Modern Day Romance

{{short description|1985 single by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band}} {{Infobox song | name = Modern Day Romance | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | album = Partners, Brothers and Friends | B-side = Queen of the Road | released = June 3, 1985 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Country | length = 3:32 | label = Warner Bros. Nashville | writer = Kix Brooks<br>Dan Tyler | producer = Paul Worley<br>Marshall Morgan | prev_title = High Horse | prev_year = 1985 | next_title = Home Again in My Heart | next_year = 1985 }} "'''Modern Day Romance'''" is a song written by Kix Brooks and Dan Tyler and recorded by American country music group Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. It was released in June 1985 as the lead single from the album ''Partners, Brothers and Friends''. The song was The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's second number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fifteen weeks on the country chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=249}}</ref>

==Music video== The music video was directed by Gary Amelon.

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===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable" !align="left"|Chart (1985) !align="center"|Peak<br />position |- {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band}} |- |align="left"|Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks |align="center"|2 |} {{col-2}}

===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable" !Chart (1985) !Position |- |US Hot Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1985/hot-country-songs|title=Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1985|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=June 12, 2021}}</ref> |align="center"|8 |} {{col-end}}

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Category:1985 singles Category:1985 songs Category:Nitty Gritty Dirt Band songs Category:Songs written by Kix Brooks Category:Songs written by Dan Tyler Category:Song recordings produced by Paul Worley Category:Warner Records singles