By the Time This Night Is Over

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"By the Time This Night Is Over"
Single by Kenny G and Peabo Bryson
from the album Breathless and Through the Fire
Released1993
Length
  • 4:45 (album version)
  • 4:23 (single version)
Label Arista
Songwriter(s) Michael Bolton, Andy Goldmark, Diane Warren
Producer(s) Walter Afanasieff, David Foster
Kenny G singles chronology
"Forever in Love"
(1992)
"By the Time This Night Is Over"
(1993)
"Sentimental"
(1993)
Peabo Bryson singles chronology
"A Whole New World"
(1992)
"By the Time This Night Is Over"
(1993)
"Why Goodbye"
(1994)

"By the Time This Night Is Over" is a song by American musician Kenny G and singer-songwriter Peabo Bryson, released as a single from Kenny G's sixth studio album, Breathless , in 1993 and on Bryson's 16th studio album, Through the Fire , in 1994. [1] The song peaked at number 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 37 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles. On the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, "By the Time This Night Is Over" spent two weeks at number one, while in Canada, the song reached number six on the RPM Top Singles chart and number one on the RPM Adult Contemporary chart.

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Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United States1993
  • CD
  • cassette
Arista
United KingdomJuly 5, 1993 [12]
JapanJuly 21, 1993Mini-CD [13]

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