Sundown (song)

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“Sundown”

Single by Gordon Lightfoot from the album Sundown
B-side	"Too Late for Prayin'"
Released	1974
Format	7" 45 RPM
Genre	Folk
Length	3:37
Label	Reprise
Writer(s)	Gordon Lightfoot
Producer	Lenny Waronker

For the Gordon Lightfoot album of the same name, see Sundown (album)

"Sundown" is one of the most popular songs by Canadian folk artist Gordon Lightfoot. Released in 1974, "Sundown" allowed Lightfoot to regain the momentum that his career took three years earlier with "If You Could Read My Mind" and other songs.

It reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and adult contemporary chart, as well as number thirteen on the country chart.

"Sundown" was inspired by his then girlfriend, Cathy Smith, later more infamously known for her involvement in the death of John Belushi.

It was covered by the American hip-hop/rock artist Elwood in 2000 on the album The Parlance of Our Time.

[edit] Credits

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

Gordon Lightfoot: Vocal, 12-string guitar
Rick Haynes: Bass
Red Shea: Lead electric guitar
Terry Clements: Lead acoustic guitar
Jim Gordon: Drums

[edit] External links

[1] Songfacts page for "Sundown"

Preceded by "Billy Don't Be a Hero" by Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods	Billboard Hot 100 number one single June 29, 1974	Succeeded by "Rock the Boat" by Hues Corporation

v • d • e Gordon Lightfoot discography

Main albums	Lightfoot! (1966) • The Way I Feel (1967) • Did She Mention My Name (1968) • Back Here on Earth (1968) • Sunday Concert (1969) • Sit Down Young Stranger (1970) • Summer Side of Life (1971) • Don Quixote (1972) • Old Dan's Records (1972) • Sundown (1974) • Cold on the Shoulder (1975) • Summertime Dream (1976) • Endless Wire (1978) • Dream Street Rose (1980) • Shadows (1982) • Salute (1983) • East of Midnight (1986) • Waiting for You (1993) • A Painter Passing Through (1998) • Harmony (2004)

Main Compilations	Gord's Gold (1975) • Gord's Gold, Vol. 2 (1988) • Songbook (1999) • Complete Greatest Hits (2002)

Notable Singles	"Canadian Railroad Trilogy" (1967) • "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970) • "Sundown" (1974) • "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976)