Midnight Blue
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"Midnight Blue" is a 1975 soft rock ballad co-written and performed by Melissa Manchester, with lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, that became one of Manchester’s signature hits.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| albumSequenceNumber | third studio album for Melissa Manchester ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Carole Bayer Sager NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bSide | We’ve Got Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartName |
Billboard Adult Contemporary
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Billboard Hot 100 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPeakCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSAdultContemporary | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 6 ⓘ |
| composer | Melissa Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coWriter | Melissa Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| decade | 1970s ⓘ |
| era | classic soft rock era ⓘ |
| genre |
pop
ⓘ
soft rock ⓘ |
| hasApproxBPM | ~76 ⓘ |
| hasFormat | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| hasKey | A major ⓘ |
| hasSongwriter | Melissa Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
reconciliation
ⓘ
romantic relationship ⓘ |
| hasTimeSignature | 4/4 ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | Melissa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| labelCatalogNumber | Arista AS 0119 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 3:55 ⓘ |
| lyricist | Carole Bayer Sager NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | piano-based ballad ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of Melissa Manchester’s first major hits
ⓘ
establishing Melissa Manchester on pop and adult contemporary radio ⓘ |
| performer | Melissa Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Vini Poncia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| radioFormatSuccess |
Top 40 pop
ⓘ
adult contemporary ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1974 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Arista Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1975-04 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| signatureSongOf | Melissa Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| singleType | lead single ⓘ |
| tempo | slow ballad ⓘ |
| vocalist | Melissa Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | melodic ⓘ |
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