“Isn’t It Midnight” is Track 10 on Tango in the Night, Fleetwood Mac‘s 14th studio album. Written by Christine McVie, Eddy Quintela, and Lindsey Buckingham, it was released as the sixth and final single from the album, reaching No. 60 in the U.K. The track was not released in the U.S. (Lyrics | Discography)
About the Song
Fleetwood Mac performed “Isn’t it Midnight” live in concert on the 1987 Shack the Cage Tour and 1990 Behind the Mask Tour.
An alternate version of “Isn’t It Midnight” with slightly different instrumentation appears on Fleetwood Mac’s 25 Years: The Chain box set (1992) and the Tango in the Night deluxe reissue (2017).
Lyrics
So cool, calm and collected
You had a style, a rakish style
Well my poor heart never connected
You’d stay so long on my mind
Well, isn’t it midnight
On the other side of the world
Do you remember
The face of a pretty girl
The face of a pretty girl
Looking back so long ago
You had a knack, a knack of making women know
Ooh, there wasn’t the time
And i knew you’d nver be mine
Well, isn’t it midnight
On the other side of the world
Do you remember
The face of a pretty girl
The face of a pretty girl
The face of a pretty girl
Isn’t it midnight
On the other side of the world
Do you remember
The face of a pretty girl
The face of a pretty girl
The face of a pretty girl
(Christine McVie/Eddy Quintela/Lindsey Buckingham) © 1987 Fleetwood Mac Music/Now Sounds Music (BMI)
Versions
- LP Version (4:06)
- Edited Alternate Mix (3:39)
- Alternate Mix (3:39)
