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A Second to Midnight

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"A Second to Midnight"
Single by Kylie Minogue and Years & Years
from the album Disco: Guest List Edition
Released6 October 2021 (2021-10-06)
Recorded2021
Studio
  • Infinite Disco (Melbourne, Australia)
  • Jaws On the Floor (London, England)
  • Play Deep (London, England)
Genre
Length3:27
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Biff Stannard
  • Duck Blackwell
Kylie Minogue singles chronology
"Starstruck (Kylie Minogue Remix)"
(2021) 		"A Second to Midnight"
(2021) 		"Kiss of Life"
(2021)
Years & Years singles chronology
"Crave"
(2021) 		"A Second to Midnight"
(2021) 		"Sweet Talker"
(2021)
Music video
"A Second to Midnight" on YouTube

"A Second to Midnight" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue and English singer-songwriter Olly Alexander, performing under his solo project Years & Years. The song was released on 6 October 2021. It serves as the lead single of Minogue's reissue album Disco: Guest List Edition, the re-release of her fifteenth studio album Disco (2020).[1] The song is also included on the deluxe version of Years & Years' third studio album Night Call (2022) and featured as the intro music for the Night Call Tour. It marks the second collaboration between Minogue and Alexander following "Starstruck".

Track listing

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  • Digital download and streaming (Jodie Harsh Remix)[2]
  1. "A Second to Midnight" (Jodie Harsh Remix) – 3:30
  • Digital download (Jodie Harsh Remix; Beatport version)[3]
  1. "A Second to Midnight" (Jodie Harsh Extended) – 4:24
  2. "A Second to Midnight" (Jodie Harsh Dub) – 4:24

Charts

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Chart performance for "A Second to Midnight"
Chart (2021) Peak
position
Australia Airplay (Radiomonitor)[4] 43
Hungary (Single Top 40)[5] 37
Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard)[6] 8
UK Singles Downloads (OCC)[7] 13
UK Physical Singles (OCC)[8] 1
UK Indie (OCC)[9] 27
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[10] 26

Release history

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Release dates and formats for "A Second to Midnight"
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various 6 October 2021
[1]
United States 12 October 2021 Dance radio BMG [11]
Various 12 November 2021 CD single
  • BMG
  • Darenote
 [1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Skinner, Tom (6 October 2021). "Kylie and Years & Years share dazzling new single 'A Second To Midnight'". NME. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  2. ^ "A Second to Midnight (Jodie Harsh Remix) - Single par Kylie Minogue & Years & Years".[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "A Second to Midnight (Jodie Harsh Remix) from BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd on Beatport". Beatport.
  4. ^ "HOT 100 Issue 1366". The Music Network. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot Overseas [2021/10/20 公開]". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Kylie Minogue Chart History (Hot Dance/Electronic Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Dance/EDM Cool New Music". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2022. Type Kylie Minogue in the Search field.
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