"Modern Day Romance" is a song written by

Kix Brooks Leon Eric Brooks III, better known by his stage name Kix Brooks (born May 12, 1955), is an American country music artist, actor, and film producer best known for being one half of the duo Brooks & Dunn and host of radio's ''American Country Cou ...

and

Dan Tyler Daniel Eugene Tyler (born 1950) is an American songwriter. Among his best known songs are " Bobbie Sue" (co-written with his wife, Adele), " Modern Day Romance", "Twenty Years Ago", " Somebody's Doin' Me Right", and " The Light In Your Eyes". A ...

and recorded by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...

group

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (sometimes abbreviated NGDB), also known as the Dirt Band, is an American band founded in Long Beach, California, in 1966. Since 2018, the band has consisted of Jeff Hanna and his son Jaime Hanna, both guitarists and voc ...

. It was released in June 1985 as the lead single from the album '' Partners, Brothers and Friends''. The song was The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's second number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fifteen weeks on the country chart.

Music video

The music video was directed by Gary Amelon.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

1985 singles 1985 songs Nitty Gritty Dirt Band songs Songs written by Kix Brooks Songs written by Dan Tyler Song recordings produced by Paul Worley Warner Records singles {{1985-country-song-stub