Midnight Surprise

"Midnight Surprise"
Single by Lightspeed Champion
from the album Falling Off the Lavender Bridge
Released15 October 2007[1]
Recorded2007
GenreFolk
Length
  • 9:54 (album version)
  • 3:23 (radio edit)
LabelDomino Records
Songwriter(s)Dev Hynes
Producer(s)Mike Mogis
Lightspeed Champion singles chronology
"Galaxy of the Lost"
(2007) 		"Midnight Surprise"
(2007) 		"Tell Me What It's Worth"
(2008)

"Midnight Surprise" is the second single from Lightspeed Champion's album Falling off the Lavender Bridge. The single was released on 10" vinyl by Domino Records. The full title of the song, which can be found in the CD booklet, is "Midnight Surprise (My Time Spent Down The Lavender Bridge / Oh God, Really? / She Said "I'm Starting To Lose It")"

Backing vocals were performed by regular collaborators Emmy The Great and members of Tilly And The Wall, as well as members of Son, Ambulance, and other musicians from Omaha, Nebraska, where the song was recorded with producer Mike Mogis.[2]

The b-side to the single, "Flesh Failures (Let The Sunshine In)", is a cover of the track from the musical Hair.

There are two versions of the song; the shorter radio edit, and the almost ten-minute-long album version. Both versions have their own music videos.[3] [4]

Track listing

10" RUG260T
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Midnight Surprise"Devonte HynesDevonte Hynes9:54
2."No Surprise (original demo)"Devonte HynesDevonte Hynes4:22
3."Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In)"James Rado/Gerome RagniGalt MacDermot4:06
CD RUG260T
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Midnight Surprise (radio edit)"Devonte HynesDevonte Hynes3:23
2."Midnight Surprise"Devonte HynesDevonte Hynes9:54
3."No Surprise (original demo)"Devonte HynesDevonte Hynes4:22
4."Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In)"James Rado/Gerome RagniGalt MacDermot4:06

References

  1. ^ "HMV.co.uk listing". HMV. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
  2. ^ "Domino Records page listing". Domino Records. Archived from the original on 2007-12-20. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
  3. ^ "Midnight Surprise video (radio edit)". YouTube. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
  4. ^ "Midnight Surprise video (full version)". YouTube. Retrieved 2007-12-17.