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"Peak Hour" is a song from The Moody Blues 1967 album Days of Future Passed, a concept album with each song representing a part of the day. "Peak Hour" is featured on the fourth track, which is titled "Lunch Break." "Peak Hour" was written by the Moody Blues' bassist John Lodge. The orchestral piece at the beginning of the song, which takes up the first two minutes, is also titled "Lunch Break" and was composed by Peter Knight, who also arranged "The Day Begins" and the rest of the orchestral sections of Days of Future Passed. "Peak Hour" is one of the more up-beat songs on Days of Future Passed.