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Night Songs: Country Music’s Top-20 Songs With Night in the Title

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Here are a few upper echelon charted songs with “Night” in the title. To qualify for this list, songs had to have “Night” in the title and placed on Billboard’s Top-20 chart. Barbara Mandrell and Mickey Gilley tied for the most “Night” titles, with four each.

1. A Heartache Tomorrow (Or a Headache Tonight) Mickey Gilley)
2. A Song In the Night (Johnny Duncan)
3. All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight (Hank Williams Jr)
4. Another Honky-Tonk Night on Broadway (Shelly West)
5. Another Lonely Night (Jean Shepard)
6. Day Into Night (Kitty Wells)
7. Down That Road Tonight (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
8. Each Night at Nine (Floyd Tillman)
9. Every Night (Pake McEntire)
10. Friday Night Blues (John Conlee)
11. Goodnight Irene (Ernest Tubb & Red Foley, Moon Mullican)
12. Good Night Special (Little David Wilkins)
13. Good Night’s Love (Tammy Wynette)
14. Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight (Johnny and Jack)
15. Heartache Tonight (Conway Twitty)
16. Help Me Make It Through the Night (Sammi Smith, Willie Nelson)
17. I Can Tell By the Way You Dance (You’re Gonna Love…) (V. Gosdin)
18. I Love a Rainy Night (Eddie Rabbitt)
19. If I Miss You Tonight (Tommy Overstreet)
20. If You Leave Me Tonight I’ll Cry (Jerry Wallace)
21. It’s a Cowboy Lovin’ Night (Tanya Tucker)
22. I’ve Got Five Dollars and It’s Saturday Night (Faron Young)
23. Last Night at a Party (Faron Young)
24. Lonely Nights (Mickey Gilley)
25. Lost in in the Fifties Tonight (Ronnie Millsap)
26. LouisianaSaturday Night (Mel McDaniel)
27. Midnight (Red Foley)
28. Midnight Angel (Barbara Mandrell)
29. Midnight Fire (Steve Wariner)
30. Midnight Hauler (Razzy Bailey)
31. Midnight Highway (Southern Pacific)
32. Midnight in Montgomery (Alan Jackson)
33. Midnight, Me and the Blues (Mel Tillis)
34. Midnight Oil (Barbara Mandrell)
35. Midnight Rider (Willie Nelson)
36. Midnight Roder (Leon Everett)
37. My Arms Stay Open All Night (Tanya Tucker)
38. Night Games (Charley Pride)
39. Night Time and My Baby (Joe Stampley)
40. Night Time Magic (Larry Gatlin)
41. Nightmare (Faron Young)
42. Night Train to Memphis (Roy Acuff)
43. Nights (Ed Bruce)
44. No Sleep Tonight (Randy Barlow)
45. Oh How I Miss You Tonight (Deborah Allen)
46. Overnight Sensation (Mickey Gilley)
47. ParadiseTonight (Mickey Gilley & Charly McClain)
48. Rainbow at Midnight (Carliles, ErnestTubb,TexasJim Robertson)
49. Saturday Night Special
50. Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight (Bob Wills)
51. Somebody Somewhere (Don’t Know What He’s Missing Tonight) (L. Lynn)
52. Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight (Eddie Rabbitt)
53. Somewhere Tonight (Highway 101)
54. Southern Nights (Glen Campbell)
55. TennesseeSaturday Night (Red Foley, Johnny Bond)
56. The First Thing Ev’ry Morning (And the Last Thing Ev’ry Night) (J. Dean)
57. The Night Miss Nancy Ann’s Hotel For Single Girls Burned.. (T. Williams)
58. Tonight (Barbara Mandrell)
59. Tonight Carmen (Marty Robbins)
60. Tonight I Climbed the Wall (Alan Jackson)
61. Tonight I’m Here With Someone Else (Karen Brooks)
62. Tonight My Baby’s Coming Home (Barbara Mandrell)
63. Tonight She’s Gonna Love Me (Like There Was No Tomorror) (R. Bailey)
64. Tonight Someone’s Falling In Love (Johnny Carver)
65. (Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight (Don Williams)
66. Walkin’ After Midnight (Patsy Cline)
67. Wasted Days and Wasted Nights (Freddy Fender)
68. What Did I Promise Her Last Night (Mel Tillis)
69. You’re the Last Thing I Need Tonight (John Schneider)

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Researched and Compiled by Richard Bell, Country Music Historian: Roots of Country Music, Sep. 8, 2009