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Midnight Rocks

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"Midnight Rocks"
Single by Al Stewart
from the album 24 Carrots
B-side"Constantinople"
ReleasedAugust 1980
GenrePop rock
Length3:48
LabelArista Records 0552
Songwriter(s)Al Stewart, Peter White
Producer(s)Chris Desmond
Al Stewart singles chronology
"Song on the Radio"
(1979)
"Midnight Rocks"
(1980)
"Mondo Sinistro"
(1980)

"Midnight Rocks" is a song written by Al Stewart and Peter White and was performed by Stewart. The song appeared on his 1980 album, 24 Carrots.[1]

"Midnight Rocks" reached No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and No. 13 on the Adult Contemporary chart in the United States in 1980.[2] The song peaked at No. 79 in Canada.[3] It also charted modestly on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart (#46).[4] The song was the last charting single by Stewart.[5]

Charts

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Chart (1981/82) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 50
USA (Hot 100) 24

References

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  1. ^ "Al Stewart, 24 Carrots". Discogs. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Al Stewart, "Midnight Rocks" chart positions". Musicvf.com. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Item: 249 - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Al Stewart's charting singles". Musicvf.com. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  6. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 294. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.