What is "sundown"

Sundown \Sun"down`\, n.

1. The setting of the sun; sunset. ``When sundown skirts the moor.''
   --Tennyson.

2. A kind of broad-brimmed sun hat worn by women.

also sun-down, 1610s, from sun (n.) + down (adv.). OED suggests perhaps a shortening of sun-go-down (1590s). Compare sunset.

n. (context US English) sunset

n. the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon [syn: sunset] [ant: dawn]

Sundown is the second album by British pop group S Club 8. The album was released in 2003 and went to number 13 on the UK Albums Chart.

Songwriters and producers who contributed to the album include Korpi & Blackcell, Jewels & Stone, Yak Bondy, Hannah Robinson and former Dead or Alive members Tim Lever and Mike Percy. The track "One Thing I Know" was co-written by former Spice Girl Emma Bunton, who also provided backing vocals. The title track was also released by another 19 Management act, American Juniors.

Sundown is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's tenth original album, released in 1974 on the Reprise Records label. It reached #1 in the US on the pop chart, the only Lightfoot album to achieve this. In his native Canada, it topped the RPM 100 for five consecutive weeks, first hitting #1 on June 22, 1974, the same day it reached the top on the south of the border.

The album marked the pinnacle of Lightfoot's acoustic folk- country blend before he embarked on an increasing use of electronic instruments, although he did include some electric guitar, notably on the title track.

As for singles, the title track reached #1 on the pop and adult contemporary charts as well as #13 on the country chart, while "Carefree Highway" reached #10 on the pop chart, #1 on the AC chart and #81 on the country chart.

Sundown is a synonym for sunset.

Sundown may also refer to:

Places:

• Sundown Township, Redwood County, Minnesota, United States
• Sundown, Missouri, an unincorporated community in the United States
• Sundown, New York, a hamlet in the United States
• Sundown, Texas, a city in the United States
• Sundown, Manitoba, a small hamlet in Canada
• Sundown National Park, Queensland, Australia

In music:

• Sundown (band), a late 1990s gothic metal band
• Sundown (Gordon Lightfoot album)
  • "Sundown" (Gordon Lightfoot song)
• Sundown, a 1979 album from Lonnie Donegan
• Sundown (Rank and File album)
• Sundown (Cemetary album)
• Sundown (S Club 8 album)
  • "Sundown" (S Club 8 song)
• Sundown (Richard Marx album)
• "Sundown" (Fireball Ministry song)
• "Sundown", a song by Hale from Above, Over and Beyond
• "Sundown", a song by The Jesus and Mary Chain from Honey's Dead

In film and television:

• Sundown (1924 film), a lost silent film starring Bessie Love
• Sundown (1941 film), a film directed by Henry Hathaway
• Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat, a 1991 film starring David Carradine
• "Sundown" (Lost), an episode of Lost
• Walker "Sundown" Calhoun, a character in the animated series C.O.P.S.
• Sundown, call sign of fighter pilot in Top Gun, played by Clarence Gilyard Jr

In other entertainment:

• Sundown (party), a UK-based annual demoscene party
• Sundown, a 1934 novel by John Joseph Mathews
• Sundown: Arizona, a 2005 comic book by Arcana Studios
• Sundown (video game), a cancelled video game

Football teams:

• Mamelodi Sundowns F.C., a South African team
• Manzini Sundowns F.C., a Swazi team
• Njube Sundowns F.C., a Zimbabwean team

Sundown was a gothic metal band formed by Mathias Lodmalm and Johnny Hagel, (who was also in Tiamat) after disbanding their previous band, Cemetary. It was itself disbanded again when Mathias Lodmalm reformed Cemetary together with Christian Silver and Herman Engström. All of Sundown's albums were released by Century Media Records.

"Sundown" is a song by Canadian folk artist Gordon Lightfoot, released as a single in March 1974.

"Sundown" reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and easy listening charts and number thirteen on the Hot Country singles chart, as well as number one in Canada on RPMs national singles chart. It was Lightfoot's only single to reach number one on the Hot 100.

"Sundown" is a song by British pop group S Club 8, released as the second single and title track from their album of the same name Sundown.

Released on 29 September 2003, the single peaked at #4 on the UK Singles Chart.

Calvin Goldspink sings backing vocals in the song's intro, a line and backing vocals in the first part of the bridge, a line in the second part of the bridge along with Stacey, and backing vocals in the final chorus. Stacey McClean sings the first and third verses, backing vocals in the second and final chorus, the second part of the bridge including a line along with Calvin, and backing vocals in the end of the song. Frankie Sandford sings the second and fourth verses, and backing vocals in the second chorus. Aaron Renfree, Rochelle Wiseman, Daisy Evans, Hannah Richings and Jay Asforis do not have any vocal lines in this song.

Sundown was the debut album by Los Angeles cowpunk band Rank and File, released in 1982 on Slash Records. Critic Robert Christgau gave it an "A-" in his Consumer Guide, while Trouser Press called the album "effortlessly enjoyable," citing its "tuneful and tasty pop numbers, which also benefit from pretty harmonies and confident playing." It was voted one of the best albums of the year in the Village Voice's influential Pazz & Jop critics poll.

Sundown is the ninth studio album by Richard Marx that was released digitally on October 31, 2008. Sundown was released along with Emotional Remains.

Sundown is the fourth album by Swedish gothic metal band Cemetary, released in 1996 on Black Mark Production. All music and lyrics written by Mathias Lodmalm.

Sundown is a 1941 American war film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Bruce Cabot and Gene Tierney. The film's adventure story, set against a World War II backdrop in British East Africa, was well received by critics, earning three Academy Award nominations but was not a box office success.

Sundown (also known as Guillermo del Toro's Sundown) is an unreleased video game that was under development by Terminal Reality for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Not much is known about the game, except that film director Guillermo del Toro was co-developing the game, and it would take place in a world where the players would have to survive an apocalypse while fighting against zombies. According to del Toro, the game would have been similar to Left 4 Dead.

Events in the game ratchet up the terror and game opportunities as the game goes from the calm hours before the first outbreak to the worst moments in these characters' lives.

The game fell into difficulties and was postponed for some time, but according to a 2006 article on Joystiq.com it was cancelled in favor of two new projects.

Sundown is a 1924 silent film Western drama produced and distributed by First National Pictures and starring Bessie Love. Frances Marion, Marion Fairfax and Kenneth B. Clarke wrote the screenplay based on an original screen story by Earl Hudson. This film was the only production cinematographer David Thompson ever worked on. This film is lost.

"Sundown" is the sixth television episode of the American Broadcasting Company's sixth season of the serial drama television series Lost and 109th episode overall. The episode aired on March 2, 2010, on ABC in the United States. The episode was written by co-executive producer Paul Zbyszewski and story editor Graham Roland (making his writing debut for the series) and directed by Bobby Roth. Sayid Jarrah is the character the episode is centered on.

In 2007, Claire Littleton ( Emilie de Ravin) delivers a message from The Man in Black ( Terry O'Quinn). Due to this, Sayid Jarrah ( Naveen Andrews) is tasked by Dogen ( Hiroyuki Sanada) to kill the Man in Black, who gives Sayid a difficult decision. In the "flash-sideways", Sayid is drawn into a family crisis.