In the Midnight Hour

"In the Midnight Hour" is a song originally performed by Wilson Pickett in 1965 and released on the 1965 album of the same name, also appearing on the 1966 album The Exciting Wilson Pickett.

It was composed by Pickett and Steve Cropper at the historic Lorraine Motel in Memphis where Martin Luther King, Jr. would later be murdered in April 1968. Pickett's first hit on Atlantic Records,it reached #1 on the R&B charts and peaked at #21 on the pop charts.

The song has become a 1960s soul standard, and placed at #134 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All-Time, Wilson Pickett's first of two entries on the list (the other being "Mustang Sally" at #434).



It is also one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll, Pickett's only such entry. The song is currently ranked as the 152nd greatest song of all time, as well as the tenth best song of 1965, by Acclaimed Music.

"In The Midnight Hour"

I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour

That's when my love comes tumbling down

I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour

When there's no one else around

I'm gonna take you girl and hold you

And do all things I told you in the midnight hour

Yes I am, yes I am

One more thing I just wanna say right here

I'm gonna wait till the stars come out

And see them twinkle in your eyes

I'm gonna wait 'till the midnight hour

That's when my love begins to shine

You're the only girl I know

That can really love me so in the midnight hour

Oh yeah, in the midnight hour

Yeah, alright, play it for me one time now

I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour

That's when my love comes tumbling down

I'm gonna wait, wait 'til the midnight hour

That's when my love begins to shine, just, you and I

Oh baby just, you and I

Nobody around baby, just, you and I, alright

You know what, I'm gonna hold you in my arms

Just, you and I, oh yeah in the midnight hour

Oh baby in the midnight hour