In the Midnight Hour

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For the Warren G album, see In the Mid-Nite Hour

"In the Midnight Hour" is a song originally performed by Wilson Pickett in 1965. It was composed by Pickett and Steve Cropper. Pickett's first hit on Atlantic Records, it reached #1 on the r&b charts and peaked at #20 on the pop charts.

The song has become a '60s soul standard, and placed at #134 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All-Time, Wilson Pickett's first of two entries on the list (the other being "Mustang Sally" at #434).

The track has been covered by many artists, including the Grateful Dead, who often played it as a closer to their sets in 1966 and 1967, B.B. King, Roxy Music, The Jam,The Rock Bottom Remainders, and The Commitments. The night of Pickett's death, Billy Joel and his band performed a rendition of this song in honor of Pickett.

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