"Night Is Fallin' in My Heart" is a song written by

Dennis Linde Dennis Linde (pronounced LIN-dy, March 18, 1943December 22, 2006) was an American music songwriter based in Nashville who has had over 250 of his songs recorded. He is best known for writing the 1972 Elvis Presley hit, "Burning Love". Rarely wo ...

. The song was first recorded by

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

artist

J.P. Pennington James Preston Pennington (born January 22, 1949) is an American musician, known primarily as the guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the country pop band Exile. Pennington was one of the early members and one of the lead singers of the group unti ...

for his 1991 album, ''Whatever It Takes''. It was later recorded and released as a single in October 1994 by American country music group

Diamond Rio Diamond Rio is an American country music band. The band was founded in 1982 as an attraction for the Opryland USA theme park in Nashville, Tennessee, and was originally known as the Grizzly River Boys, then the Tennessee River Boys. It was foun ...

. It was the second single released from their third album, '' Love a Little Stronger''. It peaked at No. 9 in the United States, and No. 6 in Canada.

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1994 singles 1991 songs Diamond Rio songs Songs written by Dennis Linde Arista Nashville singles {{1994-country-song-stub