Covers
- Jazz versions of this song have been recorded by Hubert Laws and Freddie Hubbard.
- Percy Faith recorded a lush easy listening version in 1974 on one of his last albums, Chinatown Feat. the Entertainer, which featured the guitar work of Larry Carlton. This recording became a mainstay of Beautiful Music radio playlists for the duration of that format's existence.
- In 1975, a cover version of "Midnight at the Oasis" appeared on the album Dust Yourself Off by the funk band Pleasure.
- In 1978, Betty Wright released Betty Wright Live, which included a live recording of her #6 hit "Clean Up Woman". The version on the album is a medley that includes bits from "Clean Up Woman", "Pillow Talk", "You Got the Love", "Mr. Medley", "Midnight at the Oasis", "Me and Mrs. Jones", "You Are My Sunshine", and "Let's Get Married Today".
- in 1986, the Sun City Girls released a version of the song on their album Midnight Cowboys from Ipanema
- In 1994 The Brand New Heavies album Brother Sister included "Midnight at the Oasis" featuring vocals by N'Dea Davenport* In 1995, that dog. released a version of the song on the Spirit of '73: Rock for Choice
- Actress and Broadway singer Valarie Pettiford of UPN's Half & Half remade the song on her album Hear My Soul, released on August 31, 2004.
- In 1977, Rebbie Jackson performed this song on an episode of the Jacksons Variety TV Show.
- The song is sampled by SWV on their song "When This Feeling" from their 1996 album New Beginning.
- Renee Olstead sings "Midnight at the Oasis" on her 2004 self-titled album; this version omits the stanza containing the song's most explicit sexual reference ("You won't need no camel when I take you for a ride") in deference to Oldstead's youth (she was fourteen at the time).
- In 2010, Mike Gordon performed the song at his March 11 concert with the Mike Gordon Band.
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