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"Sundown" is a song by Canadian folk artist Gordon Lightfoot, from the titular album, released as a single in March 1974.

"Sundown"
Single by Gordon Lightfoot
from the album Sundown
B-side"Too Late for Prayin'"
ReleasedMarch 25, 1974
GenreFolk rock, country rock
Length3:37
LabelReprise
Songwriter(s)Gordon Lightfoot
Producer(s)Lenny Waronker
Gordon Lightfoot singles chronology
"Can't Depend on Love"
(1973)
"Sundown"
(1974)
"Carefree Highway"
(1974)

"Sundown" reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and easy listening charts[1] and No. 13 on the Hot Country singles chart,[2] as well as No. 1 in Canada on RPM's national singles chart. It was Lightfoot's only single to reach No. 1 on the Hot 100.


Content


The song's lyrics seem to describe a troubled romantic relationship (often cited as Cathy Smith), with the narrator recounting an affair with a "hard-loving woman [who's] got me feeling mean".

In a 2008 interview, Lightfoot said:

I think my girlfriend was out with her friends one night at a bar while I was at home writing songs. I thought, 'I wonder what she’s doing with her friends at that bar!' It’s that kind of a feeling. 'Where is my true love tonight? What is my true love doing?'[3]


Chart performance



Other versions



Personnel


Engineered by Lee Herschberg
Recorded at Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


In other media



See also



References


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  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 201.
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