archive-date=December 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208015442/https://www.howardstern.com/news/2020/12/02/miley-cyrus-on-duetting-with-dua-lipa-covering-courtney-love-and-dating-during-covid/|url-status=live}} Cyrus again performed the "Edge of Midnight" along with "Party in the U.S.A." and "Prisoner" on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest in Times Square on December 31.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9506069/miley-cyrus-brings-party-in-the-u-s-a-more-to-dick-clarks-new-years-rockin-eve-special/|title=Miley Cyrus Brings 'Party in the U.S.A.' & More to 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve' Special|magazine=Billboard|date=January 2021|access-date=January 2, 2021|archive-date=January 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102074222/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9506069/miley-cyrus-brings-party-in-the-u-s-a-more-to-dick-clarks-new-years-rockin-eve-special/|url-status=live}} Cyrus also performed "Edge of Midnight" along with several songs of Plastic Hearts at the 2021 Super Bowl with TikTok Tailgate.{{cite web|url=https://www.etonline.com/miley-cyrus-kicks-off-2021-super-bowl-with-tiktok-tailgate-performance-for-healthcare-workers/|title=Miley Cyrus Kicks Off 2021 Super Bowl With 'TikTok Tailgate' Performance for Healthcare Workers|date=February 7, 2021 |access-date=February 16, 2021|archive-date=February 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208015142/https://www.etonline.com/miley-cyrus-kicks-off-2021-super-bowl-with-tiktok-tailgate-performance-for-healthcare-workers|url-status=live}} On December 31, 2022, Cyrus performed the song with FLETCHER as a duet on the TV program Miley's New Year's Eve Party.{{Cite magazine |last=Stern |first=Marlow |date=2023-01-01 |title=Miley Cyrus and Fletcher Heat Up 'Miley's New Year's Eve Party' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-recaps/miley-cyrus-fletcher-heat-up-mileys-new-years-eve-party-midnight-sky-nbc-1234654933/ |access-date=2023-01-01 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-date=January 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101173930/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-recaps/miley-cyrus-fletcher-heat-up-mileys-new-years-eve-party-midnight-sky-nbc-1234654933/ |url-status=live }}
Awards and nominations
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|---|
| rowspan="1" |2020
| Song of Summer | {{nom}} | {{Cite web|url = https://www.mtv.com/vma/vote/|title = Vote Now – Nominees for 2021 MTV Video Music Awards|website = MTV|access-date = August 24, 2020|archive-date = August 29, 2022|archive-url = https://archive.today/20220829043052/https://www.mtv.com/vma/vote/|url-status = live}} |
| rowspan="2" |2021
|Hit Global |{{Nominated}} |
Charts
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=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ 2022 year-end chart performance for "Midnight Sky" ! scope="col"| Chart (2022) ! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| Hungary (Rádiós Top 40){{cite web|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2022|title=Rádiós Top 100 - hallgatottsági adatok alapján - 2022|publisher=Mahasz|language=hu|access-date=February 4, 2023|archive-date=February 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203044628/https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2022|url-status=live}}
| 83 |
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|award=Platinum|number=3|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2023|access-date=February 26, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|artist=Miley Cyrus|title=Midnight Sky|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|accessdate=January 19, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|artist=Miley Cyrus|title=Midnight Sky|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|accessdate=January 8, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|artist=Miley Cyrus|title=Midnight Sky|type=single|award=Diamond|relyear=2020|certyear=2023|access-date=November 7, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|artist=Miley Cyrus|title=Midnight Sky|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2020|certyear=2023|access-date=November 7, 2023|note=Edge of Midnight (Midnight Sky Remix)}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|artist=Miley Cyrus|title=Midnight Sky|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2022|id=11900|access-date=December 20, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|artist=Miley Cyrus|title=Midnight Sky|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2023|accessdate=February 21, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Miley Cyrus|title=Midnight Sky|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|accessdate=June 2, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|certyear=2021|certweek=2|relyear=2020|award=Gold|artist=Miley Cyrus |title=Midnight Sky|access-date=January 18, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|artist=Miley Cyrus|title=Midnight Sky|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2020|relmonth=8|certyear=2021|accessdate=March 11, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Miley Cyrus|title=Midnight Sky|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|access-date=December 21, 2024|source=radioscope}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Miley Cyrus feat. Stevie Nicks|title=Edge of Midnight (Midnight Sky Remix)|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2020|note=Edge of Midnight (Midnight Sky Remix)|certyear=2024|access-date=December 21, 2024|source=radioscope}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|artist=Miley Cyrus|title=Midnight Sky|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|accessdate=November 5, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|artist=Miley Cyrus|title=Midnight Sky|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|certmonth=6|accessdate=June 9, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Portugal|artist=Miley Cyrus|title=Midnight Sky|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|id=file_2021-02-25-14-35-14.pdf|access-date=October 3, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|title=Midnight Sky|artist=Miley Cyrus|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2020|certyear=2024|access-date=January 11, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Miley Cyrus|title=Midnight Sky|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2023|id=16771-51-1|accessdate=April 14, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Miley Cyrus|title=Midnight Sky|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2023|accessdate=April 28, 2023}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|title=Midnight Sky|artist=Miley Cyrus|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|source=artist|access-date=June 9, 2021}}
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Release history
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| August 14, 2020 | {{hlist|Digital download|streaming}} | rowspan="4"| Original | rowspan="3"| RCA |
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| scope="row" rowspan="2"| United States
| August 17, 2020 | {{Hlist|Adult contemporary radio|hot adult contemporary radio|modern adult contemporary radio}} |
| August 18, 2020 |
| scope="row"| Italy
| August 28, 2020 | Radio airplay | Sony |
| scope="row"| Various
| November 6, 2020 | {{Hlist|Digital download|streaming}} | rowspan="2"| "Edge of Midnight" | RCA |
| scope="row"| Italy
| November 9, 2020 | Radio airplay | Sony |
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