"Boogie Nights" | ||||
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![]() US 7-inch vinyl single | ||||
Single by Heatwave | ||||
from the album Too Hot to Handle | ||||
B-side | "All You Do Is Dial" | |||
Released | 1977 | |||
Recorded | 1976 | |||
Genre | Disco | |||
Length | 3:36 (single edit) 5:02 (album version) | |||
Label | GTO, Epic (US) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Rod Temperton | |||
Producer(s) | Barry Blue | |||
Heatwave singles chronology | ||||
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Official video | ||||
"Boogie Nights" (Official HD Video) on YouTube | ||||
Alternative release | ||||
![]() One of side-A labels of the UK single |
"Boogie Nights" is a 1977 single by international funk-disco group Heatwave. It was written by keyboardist Rod Temperton and was included on Heatwave's debut album, Too Hot to Handle . Harpist Carla Skanger (a pseudonym of Sheila Bromberg of the London Symphony Orchestra) played harp and American actor and singer Clarke Peters performed backing vocals on the recording. [1]
The song became one of the best-known disco songs by a British group and charted at No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. In the US,"Boogie Nights" also peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 behind "You Light Up My Life" by Debby Boone. [2] It appeared on US Billboard R&B and dance charts during 1977. "Boogie Nights" reached No. 1 in New Zealand. The single was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). [3]
In the United Kingdom,the song was No. 2,and entered on 5 March 1977,only behind Leo Sayer with "When I Need You".
"Boogie Nights" has been covered many times by artists such as KC and the Sunshine Band,Will to Power,911 and The Weather Girls. British boy-band Blue also performed the tune in their live shows. [4]
The song made an appearance in the films Eyes of Laura Mars, Summer of Sam and The Stud ,though it was not featured in the 1997 film titled after it: Boogie Nights . Apparently the group's lead singer,Johnnie Wilder Jr.,a devout born-again Christian,refused to allow the use of the recording in the film because the song was about dancing,not pornography,while the film was about the latter. [5]
Aaron Judge,right-fielder for the New York Yankees,uses the song as his walk-up. [6]
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada) [22] | Gold | 75,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [23] | Silver | 200,000^ |
United States (RIAA) [24] | Platinum | 2,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
"Boogie Nights" | ||||
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Single by Sonia | ||||
from the album Better the Devil You Know | ||||
B-side | "My Light" | |||
Released | 31 August 1992 [25] | |||
Genre | Dance-pop | |||
Length | 3:40 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Songwriter(s) | Rod Temperton | |||
Producer(s) | Mark Taylor, Tracy Ackerman | |||
Sonia singles chronology | ||||
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In 1992, British singer Sonia recorded her take on the song, produced by Mark Taylor and Tracy Ackerman for her third studio album, Better the Devil You Know , in 1993. It was released in August 1992 and peaked at No. 30 on the UK Singles Chart in September. [26] The single's B-side is "My Light", which also appears on the album.
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