“Red Neckin ‘Love Makin’ Night”, a song written by Troy Seals and Max D. Barnes, was recorded by Conway Twitty for the MCA label, in November 1980, at Woodland Sound Studio, 1011 Woodland St., Nashville, TN, In the same session four more songs were recorded, Conway was accompanied in this session by: Johnny Christopher (acoustic guitar), Jimmy Capps (acoustic guitar), Reggie Young (lead guitar), John Hughey (steel), Paul Uhrig (bass), Jerry Carrigan (drums and percussion), Buddy Spicher (fiddle), Shane Keister (keyboards) and The Sheldon Kurland Strings + Buzz Cason, Lea Jane Berinati, Donna McElroy, Don Gant, Dennis Wilson, Yvonne Hodges, Bergen White and Vicki Hampton (background vocals) and Kathy Twitty (vocal harmony). With the production of Ron Chancey and Conway Twitty, the song was released in October 1981, on January 23, 1982, reached # 1 on the charts of US Hot Country Songs, remaining a total of 18 weeks on the charts. On the Canadian RPM Country Tracks charts, I reach number # 3. It was the twenty-seventh number one in Conway’s career.

The song was included in the forty-third Conway studio album, Mr. T (MCA 1981), the album was released in the summer of 1981, on August 5, 1981, the album reached number 5 on the US charts. Top Country Albums, remaining a total of 44 weeks in the charts.

About song:

“Red Neckin ‘Love Makin’ Night” — with its uptempo, boogie-influenced melody — marked the final single during Twitty’s original tenure with MCA Records. Late in 1981, he had signed a deal with Elektra Records, where he continued his success (with songs such as “The Clown” and “Slow Hand” (a cover of the Pointer Sisters hit), even as his contract was absorbed into Warner Bros. Records. Twitty returned to MCA in late 1986, and his next single for that label, “Julia,” was released early in 1987.

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Conway Twitty – Redneckin Love Makin Night Lyrics
Hey

Hello baby, Conway here
Let me lay this in your ear
Get ready to go, but we gonna roll about sundown
I got some boogie woogie music on the old 8-track
Yeah, I got the top laid back
And we’ll go cruisin’ and we’ll go foolin’ around

Well here I am baby, are you ready to play?
Slide it on in, we’ll slip away
We gotta get it, we ain’t got a minute to waste
I got a 6-pack of longnecks, the trunk on ice
Ooh but you sure look nice
Makes me want to hug you and kiss you all over your face

Well it’s a red neckin’, love makin’ night
You ain’t had much ’til you been touched in the moonlight
You feel it the most when you get real close and you hold on tight
It’s a red neckin’, love makin’ night
It’s a red neckin’, love makin’ night

Stars in your eyes, the wind in your hair
Oh, what a down home love affair
When we go out walkin’, we know what we’re talkin’ about
Listen to the whippoorwills how they sing
Just like us, they’re doin’ their thing
We know what we got when the nights gets hot down south

Yeah, it’s a red neckin’, love makin’ night
You ain’t had much ’til you been touched in the moonlight
You feel it the most when you get real close and you hold on tight
It’s a red neckin’, love makin’ night
It’s a red neckin’, love makin’ night

It’s a red neckin’, love makin’ night
You ain’t had much ’til you been touched in the moonlight
You feel it the most when you get real close and you hold on tight
Well, it’s a red neckin’, love makin’ night
It’s a red neckin’, love makin’ night

Hey
Eat your heart out killer
You know I love you

Red neckin’, love makin’ night
Now don’t wreck-in my phone son
Let him in dear
Hey, hey, hey
Ooh, hold on tight
Ahh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

A red neckin’, love makin’ night
You ain’t had much ’til you been touched in the moonlight
You feel it the most when you get real close and you hold on tight
It’s a red neckin’, love makin’ night
It’s a red neckin’, love makin’ night