Night Games

"Night Games"
Single by Charley Pride
from the album Night Games
B-side	"I Could Let Her Get Close to Me"
Released	May 1983
Genre	Country
Label	RCA
Writer(s)	Blake Mevis Norro Wilson
Charley Pride singles chronology
"More and More" (1983) "Night Games" (1983) "Ev'ry Heart Should Have One" (1983)

"Night Games' is a 1983 single written by Blake Mevis and Norro Wilson and recorded by Charley Pride. Originally recorded by Ray Stevens (whose version reached the top 20 on the Billboard country charts) in 1981, "Night Games" was Charley Pride's twenty-ninth and final number one country hit. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart ^[1]. It would be the last country song by an African-American artist to reach #1 on the country charts until Don't Think I Don't Think About It by Darius Rucker achieved the feat in 2008.

Chart performance

Chart (1983)	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. 277. 

Preceded by "I'm Only in It for the Love" by John Conlee	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single September 17, 1983	Succeeded by "Baby What About You" by Crystal Gayle
Preceded by "Why Do I Have to Choose" by Willie Nelson	RPM Country Tracks number-one single September 24, 1983