Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time

"Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time"
Single by Mickey Gilley
from the album Gilley's Smokin'
Released	January 1976
Format	7"
Recorded	1975
Genre	Country
Length	2:56
Label	Playboy Records
Writer(s)	Baker Knight
Mickey Gilley singles chronology
"Overnight Sensation" (1975) "Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time" (1976) "Bring It On Home to Me" (1976)

"Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time" is the title of a song written by Baker Knight and recorded by American country music artist Mickey Gilley. The song became Gilley's fifth No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The song's one week atop the chart was part of a 12-week stay in the country chart's top 40.^[1]

Content

The song is a lament about lonliness and late-night desperation in finding a desirable significant other in a barroom.

Chart performance

Chart (1976)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

References

1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 136. 

Preceded by "Together Again" by Emmylou Harris	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single May 1, 1976	Succeeded by "My Eyes Can Only See As Far As You" by Charley Pride
Preceded by "Drinkin' My Baby (Off My Mind)" by Eddie Rabbitt	RPM Country Tracks number-one single May 15, 1976

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