Living After Midnight

"Living After Midnight"
Single by Judas Priest
from the album British Steel
Released21 March 1980
Recorded
Genre
Length3:31
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Tom Allom
Judas Priest singles chronology
"Evening Star"
(1979)
"Living After Midnight"
(1980)
"Breaking the Law"
(1980)
Music video
"Living After Midnight" on YouTube

"Living After Midnight" is a song by English heavy metal band Judas Priest.[3] It was originally featured on their 1980 album British Steel,[4] which was their first gold album in the United States selling more than 500,000 copies (and eventually went platinum for selling at least one million).[5] The song speaks to the hedonistic, rebellious spirit of the late 1970s and early 1980s, and is among the band's most popular songs.

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  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (2003). The Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs of All Time. ECW Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-1-55022-530-3.
  3. ^ Bayer, Gerd, ed. (2009). Heavy metal music in Britain. Farnham, England: Ashgate. pp. 23. ISBN 9780754664239.
  4. ^ Vladimir Bogdanov, ed. (2002). All music guide to rock : the definitive guide to rock, pop, and soul (3. ed.). San Francisco, CA: Backbeat Books. p. 605. ISBN 978-0879306533.
  5. ^ Bowe, Brian J. (2009). Judas Priest: metal gods. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow. ISBN 978-0766036215.