"Last Night Again" is a song written by

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members

Joshua Scott Jones Joshua Scott Jones (born July 10, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and entertainer. Jones is half of the duo Steel Magnolia and has released four solo albums as an independent musician. He plays guitar, bass, ban ...

and

Meghan Linsey Meghan Linsey (born December 10, 1985) is an American singer-songwriter. A Ponchatoula, Louisiana native, Linsey started her musical career by forming Steel Magnolia with her boyfriend of three years, Joshua Scott Jones. Before trying out for ...

, along with

Hillary Lindsey Hillary Lee Lindsey is an American singer-songwriter. She has written songs with or for a number of artists including Michelle Branch, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Shakira, Lady A, Gary Allan, Sara Evans, Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler, Bon ...

. The song was recorded by Steel Magnolia for their self-titled debut album. The song is the third single from the album, and was sent to country radio on December 6, 2010. It was officially released on iTunes the next day. It debuted on the

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charts at number 59 for the ''Billboard'' chart week ending January 1, 2011.

Critical reception

Bobby Peacock of Roughstock gave the song four stars out of five. He thought that the duo's real-life chemistry was far more evident in this song than it was on "

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". He also went on to add that he could see it as being a sequel to

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's "

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Music video

The video, which was directed by

Peter Zavadil Peter Zavadil is an American music video director who works primarily in the field of country music. He has directed many music videos since the late 1990s. He has won the Country Music Association Award for Video of the Year twice from seven nomin ...

, was released in December 2010. In the video, the members of Steel Magnolia are shown in a bowling alley, facing off against one another in efforts to impress the other.

Chart performance

"Last Night Again" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. ''

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charts for the week ending January 1, 2011.

Year-end charts

References

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