The song was praised by critics and fans alike, and remains one of Milsap's most popular recordings. In a year when 51 songs rotated out of the Hot Country Singles' number-one position, "Lost in the Fifties Tonight" was one of just two songs of the group to spend more than one week at number one (it spent two, as did
The Judds' "
Have Mercy"), and Milsap's song was the number-one country song of 1985. That same year, it won Milsap his fourth
Grammy Award for "Best Country Vocal Performance" for a male artist. It was also named Song of the Year at the
21st Academy of Country Music Awards in 1986. ==Chart history==