Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time
"Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time" | ||||
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Single by Mickey Gilley | ||||
from the album Gilley's Smokin' | ||||
B-side | "Where Do You Go to Lose a Heartache" | |||
Released | January 1976 | |||
Recorded | 1975 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 2:58 | |||
Label | Playboy | |||
Songwriter(s) | Baker Knight | |||
Producer(s) | Eddie Kilroy | |||
Mickey Gilley singles chronology | ||||
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"Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time" is a song written by Baker Knight, and recorded by American country music artist Mickey Gilley. It was released in January 1976 as the first single from the album Gilley's Smokin. The song was Gilley's fifth No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The song's one week atop the chart was part of a 12-week stay in the country chart's top 40.[1]
Content
The song is a lament about loneliness and late-night desperation in finding a desirable significant other in a barroom. As the night progresses, and the singer consumes more drinks, he continuously lowers his standards. Eventually he finds a willing and (what he thinks to be) suitable partner—only to find that when he wakes up, he has taken home one of the ugliest women in the bar and vows never to "do that anymore."
It caught the attention of social psychologists who used scientific testing to investigate whether individuals begin to perceive the opposite gender as being more attractive as it gets later into the night. The phenomenon became known as the "closing time effect".
The alt-country supergroup The Pleasure Barons included a cover of the song on their Live in Las Vegas CD, with vocals by Dave Alvin.
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References
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- Too Good to Stop Now
- Invitation Only
- "Lotta Lovin'"
- "Room Full of Roses"
- "I Overlooked an Orchid"
- "City Lights"
- "Window Up Above"
- "Bouquet of Roses"
- "Overnight Sensation"
- "Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time"
- "Bring It On Home to Me"
- "Lawdy Miss Clawdy"
- "She's Pulling Me Back Again"
- "Honky Tonk Memories"
- "Chains of Love"
- "The Power of Positive Drinkin'"
- "Here Comes the Hurt Again"
- "The Song We Made Love To"
- "Just Long Enough to Say Goodbye"
- "My Silver Lining"
- "True Love Ways"
- "Stand by Me"
- "That's All That Matters"
- "A Headache Tomorrow (Or a Heartache Tonight)"
- "You Don't Know Me"
- "Lonely Nights"
- "Tears of the Lonely"
- "Put Your Dreams Away"
- "Talk to Me"
- "Fool for Your Love"
- "Your Love Shines Through"
- "You've Really Got a Hold on Me"
- "Too Good to Stop Now"
- "I'm the One Mama Warned You About"
- "You've Got Something on Your Mind"
- "Your Memory Ain't What It Used to Be"
- "Doo-Wah Days"
- "Full Grown Fool"
- "She Reminded Me of You"
- "There I've Said It Again"
- "Candy Man"
- "Paradise Tonight" (with Charly McClain)
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