For the week ending March 18, 2023, "Last Night" reached the top of theBillboard Hot 100, a first for Wallen. The last country song to reach the top spot was "All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)" byTaylor Swift in 2021, and the last time a solo male artist did so was in 1981, with the song "I Love a Rainy Night" byEddie Rabbitt. It spent 16 non-consecutive weeks at the top, the second most for a non-collaboration and tied for the third most of all time. According toBillboard, the song was the number one single for 2023, the third such single to have also hit number one on theBillboard country chart since 1959. The song was nominated forBest Country Song at the66th Grammy Awards.
The song peaked at number one on theBillboardHot Country Songs charts dated February 13, 2023, ascending from a debut position of number seven one week prior. The same week, Wallen's prior singles "Thought You Should Know" and "You Proof" claimed the number two and three positions, while "I Wrote the Book" was at number 10.[3]
Following the release ofOne Thing at a Time, "Last Night" ascended from number five to one on theBillboard Hot 100 dated March 18, 2023, becoming Wallen's first number one on the chart. The song achieved 47.5 million streams, 18,000 digital downloads sold, and a 10.8 million airplay audience. The same week, Wallen occupied 36 places on the Hot 100, the most of any artist, as well as five of the top 10 on the Hot 100.[4] "Last Night" is also the first country song by a solo male to top the Hot 100 in over 42 years, following "I Love a Rainy Night" byEddie Rabbitt (1981), and the first country song to top the chart since "All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)" byTaylor Swift in November 2021.[5] On the chart dated August 5, 2023, "Last Night" sat at number two betweenJason Aldean's "Try That in a Small Town" andLuke Combs's "Fast Car" at numbers one and three, respectively, making it the first time in the Hot 100's history that the top three positions were all occupied by country artists.[6] On the chart dated August 19, 2023, "Last Night" topped the Hot 100 for a 16th non-consecutive week, surpassing "As It Was" byHarry Styles as the longest running number one by a solo artist with no accompanying acts, as well as tying for the second longest run of all time.[7] To date, it is the only single to have peaked at number one on theBillboard Hot 100 during six consecutive months.
In July 2023, "Last Night" became the first song to accrue one billion on-demand streams in the United States in a single year.[8] On December 16, 2025, it was certified 12× Platinum byRIAA.[9]
