A Second to Midnight - Composition

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"A Second to Midnight" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue and English singer-songwriter Olly Alexander, performing under his solo project Years & Years. The song was released on 6 October 2021. It serves as the lead single of Minogue's reissue album Disco: Guest List Edition, the re-release of her fifteenth studio album Disco (2020).[1] The song is also included on the deluxe version of Years & Years' third studio album Night Call (2022) and featured as the intro music for the Night Call Tour. It marks the second collaboration between Minogue and Alexander following "Starstruck".

"A Second to Midnight"

Single by Kylie Minogue and Years & Years

from the album Disco: Guest List Edition

Released

6 October 2021

Recorded

2021

Studio

Infinite Disco (Melbourne, Australia)
Jaws On the Floor (London, England)
Play Deep (London, England)

Genre

Disco
dance-pop

Length

3:27

Label

Darenote
BMG

Songwriter(s)

Kylie Minogue
Richard "Biff" Stannard
Duck Blackwell
Olly Alexander
Martin Sjølie

Producer(s)

Biff Stannard
Duck Blackwell

Kylie Minogue singles chronology

"Starstruck (Kylie Minogue Remix)"
(2021)

"A Second to Midnight"
(2021)

"Kiss of Life"
(2021)

Years & Years singles chronology

"Crave"
(2021)

"A Second to Midnight"
(2021)

"Sweet Talker"
(2021)

Music video

"A Second to Midnight" on YouTube

Charts

Chart performance for "A Second to Midnight"
Chart (2021)	Peak position
Australia Airplay (Radiomonitor)[2]	43
Hungary (Single Top 40)[3]	37
Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard)[4]	8
UK Singles Downloads (OCC)[5]	13
UK Physical Singles (OCC)[6]	1
UK Indie (OCC)[7]	27
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[8]	26

Release history

Release dates and formats for "A Second to Midnight"
Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Various	6 October 2021	Digital download streaming	BMG Darenote	[1]
United States	12 October 2021	Dance radio	BMG	[9]
Various	12 November 2021	CD single	BMG Darenote	[1]

References

Skinner, Tom (6 October 2021). "Kylie and Years & Years share dazzling new single 'A Second To Midnight'". NME. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
"HOT 100 Issue 1366". The Music Network. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
"Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
"Billboard Japan Hot Overseas [2021/10/20 公開]". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 October 2021.
"Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
"Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100". Retrieved 19 November 2021.
"Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
"Kylie Minogue Chart History (Hot Dance/Electronic Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
"Dance/EDM Cool New Music". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2022. Type Kylie Minogue in the Search field.

External links

Kylie – Official website

v t e Kylie Minogue songs
Singles discography Songs recorded
1980s singles	"The Loco-Motion" "I Should Be So Lucky" "Got to Be Certain" "Je ne sais pas pourquoi" "Especially for You" "It's No Secret" "Turn It into Love" "Hand on Your Heart" "Wouldn't Change a Thing" "Never Too Late"
1990s singles	"Tears on My Pillow" "Better the Devil You Know" "Step Back in Time" "What Do I Have to Do" "Shocked" "Word Is Out" "If You Were with Me Now" "Give Me Just a Little More Time" "Finer Feelings" "What Kind of Fool (Heard All That Before)" "Celebration" "Confide in Me" "Put Yourself in My Place" "Where Is the Feeling?" "Where the Wild Roses Grow" "Some Kind of Bliss" "Did It Again" "Breathe" "Cowboy Style"
2000s singles	"Spinning Around" "On a Night Like This" "Kids" "Please Stay" "Your Disco Needs You" "Can't Get You Out of My Head" "In Your Eyes" "Love at First Sight" "Come into My World" "Slow" "Red Blooded Woman" "Chocolate" "I Believe in You" "Giving You Up" "2 Hearts" "Wow" "In My Arms" "All I See" "The One"
2010s singles	"All the Lovers" "Get Outta My Way" "Better than Today" "Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love)" "Timebomb" "Flower" "Limpido" "Into the Blue" "I Was Gonna Cancel" "Crystallize" "Only You" "100 Degrees" "Every Day's Like Christmas" "At Christmas" "Wonderful Christmastime" "Dancing" "Stop Me from Falling" "Golden" "A Lifetime to Repair" "Music's Too Sad Without You" "Sincerely Yours" "New York City"
2020s singles	"Say Something" "Magic" "Real Groove" "Starstruck" (Remix) "A Second to Midnight" "Kiss of Life" "Can't Stop Writing Songs About You"
Featured singles	"Keep On Pumpin' It" "GBI (German Bold Italic)" "Higher" "Right Here, Right Now" "The Other Boys" "Really Don't Like U" "On oublie le reste"
Promotional singles	"I Guess I Like It Like That" "Too Far" "Butterfly" "Sometime Samurai" "Whistle" "Skirt" "Sexercize" "Beautiful" "This Wheel's on Fire" "I Love It"
Other songs	"Speakerphone" "Any Which Way" "Aphrodite" "Black and White" "Boys & Girls" "Love Made Me Do It" "Marry the Night" "Visiting Hours"

v t e Years & Years
Olly Alexander Mikey Goldsworthy Emre Türkmen
Albums	Communion Palo Santo Night Call
Singles	"Desire" "King" "Shine" "Eyes Shut" "Meteorite" "Sanctify" "If You're Over Me" "All for You" "Play" "Valentino" "It's a Sin" "Starstruck" "Crave" "A Second to Midnight" "Sweet Talker" "Hallucination"
Featured singles	"Sunlight" "Dreamland"
Concert tours	Palo Santo Tour Night Call Tour
Related articles	Discography

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