| A Song in the Night | |
| Cover: | A_Song_in_the_Night_-_Johnny_Duncan.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Johnny Duncan |
| Album: | Come a Little Bit Closer |
| B-Side: | Use My Love |
| Released: | June 1977 |
| Recorded: | 1977 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 2:41 |
| Label: | Columbia 10554 |
| Producer: | Billy Sherrill |
| Prev Title: | It Couldn't Have Been Any Better |
| Prev Year: | 1977 |
| Next Title: | Come a Little Bit Closer |
| Next Year: | 1977 |
"A Song in the Night" is a country music song written by Bobby Lee Springfield, recorded by Johnny Duncan. It was the first of two singles from his 1977 LP, Come a Little Bit Closer. Harmony vocals during the last minute of the song were provided by Janie Fricke.
Initially promoted as "his best record yet," the song went to No. 5 on both Billboard American and Canadian Hot Country Singles charts.[1] It became his fourth of a string of seven Top Five hits.
Duncan's only song to cross over to the Pop charts, "A Song in the Night" also reached #105 in the U.S.[2]
| Chart (1977) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles[3] | 105 | |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 5 |