A Song in the Night (song)

"A Song in the Night" is a country music song written by Bobby Lee Springfield, recorded by Johnny Duncan. It was the first of two singles from his 1977 LP, Come a Little Bit Closer. Harmony vocals during the last minute of the song were provided by Janie Fricke.

Initially promoted as "his best record yet," the song went to No. 5 on both Billboard American and Canadian Hot Country Singles charts. It became his fourth of a string of seven Top Five hits.

Duncan's only song to cross over to the Pop charts, "A Song in the Night" also reached #105 in the U.S.