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The Hottest Night of the Year is the nineteenth studio album by Canadian country pop artist Anne Murray. It was released by Capitol Records in 1982. The album reached #29 on Billboard's Country albums chart and peaked at #90 on the Billboard Pop albums chart.^[1] Its US sales were estimated at 200,000 copies.

The album's first single, a cover of the 1961 Bruce Channel hit "Hey! Baby" was a U.S. country top-ten single, reaching number 7; the following up single, "Somebody's Always Saying Goodbye", also peaked at number 7 on the country singles chart. Both singles topped the Canadian Country singles charts.

• Anne Murray – lead vocals, backing vocals
• Brian Whitcomb – electric piano (1), acoustic piano (2, 8, 9)
• Lance Ong – synthesizers (1, 2)
• Doug Riley – synthesizers (1), organ (3), keyboards (4-7, 10)
• Bobby Ogdin – acoustic piano (3)
• Dennis Burnside – electric piano (3)
• Mike "Pepe" Francis – electric guitar (1, 2, 8), guitars (4, 6, 7, 10)
• John Hug – electric guitar (1, 2, 8, 9), acoustic guitar (8)
• Fred Tackett – acoustic guitar (1, 2, 8, 9)
• Rafe Van Hoy – acoustic guitar (3)
• Paul Worley – acoustic guitar (3), electric guitar (3)
• Bob Mann – guitars (4-7, 10)
• Brian Russell – guitars (5)
• Sonny Garrish – steel guitar (3)
• Ben Mink – mandolin (10), fiddle (10)
• Leland Sklar – bass (1, 2, 8, 9)
• Joe Osborn – bass (3)
• Tom Szczesniak – bass (4-7, 10)
• Mike Botts – drums (1, 2, 8, 9)
• Eddie Bayers – drums (3)
• Barry Keane – drums (4-7, 10)
• Steve Forman – percussion (1, 2, 8)
• Dick Smith – percussion (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8)
• Earl Seymour – baritone saxophone (6)
• Vern Dorge – tenor saxophone (6)
• Butch Wantanabe – trombone (6)
• Guido Basso – trumpet (6)
• Charlie Gray – trumpet (6)
• Peter Cardinali – horn arrangements and conductor (6)
• Rick Wilkins – string arrangements and conductor (3, 4, 10)
• Alan Broadbent – string arrangements and conductor (8, 9)
• Glenn Grab – string contractor (3, 4, 8, 9, 10)
• Bill Richards – string contractor (3, 4, 8, 9, 10)
• Bruce Murray – backing vocals
• Deborah Schaal Greimann – backing vocals
• Balmur Ltd. – executive producer
• Jim Ed Norman – producer
• Ken Friesen – recording, mixing
• Marshall Morgan – recording
• Eric Prestidge – recording
• Tom Henderson – recording assistant
• Ben Rodgers – recording assistant
• John Rosenthal – recording assistant
• Ken Perry – mastering at Capitol Mastering (Hollywood, California)
• Paul Cade – art direction, design, illustration
• Bob Karman – illustration
• Bill King – photography
• Ted Larson – lettering
• George Abbott – make-up artist
• Shelly Yakimov – hair stylist