The Hottest Night of the Year

The Hottest Night of the Year
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 3, 1982
StudioProducers Workshop (Los Angeles, California); Audio Media (Nashville, Tennessee); Eastern Sound (Toronto, Ontario, Canada).
GenreCountry
Length31:38
LabelCapitol
ProducerJim Ed Norman
Anne Murray chronology
Christmas Wishes
(1981)
The Hottest Night of the Year
(1982)
A Little Good News
(1983)
Singles from The Hottest Night of the Year
  1. "Hey! Baby"
    Released: May 1982
  2. "Somebody's Always Saying Goodbye"
    Released: November 1982

The Hottest Night of the Year is the nineteenth studio album by Canadian country pop artist Anne Murray. It was released by Capitol Records in 1982. The album reached #29 on Billboard's Country albums chart and peaked at #90 on the Billboard Pop albums chart.[1] Its US sales were estimated at 200,000 copies.

The album's first single, a cover of the 1961 Bruce Channel hit "Hey! Baby" was a U.S. country top-ten single, reaching number 7; the following up single, "Somebody's Always Saying Goodbye", also peaked at number 7 on the country singles chart. Both singles topped the Canadian Country singles charts.

  1. ^ "Hottest Night of the Year Charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 March 2011.