STORY BEHIND THE SONG
According to John Schweers, the idea for Ronnie Milsap's 1975 hit, "Daydreams About Night Things" came from his grandfather!
Schweers commented "My grandfather had this saying "I'm having daydreams about night things in the middle of the afternoon" and at that time, I had met a girl and I certainly was having those same daydreams! So the song was easy to write. The girl later became my wife – so the song was really about my wife and me!"
It took two recording sessions to get the song down right. The first session was at RCA Studios using a brand new recording console – which sounded fine during the recording session but the tracks were actually distorted when played back. So RCA Victor absorbed the $3000 session and Milsap re-cut the tune in the smaller Studio C.
"Daydreams About Night Things" came on the country music charts July 19th, 1975 and was at the top of the charts the week of September 20th and stuck there for two weeks.
It was Milsap's 8th charted song, his 4th number one, and was on the charts for 16 weeks.
I'm having day dreams bout night things
In the middle of the after-noon
And while my hands make a living my mind's home loving you
I'm having day dreams about night things
In the middle of the after-noon
And every night you make my daydreams come true
Well all day long while I'm working in town
Time slows down to a crawl
When I'm not thinking about you I'm checking the clock on the wall
Then it's goodbye factory and hello loving
There's a smile across my face
Cause I'm back in the arms of your sweet love
Where my thoughts have been all day
I'm having day dreams bout night things
In the middle of the after-noon
And while my hands make a living my mind's home loving you
I'm having day dreams about night things
In the middle of the after-noon
And every night you make my daydreams come true
Yea, Every night you make my day dreams come true
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