Fishin' in the Dark

Infobox Single
Name = Fishin' in the Dark


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Artist = The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Album = Hold On
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Released = mid-1987
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Length = 3:22
Label = Warner Bros.
Writer = Jim Photoglo, Wendy Waldman
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Last single = "Baby's Got a Hold on Me"
(1987)
This single = "Fishin' in the Dark"
(1987)
Next single = "Oh What a Love"
(1987)
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Fishin' in the Dark is a single by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, from their 1987 album "Hold On". [ [http://uk.music.yahoo.com/track/729045 Music.Yahoo.com] ] It was the band's third Number One single on the country music charts, [ [http://www.classicbands.com/dirtband.html ClassicBands.com] ] [ [http://www.rateitall.com/t-23648-no-1-country-songs-1985-1994.aspx RateItAll.com] ] , and was written by Jim Photoglo and Wendy Waldman.cite web |url=http://chartts.tripod.com/AIR/usair2.htm |title=2 Million-Air Song Songwriter(s) |publisher=Broadcast Music, Inc. |accessdate=2007-09-05]

The premise of the song is a couple planning to go fishing in the middle of the night down by a river as spring turns to summer.

Cover versions

*Canadian country band Emerson Drive recorded their version of the song on their 2004 "What If?" album. A live version recorded in Dallas, Texas during 2004 was released as a digital single in 2005.
*Garth Brooks recorded his version of the song for his 2005 The Lost Sessions album.

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