Sundown (song)

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“Sundown”
“Sundown” cover
Single by Gordon Lightfoot
from the album Sundown
B-side "Too Late for Prayin'"
Released 1974
Format 7" 45 RPM
Genre Folk
Length 3:37
Label Reprise
Writer(s) Gordon Lightfoot
Producer Lenny Waronker
For the Gordon Lightfoot album of the same name, see Sundown (album)

"Sundown" is one of the most popular songs by Canadian folk artist Gordon Lightfoot. Released in 1974, "Sundown" allowed Lightfoot to regain the momentum that his career took three years earlier with "If You Could Read My Mind" and other songs.

It reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and adult contemporary chart, as well as number thirteen on the country chart.

"Sundown" was inspired by his then girlfriend, Cathy Smith, later more infamously known for her involvement in the death of John Belushi.

It was covered by the American hip-hop/rock artist Elwood in 2000 on the album The Parlance of Our Time.

[edit] Credits

Engineered by Lee Herschberg
Recorded at Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

  • Gordon Lightfoot: Vocal, 12-string guitar
  • Rick Haynes: Bass
  • Red Shea: Lead electric guitar
  • Terry Clements: Lead acoustic guitar
  • Jim Gordon: Drums

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Preceded by
"Billy Don't Be a Hero" by Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods
Billboard Hot 100 number one single
June 29, 1974
Succeeded by
"Rock the Boat" by Hues Corporation