"Another Lonely Night" is a song written by

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and Larry Butler. It was released as a

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by both

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(1970) and

Jody Miller Myrna Joy "Jody" Miller (November 29, 1941 – October 6, 2022) was an American singer, who had commercial success in the genres of country, folk and pop. She was the second female artist to win a country music accolade from the Grammy Awards, ...

(1977). Shepard's version was the highest-charting, rising into the top 20 of the US country chart in 1971. Her version was included on her 1971 studio album ''Here and Now''. Miller's version also made the US country chart, but only rose into the top 80 after its release. Both versions were reviewed by ''

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'' magazine following their individual releases.

Jean Shepard version

Background, recording and content

Jean Shepard was one of the first solo female artists to have commercial success. Beginning in the 1950s, she had top ten singles like "

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" and " I Thought of You". In the 1960s, she returned to the top ten with "

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" and continued to place singles on the country charts through 1978. Her later singles were said to bring a feminine perspective to that of romance. Among examples of this was 1970's "Another Lonely Night". Written by Larry Butler and

, the song told the story of a woman to continuously comes back to a partner whom she knows does not work for her. The track was also produced by Larry Butler. He produced Shepard in August 1970 at the Jack Clement Studio, located in

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Release, critical reception and chart performance

"Another Lonely Night" was issued as a single by Capitol Records in October 1970. Included on its

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was the song "Your Name's Become a Household Word". Capitol distributed it as a seven-inch vinyl single. ''

'' called the song "a clever rhythm ballad" and predicted that it would make the top 20 of their country chart. The prediction was proven correct when in 1971, the song rose to the number 12 position on the US ''Billboard''

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chart. It was Shepard's sixteenth single to place in the ''Billboard'' country top 20. In 1971, it was included on her studio album '' Here & Now''.

Track listings

;7" vinyl single * "Another Lonely Night" – 2:06 * "Your Name's Become a Household Word" – 2:49

Charts

Jody Miller version

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" and " There's a Party Goin' On", Miller's singles reached lowers US country chart positions in the second half of the decade. One of charting singles was 1977's "Another Lonely Night". Miller had recorded the song with Larry Butler also serving as her producer. The session took place in May 1977. Miller's single was issued by

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in September 1977 also as a seven-inch vinyl single. It was backed on the B-side by the song "All Night Long". ''Billboard'' magazine named it one of its "recommended" songs in its listing of "Top Single Picks" in September 1977. It became her lowest-charting single on the US ''Billboard'' country songs chart up to that point, rising to number 76 in 1977.

Track listings

;7" vinyl single * "Another Lonely Night" – 2:01 * "All Night Long" – 2:45

Charts

References

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