Midnight Hauler

"Midnight Hauler"
Single by Razzy Bailey
from the album Makin' Friends
B-side "Scratch My Back (And Whisper in My Ear)"
Released June 1981
Format 7" single
Genre Country
Length 3:11
Label RCA
Writer(s) Wood Newton
Tim DuBois
Producer(s) Bob Montgomery
Razzy Bailey singles chronology
"Friends"
(1981)
"Midnight Hauler"
(1981)
"She Left Love All Over Me"
(1981)

"Midnight Hauler" is a song written by Wood Newton and Tim DuBois, and recorded by American country music artist Razzy Bailey. It was released in June 1981 as the second single from the album Makin' Friends. "Midnight Hauler" would become Razzy Bailey's fourth number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the country chart.[1]

One of many country songs that salute the American truck driver, "Midnight Hauler" was part of a double A-sided single, paired with "Scratch My Back (And Whisper in My Ear)." "Scratch My Back ..." peaked at No. 8 on the Hot Country Singles chart in September 1981, before "Midnight Hauler" became the more-played song on country radio. It was with "Midnight Hauler" that Bailey enjoyed what was his fourth No. 1 hit.

Chart performance

Chart (1981) 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. 36.
Preceded by
"Tight Fittin' Jeans"
by Conway Twitty
Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single

October 3, 1981
Succeeded by
"Party Time"
by T. G. Sheppard
Preceded by
"You Don't Know Me"
by Mickey Gilley
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

October 10, 1981
Succeeded by
"Older Women"
by Ronnie McDowell
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