# Modern Day Romance

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{{short description|1985 single by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band}}
{{Infobox song
| name       = Modern Day Romance
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [Nitty Gritty Dirt Band](/source/Nitty_Gritty_Dirt_Band)
| album      = [Partners, Brothers and Friends](/source/Partners%2C_Brothers_and_Friends_(album))
| B-side     = Queen of the Road
| released   = June 3, 1985
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [Country](/source/Country_music)
| length     = 3:32
| label      = [Warner Bros. Nashville](/source/Warner_Bros._Records)
| writer     = [Kix Brooks](/source/Kix_Brooks)<br>[Dan Tyler](/source/Dan_Tyler)
| producer   = [Paul Worley](/source/Paul_Worley)<br>Marshall Morgan
| prev_title = [High Horse](/source/High_Horse_(Nitty_Gritty_Dirt_Band_song))
| prev_year  = 1985
| next_title = [Home Again in My Heart](/source/Home_Again_in_My_Heart)
| next_year  = 1985
}}
"'''Modern Day Romance'''" is a song written by [Kix Brooks](/source/Kix_Brooks) and [Dan Tyler](/source/Dan_Tyler) and recorded by American [country music](/source/country_music) group [Nitty Gritty Dirt Band](/source/Nitty_Gritty_Dirt_Band).  It was released in June 1985 as the lead single from the album ''[Partners, Brothers and Friends](/source/Partners%2C_Brothers_and_Friends_(album))''.  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.

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

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