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Gladys Knight & the Pips — Midnight Train to Georgia
Album: Imagination
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8

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Total ratings: 561









Released: 1973
Length: 4:33
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L A proved too much for the man
[He couldn't make it]
So he's leavin' the life he's come to know
[He said he's goin']
He said he's goin' back to find
Ooh, what's left of his world
The world he left behind
Not so long ago
He's leavin'
On that midnight train to Georgia
Said he's goin' back
To a simpler place in time
And I'll be with him
On that midnight train to Georgia
I'd rather live in his world
Than live without him in mine
He kept dreamin'
That someday he'd be a star
But he sure found out the hard way
That dreams don't always come true
So he pawned all his hopes
And he even sold his old car
Bought a one way ticket back
To the life he once knew
Oh yes he did
He said he would
He's leavin'
On that midnight train to Georgia
Said he's goin' back to find
A simpler place in time
And I'm gonna be with him
On that midnight train to Georgia
I'd rather live in his world
Than be without him in mine
He's leavin'
On that midnight train to Georgia
Said he's goin' back to find
A simpler place in time
And I've gotta be with him
On that midnight train to Georgia
I'd rather live in his world
Than be without him in mine
Go, gonna board, gonna board
The midnight train to Georgia
Gonna board the midnight train
Gotta go, gonna board
Gonna board
Gonna board the midnight train
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just heavenly
Posted 5 years ago by Lemonhead    [ Reply ]
I just listened  to  Gladys singing and the Pips backing her in this song. It made me twice as happy as it used to!!!  
Posted 5 years ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
It's pipperific!
Posted 6 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Time to groove on my office ball chair...
Posted 6 years ago by newbolddrive    [ Reply ]
I never noticed this before, but the Pips were really right out front with Gladys (vocally) on this one, as opposed to being in the background.
Posted 6 years ago by nutrod42    [ Reply ]
For the life of me, how is this song coming in at an average rating of 8! It should be an unequivocal 10. Those who rate it below that don't know music.
Posted 7 years ago by Wolford    [ Reply ]
 big_gare wrote:
Omg how much do I love this song.  Way to go Bill & Rebekah.  A true classic!  Love them Pips!  :-)

 
{#Yes}
Posted 7 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
This is one of those great songs that should have also been played on AOR stations in the 70's but because of stations policies "too Top 40 for our station" was not played.
Posted 7 years ago by jmsmy    [ Reply ]
Must have been the LA traffic that really did the guy in.
Posted 7 years ago by Typesbad    [ Reply ]
 coding_to_music wrote:
I second that emotion

Factually you are accurate too 
 
Everybody in my elevators loves this marvelous classic...  we be dancing like happy hippies...  love sex, drugs, and classic rock 'n roll...  hope life is grand for you right this minute, coding_to_music...
Posted 7 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 Hasan wrote:
My God!  In my fascination for manic guitar masters in the 1960s I simply could not see the towering talent of Empress Gladys.  To atone, I just spent all morning rooting out You Tube videos of her.

You want chills, shivers and your hair standing up?  Check this out :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_Lh4MFiw08&feature=endscreen

 
Thank you Hasan!

Empress of Soul!!! 
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Love it all my life !!!!!
It's a Gold !!!!
Posted 8 years ago by musman    [ Reply ]
Now that's what I'm talking about! +10 pxd
Posted 8 years ago by pxd    [ Reply ]
Perfect. Perfect. Perfect way to wake up.{#Sleep}
Posted 8 years ago by Lemonhead    [ Reply ]
It is a classic.  Love it!!!
Posted 8 years ago by MargoMallen    [ Reply ]
 hayduke2 wrote:
All aboard, all aboard,  Woo-hoo!   (still so sweet)

 
All aboard!  Still very sweet!
 
Posted 9 years ago by Skid_Mark    [ Reply ]
A real "classic"
Posted 9 years ago by colinpeter    [ Reply ]
Gladys, girl, I love you but oh, get a life!
Posted 9 years ago by cousincarl    [ Reply ]
 Rotterdam wrote:
Sorry, this just does not do it for me. Love soul, but her voice makes me want to puke. And I find the backing singers' arrangement cheesy, too. 
Just not my favourite of the genre, at all. 

 
Thanks for the counterpoint, but if you're going to bad mouth one of the greatest soul songs of all time at least give examples of who did it better (and maybe why). Otherwise, who's going to take your opinion seriously?
Posted 9 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
Just great! They were so good and timeless, it would seem. I heard the Pips by themselves in concert and they are terrific! Gladys is goddess-like.
Posted 9 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
All aboard, all aboard,  Woo-hoo!   (still so sweet)
Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 Lazarus wrote:
Everybody in my alien space craft loves this song...

RP is the best radio station in this galaxy... 

 

I second that emotion

Factually you are accurate too 
Posted 9 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
Everybody in my alien space craft loves this song...

RP is the best radio station in this galaxy... 
Posted 10 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
I saw Gladys Knight & the Pips do this song on the Ed Sullivan Show around 1971.  Great performance.  I was only about 8 or 9 years old, but I remember the show and they were great.  Iconic song to say the least. 
Posted 10 years ago by luv4music    [ Reply ]
 hayduke2 wrote:
Godlike!!!

I'm a frustrated Pip-wannabee 

 
Oops. I just saw this post after my own. Another Pip wanna be...
Posted 10 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
Can I still be a Pip? 
Posted 10 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
Dang, y'all. That got me right here.
Posted 10 years ago by n4ku    [ Reply ]
{#Cheers}  {#Clap} {#Cheers} {#Sunny} {#Clap}
Posted 10 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
Sorry, this just does not do it for me. Love soul, but her voice makes me want to puke. And I find the backing singers' arrangement cheesy, too. 
Just not my favourite of the genre, at all. 
Posted 10 years ago by Rotterdam    [ Reply ]
such excellant Pop with a whole lotta Soul!  Love this fantastic singer, her voice is stirring!
Posted 10 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Perfect.

Check out the coolness of The Pips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v78-ftcqpNw
Posted 10 years ago by a2    [ Reply ]
There aren't many songs that have this staying power!!
Posted 10 years ago by Elroweho    [ Reply ]
{#Heartkiss}  has to be 10
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
Thank You so much for this music all days. Greetings Christel
Posted 11 years ago by christel    [ Reply ]
Unexpectedly, Sandra Bernhard has an amazing version of this too. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ecGkLii1X4
 
Posted 11 years ago by ufamsm    [ Reply ]
I would not change a thing.  Therefore a 10.
Posted 11 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
a great song
Posted 11 years ago by jmsmy    [ Reply ]
So Godlike, I just shed a little tear. Ah, what a great lady!
Posted 11 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
CLASSY CLASSIC!  R & B could hardly get better. 
Posted 11 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Whoo-Hoo!
Posted 11 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
Godlike!!!

I'm a frustrated Pip-wannabee 
Posted 11 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]

I'd rather had lived in GK & the Pip's world than mine.


Posted 11 years ago by flyboy50    [ Reply ]
It hardly ever gets any better than this...
Posted 11 years ago by jimbaca    [ Reply ]
My God!  In my fascination for manic guitar masters in the 1960s I simply could not see the towering talent of Empress Gladys.  To atone, I just spent all morning rooting out You Tube videos of her.

You want chills, shivers and your hair standing up?  Check this out :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_Lh4MFiw08&feature=endscreen


Posted 11 years ago by Hasan    [ Reply ]
Glad so many people like this, since I uploaded it! Also glad that I no longer have to check all the time when this will be played the first time, which I did too often since I saw that it was actually added to the library.
Posted 12 years ago by JHZ    [ Reply ]
Had to check and make sure i was really on RP.... nice add, just not too often please.  This was played so often back in the day here in Georgia, that I am still tired of it. 
Posted 12 years ago by GawgaBoy    [ Reply ]
How did this not make RP until now?
Posted 12 years ago by TheFiero    [ Reply ]
Gladys does a really nice rendition of "Since I Fell For You".

Check it out sometime.
Posted 12 years ago by abbey_normal    [ Reply ]
{#Clap}  {#Yes}  {#Daisy}  {#Sunny} {#Notworthy}
Posted 12 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
Omg how much do I love this song.  Way to go Bill & Rebekah.  A true classic!  Love them Pips!  :-)
Posted 12 years ago by big_gare    [ Reply ]
Classic.
Posted 12 years ago by donnyballgame    [ Reply ]