"Sundown" is one of the most popular songs by Canadian folk
artist Gordon Lightfoot. Released in 1974, "Sundown" allowed
Lightfoot to regain the momentum that his career had taken
three years earlier with "If You Could Read My Mind" and other
songs.
It reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and
adult contemporary charts, as well as number thirteen on the
country chart.
"Sundown" was inspired by his then girlfriend, Cathy Smith,
later more infamously known for her involvement in the death of
John Belushi. Lightfoot has commented in interviews that she
was "the one woman in my life who most hurt me."
Engineered by Lee Herschberg, Recorded at Eastern Sound
Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.