Midnight Blue (Lou Gramm song)

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"Midnight Blue"
Lou Gramm - Midnight Blue.jpg
Single by Lou Gramm
from the album Ready or Not
B-side"Chain of Love"
ReleasedJanuary 1987
Recorded1986
GenrePop rock
Length3:54
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Lou Gramm singles chronology
"Midnight Blue"
(1987) 		"Ready or Not"
(1987)

"Midnight Blue" is a song by American rock singer-songwriter Lou Gramm, issued as a 7" single in the United States in January 1987 by Atlantic Records. It was the lead-off single from Gramm's debut album, Ready or Not, released in February 1987. An extended remix of the song was available as a 12" single.

Reception[]

Bret Adams has described "Midnight Blue" as "a terrific pop/rock song" on AllMusic. He has claimed that "despite its hit status, it's one of the decade's truly underappreciated singles".[1] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, while reviewing the Foreigner retrospective collection Jukebox Heroes: The Foreigner Anthology (2000), has called the song "the last great single of the album-rock era".[2]

The single peaked at number 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100[3] and spent five weeks on the top of the Mainstream Rock chart, starting on 14 February 1987.[4] "Midnight Blue" has remained Gramm's highest-charting solo hit to date.

Track listing[]

U.S. 7" single (Atlantic 7-89304)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Midnight Blue" 3:54
2."Chain of Love"Lou Gramm, Bruce Turgon3:58
Total length:7:52
German 12" single (Atlantic 786 723-0)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Midnight Blue" (extended remix) 5:23
2."Chain of Love"Gramm, Turgon3:58
Total length:9:21
German 12" blue vinyl single (Atlantic 786 723-0)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Midnight Blue" (extended remix) 5:23
2."Midnight Blue" 3:54
3."Chain of Love"Gramm, Turgon3:58
Total length:13:15

Personnel[]

Technical personnel[]

  • Pat Moran – producer, engineer
  • Ted Jensen – mastering engineer (at Sterling Sound, New York)
  • Timothy White – cover photography
  • Bob Defrin – art direction

Charts[]

Chart (1987) Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[5]
8
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[6] 15
Germany (Official German Charts)[7] 45
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] 29
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[9] 40
UK Singles (OCC)[10] 82
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 5
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[4] 1
Year-end chart (1987) Position
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[11] 82

See also[]

  • List of Billboard Mainstream Rock number-one songs of 1987

References[]

  1. ^ Adams, Bret. Lou Gramm: Ready or Not > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Foreigner: Jukebox Heroes: The Foreigner Anthology > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Lou Gramm Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Lou Gramm Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 128. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0799." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Lou Gramm – Midnight Blue" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Lou Gramm – Midnight Blue" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Charts.nz – Lou Gramm – Midnight Blue". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  11. ^ "1987 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. 99 (52). 26 December 1987.
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