Midnight Train to Georgia

Gladys Knight & the Pips의 싱글
"Where Peaceful Waters Flow" (1973)	→	Midnight Train to Georgia (1973)	→	"I've Got to Use My Imagination" (1973)

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Midnight Train to Georgia

수록 음반	Imagination
아티스트	Gladys Knight & the Pips
B-Side	"Window Raisin' Granny"
발매일	1973년 8월
녹음 기간	1973년
장르	소울, R&B, 소프트 록
재생 시간	4:39 (앨범 버전) 3:55 (싱글 버전)
레이블	Buddah
송라이터	Jim Weatherly
프로듀서	Tony Camillo, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Ed Stasium

1. 개요2. 상세3. 오디오/비디오4. 가사5. 차트 성적

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1. 개요

글래디스 나이트 앤 더 핍스의 싱글이며 이들의 11집 앨범 Imagination의 두번째 싱글로 1973년 8월에 발매되었다.

2. 상세

글래디스의 소울풀한 창법과 그룹 멤버들의 화음이 조화를 이루는 슬픈 가사의 곡이다.

3. 오디오/비디오

오디오 (앨범 버전)

비디오

4. 가사

[Verse 1]
Mmmm L.A
Proved too much for the man
(Too much for the man he couldn't make it)
So he's leavin' the life he's come to know
(He said he's goin)
He said he's goin' back to find
(Goin back to find)
Ooh ooh ooh what's left of his world
The world he left behind
Not so long ago

[Chorus]
He's leaving (leavin)
On that midnight train to Georgia
(Leavin on a midnight train)
Said he's goin' back (Goin back to find)
To a simpler place and time
(Whenever he takes that ride, guess who's gonna be right by his side)
Oh yes he is

And I'll be with him (I know you will)
On that midnight train to Georgia
(Leaving on a midnight train to Georgia, woo woo)
I'd rather live in his world
Than live without him in mine
(That world is his, his and hers alone)

[Verse 2]
He kept dreamin' (Dreamin)
Ooh that someday he'd be a star
(A superstar but he didn't get far)
But he sure found out the hard way
That dreams don't always come true
(Dreams don't always come true)
Oh no! ah ah (uh uh, no, uh uh)

So he pawned all his hopes
And he even sold his old car
Bought a one way ticket back
To the life he once knew
Oh yes he did

[Chorus]
He said he would
Oh oh he's leavin (leavin)
On that midnight train to Georgia
(Leaving on a midnight train )

Said he's goin' back to find (Goin back to find)
Oh a simpler place and time
(Whenever he takes that ride, guess who's gonna be right by his side)
I'm gonna be with him
(I know you will)
On that midnight train to Georgia
(Leaving on a midnight train to Georgia, woo woo)
I'd rather live in his world (Live in his world)
Than live without him in mine
(Her world is his, his and hers alone)

Ooh, he's leaving
(Leaving)
On the midnight train to Georgia
(Leaving on the midnight train)
Said he's going back to find
(Going back to find)
Ooh, a simpler place and time
(Whenever he takes that ride, guess who's gonna be right by his side)
I've got to be with him
(I know you will)
On that midnight train to Georgia
(Leaving on a midnight train to Georgia, woo woo)
I'd rather live in his world
(Live in his world)
Than live without him in mine
(Her world is his, his and hers alone)

[Outro]
For love, gonna board the midnight train to ride
For love, gonna board, gotta board the midnight train to go
For love, gonna board, uh huh, the midnight train to go
My world, his world, our world, mine and his alone
My world, his world, our world, mine and his alone
I got to go
I got to go
I got to go, hey
I got to go
I got to go
My world, his world, my man, his girl
I got to go
I got to go, oh
I got to go
My world, his world, our world, his girl

5. 차트 성적

빌보드 R&B 차트에서 1973년 10월 셋째 주부터 11월 둘째 주까지 4주 연속 1위, 빌보드 핫 100에서 1973년 10월 넷째 주부터 11월 첫째 주까지 2주 연속 1위를 기록했다.

1973년 빌보드 핫 100 연말 차트에서 49위, 1958년~2018년 빌보드 핫 100 올타임 차트에선 297위에 올랐다.