Night Shift (Jon Pardi song)

The song uses the term "night shift" to describe an intimate encounter that the male narrator has with his lover after an exhausting day at work.^[1] Bobby Moore of Wide Open Country described the song as "introduc[ing] true love and other real emotions to the sometimes less-than-sensitive airwaves."^[2]

"Night Shift" debuted at number 98 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of February 9, 2019 and remained there until the week after.^[3][4] It reappeared on the week of March 16 at number 86.^[5] Nine weeks later, it peaked at number 56 the week of May 18, and stayed there for sixteen weeks.^[6][7] On September 5, 2023, the song was certified triple platinum by the RIAA in the US for over three million units consumed in the United States.^[8] The song has sold 95,000 copies in that country as of April 2019.^[9] In Canada, the track debuted at number 99 on the Canadian Hot 100 the week of February 2 and peaked at number 88 the week after.^[10][11] It reappeared at number 96 the week of March 23 and made it to number 90 the next week.^[12][13] The song made its third reappearance on the chart at number 94 the week of May 25, and stayed there for seven weeks.^[7][14]

The song's music video was directed by Jim Wright and debuted in October 2018. It features Pardi getting out of an 18-wheeler to join his band riding along Lower Broadway in Nashville, Tennessee on the deck of a flatbed at night, as well as solo performance shots on the Shelby Street Bridge.^[15]