Middle Of The Night

Album: single release only (2020)
Charted: 43 105
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Songfacts®:

  • Elley Duhé is a singer-songwriter born and raised in Mississippi and Alabama. She released her debut single, "Millennium," in 2016 and first achieved chart success two years later with her collaboration with Russian-German music producer Zedd, "Happy Now." Duhé released this single on January 10, 2020.
  • "Middle Of The Night" is a sensual rock ballad where Elley Duhé is craving some nocturnal intimacy. She's wide awake, longing for her love interest, so she asks him to join her under the sheets.
  • Elley Duhé wrote the song with:

    English songwriter Sam Romans (Clean Bandit's "Tears," Jonas Blue's "Rise" and Ed Sheeran's "The Joker And The Queen."

    The song's producer Andrew Wells (5 Seconds of Summer's "Want You Back," Jason Mraz's "Have It All," Bebe Rexha's "Last Hurrah").
  • "Middle of the Night" didn't get much attention when it was first released, but it started charting in different territories after trending on TikTok in late 2021.

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