"Lovin' All Night" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Rodney Crowell.[1] It was released in March 1992 as the first single from his album Life Is Messy. The song peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart.

"Lovin' All Night"
Single by Rodney Crowell
from the album Life Is Messy
B-side"I Didn't Know I Could Lose You"
ReleasedMarch 7, 1992
GenreCountry
Length3:50
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Rodney Crowell
Producer(s)Rodney Crowell, John Leventhal
Rodney Crowell singles chronology
"Things I Wish I Said"
(1991)
"Lovin' All Night"
(1992)
"What Kind of Love"
(1992)

Critical reception

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Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly described the song as "randy" and "celebrat[ing] his new sexual freedom" following his divorce from Rosanne Cash.[2]

Chart performance

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"Lovin' All Night" spent 20 weeks on Hot Country Songs, peaking at number 10. It was Crowell's final Top 10 hit on that chart.

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 9
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 10

Year-end charts

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Chart (1992) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] 83

Patty Loveless version

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"Lovin' All Night"
 
Single by Patty Loveless
from the album On Your Way Home
B-side"Nothin' Like the Lonely"
ReleasedJune 14, 2003 (2003-06-14)
GenreCountry
Length3:38
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Rodney Crowell
Producer(s)Emory Gordy Jr.
Patty Loveless singles chronology
"Out of Control Raging Fire"
(2002)
"Lovin' All Night"
(2003)
"On Your Way Home"
(2003)

Patty Loveless included a version of the song on her eighth album with Epic Records, On Your Way Home, her thirteenth album of original music overall. The single was released in 2003. It was the first single released from the album.

According to Loveless "...On the Down From The Mountain tour last year (2002), a friend of mine, Rodney Crowell was out there with me. Rodney was hosting the show, and he would perform it. We were having the best time of our lives out there, and we were in Roanoke, Virginia and he asked me to come out and perform with him, and I couldn't refuse him. Later, when I was in the process of reviewing material for the new album, I remembered the night in Roanoke and I asked my producer if we could contract Rodney and include the song on the album. So, that's how it came about how I recorded "Lovin All Night".[6]

Chart performance

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The song charted for 20 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart, reaching number 18 during the week of September 27, 2003.

Chart (2003) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] 18
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 81

References

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  1. ^ Crowell, Rodney (13 December 2022). "A Tale of Two Songs: Love lost, love found". No. 119. Oxford American. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Life is Messy Review | Music Reviews and News". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
  3. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2156." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. June 13, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
  4. ^ "Rodney Crowell Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1992". RPM. December 19, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
  6. ^ On Your Way Home, World Album Premiere Radio Special, Epic Records, Nashville, September 9th 2003
  7. ^ "Patty Loveless Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  8. ^ "Patty Loveless Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.