| "Midnight Confessions" | ||||
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| Single by The Grass Roots | ||||
| from the album Golden Grass | ||||
| B-side | "Who Will You Be Tomorrow" | |||
| Released | June 1968[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1968 in Los Angeles, California | |||
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| Length | 2:42 | |||
| Label | ABC/Dunhill | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Lou Josie | |||
| Producer(s) | Steve Barri | |||
| The Grass Roots singles chronology | ||||
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"Midnight Confessions" is a song written by Lou T. Josie and originally performed by the Ever-Green Blues. American rock band The Grass Roots later made it famous when they released it as a single in 1968. Though never released on any of the group's studio albums, it was on their first compilation album, Golden Grass, and has since been included on many of their other compilations.
The Grass Roots version became the band's biggest charting hit on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching the Top 5 of both the U.S. and Canadian pop singles charts.[4]
- ^ Ackerman, Paul, ed. (June 29, 1968). "Spotlight Singles: Top 60 Pop Spotlight". Billboard. Vol. 80, no. 26. p. 95. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. The Grass Roots - The Complete Original Dunhill/ABC Hit Singles (2014) Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ Eder, Bruce. "The Grass Roots | Biography, Albums, Streaming Links". AllMusic. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
"Midnight Confessions" showed the strong influence of Motown, and the R&B flavor of the song stuck with Barri and the band.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2010). "Chapter 1: The Artists". The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (9th ed.). Billboard Books. p. 276. ISBN 978-0-8230-8554-5.