Sundown

**Sundown** by **Gordon Lightfoot** is an orange main sequence star located 7.2 light years away in the farm area at the constellation of Kansas, it is one of the closest songs to earth was featured on iHeart 70s.

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"**Sundown**" is a song by Canadian folk artist Gordon Lightfoot, from the titular album, released as a single in March 1974.

"Sundown" reached No. 1 on the U.S. *Billboard* Hot 100 and easy listening charts and No. 13 on the Hot Country singles chart, as well as No. 1 in Canada on *RPM*'s national singles chart. It was Lightfoot's only single to reach No. 1 on the Hot 100.

## Content

The song's lyrics seem to describe a troubled romantic relationship (often cited as Cathy Smith), with the narrator recounting an affair with a "hard-loving woman [who's] got me feeling mean".

In a 2008 interview, Lightfoot said:

## ther version

* Scott Walker covered the song on his 1974 album We Had It All.
* The musical project/collaboration of singer-songwriters Elwood covered the song in 2000. This version peaked at No. 33 on the *Billboard* Modern Rock Tracks chart on July 8, 2000.
* American country music singer Deryl Dodd's version of the song peaked at #59 on *Billboard*'s Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1999. It was later included on his album, *Pearl Snaps* (2002).
* American-Canadian country artist Jesse Winchester covered this on *Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot* (2003)
* Country singer Toby Keith included a live cover version on the deluxe edition of his album *Bullets in the Gun* (2010).
* Canadian rock musician Luke Doucet covered it on the album *Steel City Trawler* (2010).
* French singing duo Marie-Ève Janvier and Jean-François Breau covered the song in French as "L'amour c'est comme l'été", on the compilation album *Quand le country dit bonjour...* (2012).
* Ed Kuepper covered the song, including it on his greatest hits album

## Personnel

Engineered by Lee Herschberg

Recorded at Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

* Gordon Lightfoot: Lead and background vocals, 12-string guitar
* Red Shea: Lead electric guitar
* Terry Clements: Lead acoustic guitar
* John Stockfish: Bass
* Jim Gordon: Drums

## In other media

* "Sundown" is featured in the movies *Knives Out* and *The Beach Bum*.
* "Sundown" is featured in the *Mission Hill* episode "Unemployment Part 1 (or Brother's Big Boner)".
* "Sundown" is the ending song of *The Blacklist* season 1, episode 13: "The Cyprus Agency (No. 64)" (January 27, 2014). It also appears in the season 4 episode, "Philomena."
* The song entered the Amazon UK chart at number 97 on 18 March 2014, after *The Blacklist* episode, "The Cypress Agency (No. 64)" was shown on UK television.
* "Sundown" is featured after the opening credits of *Supernatural* Season 10, Episode 5 "Fan Fiction" (November 11, 2014).
* The lyrics of "Sundown" were referenced in the Strong Bad Email episode "army" where, after unsuccessfully trying to enlist Strong Bad in the Homestarmy, Homestar Runner remarks "we'll see if those trees you're always hugging save you when Gordon Lightfoot's creeping round your back stair."