A Night to Remember (Joe Diffie song)

Infobox Single
Name = A Night To Remember


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Artist = Joe Diffie
Album = A Night to Remember
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Released = March 9, 1999
Format = CD Single
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Genre = Country
Length = 3:30
Label = Epic
Writer = Max T. Barnes, T.W. Hale
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Last single = "Poor Me"
(1998)
This single = "A Night To Remember"
(1999)
Next single = "The Quittin' Kind"
(1999)
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"A Night To Remember" is a single by American country music singer Joe Diffie that peaked at #6 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Released as the first single from his 1999 CD, also titled "A Night to Remember", the song also crossed over to the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at #38.

Content

The song is a mid-tempo ballad in which the narrator tells of his "night to remember" a lost lover. He begins by stating that he has had a tough week, and has plans for tonight because he is feeling downcast. His plans for this "night to remember" are highlighted in the chorus:

:"Dim the lights, lock the door:"Spread your pictures on the floor:"Blow the dust off of our past:"It'll all come floodin' back:" 'Cause it ain't easy bein' strong:"When I can't forget you're gone:"I just surrender:"And have myself a night to remember"

In the second verse, he states how he feels that, because his woman was "so hard to lose", he has to do such a recollection of her, even though "sad ain't [his] style". According to Billboard.com, Diffie "conveys an element of hope among the ashes of a relationship that make this song a survivor." [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/reviews/single_review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=767604 Joe Diffie - "A Night to Remember" Review] "Billboard Song Reviews"; retrieved on June 5, 2008 ]

Music video

The music video for this song starts with Diffie singing and playing guitar in a forest, and also shows a man who is planning his "night to remember" in a dark house.

Chart performance

The song debuted at #59 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated March 13, 1999. It charted for 29 weeks on that chart, peaking at #6 on the chart dated July 17, 1999. In addition, it was a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #38 on that chart, which is Diffie's only Top 40 to date. Despite its failure to reach the Top 5, "A Night to Remember" still remains a popular recurrent. In addition, it was ranked as the #18 most-played song of 1999, according to "Billboard". [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=414&cfgn=Year-end+Singles&cfn=Hot+Country+Songs&ci=3068458&cdi=8706674&cid=12%2F31%2F1999 "A Night To Remember" Year-End Ranking of 1999] ]

Charts

Parodies

*Country music parodist Cledus T. Judd parodied this song on his album, "Just Another Day in Parodies", under the title "A Night I Can't Remember."

External links

*YouTube|1VhS38GvG-0|Music video

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