Midnight in a Perfect World

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"Midnight in a Perfect World"
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Single by DJ Shadow
from the album Endtroducing.....
B-side
  • "Mutual Slump"
  • "The Number Song"
  • "Red Bus Needs to Leave"
  • Remixes
ReleasedSeptember 2, 1996
Recorded1996
StudioThe Glue Factory (San Francisco)
Genre
Length
  • 4:57 (LP version)
  • 5:02 (radio version)
Label
Songwriters
ProducerDJ Shadow
DJ Shadow singles chronology
"Hardcore (Instrumental) Hip Hop" / "Fully Charged on Planet X"
(1996) 		"Midnight in a Perfect World"
(1996) 		"Stem"
(1996)

"Midnight in a Perfect World" is a song by American DJ and music producer DJ Shadow. It was released as the lead single from his debut studio album, Endtroducing....., on September 2, 1996. The song peaked at number 52 on the Scottish Singles Chart and number 54 on the UK Singles Chart.

Composition

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Featuring a soulful vocal line and a slow drum beat,[3][4] "Midnight in a Perfect World" is based around mournful piano sampled from the 1969 song "The Human Abstract" by David Axelrod.[5] Aside from the Axelrod sample, the track also samples "Sower of Seeds" by Baraka,[6] "The Madness Subsides" by Pekka Pohjola,[6] "Releasing Hypnotical Gases" by Organized Konfusion,[7] "Dolmen Music" by Meredith Monk,[4] and "California Soul" by Marlena Shaw.[8]

Release

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"Midnight in a Perfect World" was released as both a 12-inch single and CD single on September 2, 1996 in England,[9] and later in America too.[10] In January 1997, the song was released to American college and modern rock radio stations.[11]

Both releases have different artwork, with the American release featuring a photo of John Hillyard, who owned a record store where DJ Shadow found many of the records he sampled on his album.[12] The photograph was taken by B Plus,[12] who also directed a music video for the song that was also released and gained much airplay on the MTV program Amp.[13]

Track listing

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UK release

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Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Midnight in a Perfect World" (Radio Vision)5:02
2."Midnight in a Perfect World" (Gab Mix)5:21
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Midnight in a Perfect World" (Extended Vision)9:53
2."Mutual Slump"4:03

US release

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Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Midnight in a Perfect World"4:57
2."The Number Song"4:40
3."Red Bus Needs to Leave"2:41
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Midnight in a Perfect World" (Gab Mix)5:20
2."The Number Song" (Cut Chemist Party Mix)5:09

Charts

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Chart (1996) Peak
position
Scotland Singles (OCC)[18] 52
UK Singles (OCC)[19] 54

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalogue no.
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom September 2, 1996 Mo' Wax
MW057[14][15]
File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States January 1997
  • 12"
  • CD
 162-531 084[16][17]
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"Midnight in a Perfect World" at Discogs (list of releases)

References

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  19. ^ "DJ Shadow: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 June 2016.

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