"Midnight" is a song by Swedish DJ and record producer

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, featuring vocals from British singer

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. It was released as a single on 8 April 2020. The song appears as a streaming bonus track on Liam Payne's debut studio album '' LP1''.

Background

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Midnight" was first released onto YouTube on 7 April 2020. The video was filmed in March 2020 and shows the two artists performing the song in separate studios, with Alesso in

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and Payne in

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, Payne also performs the song on a rooftop garden.

Track listing

''Midnight Hour''

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by Swedish DJ and producer

and British singer

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Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from

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. * Alessandro Lindblad – Producer, composer, lyricist, associated performer, programming * Hoskins – Producer, additional producer * Carl Lehmann – Composer, lyricist, acoustic guitar, associated performer, background vocalist * Emanuel Abrahamsson – Composer, lyricist * Neil Ormandy – Composer, lyricist * Nirob Islam – Composer, lyricist *

– Associated performer, featured artist, vocals * Ryan Shanahan – Mixer, studio personnel

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References

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