Night in Motion

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"Night in Motion"
Night in Motion.jpg
Single by U96
from the album Replugged
B-side "Brainkiller"
Released1993
Genre
Length3:19 (video version)
Label Urban
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Alex Christensen
  • Matiz
U96 singles chronology
"Love Sees No Colour"
(1993)		"Night in Motion"
(1993)		"Inside Your Dreams"
(1994)
Music video
"Night in Motion" on YouTube

"Night in Motion" is a song recorded by German musical act U96, released in 1993 by label Urban as the second single from their second album, Replugged (1993). It was written by its co-producer Alex Christensen with Ingo Hauss, Helmut Hoinkis, Hayo Panarinfo. The single was a hit on the charts in Europe, peaking within the top-10 in Austria, Finland, Germany, Lithuania and Sweden. Outside Europe, the song was a huge hit in Israel, peaking at number-one.

Contents

Critical reception

Raùl Cairo from Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote that the song "has a strong potential to cross over to more pop oriented audiences". [1]

Chart performance

"Night in Motion" was successful on the singles charts in several countries in Europe, entering the top-10 in Austria (7), [2] Finland (7), [3] Germany (9), [4] Lithuania (6), [5] and Sweden (10). [6] In Germany, it spent two weeks as number nine and 16 weeks within the German Singles Chart. Additionally, it was a top-20 hit in Switzerland, [7] a top-30 hit in France, [8] and a top-40 hit in the Netherlands. [9] The single debuted on the Eurochart Hot 100 at number 55 on 21 August 1993, [10] after charting in Austria, Denmark, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland. It peaked at number 25 seven weeks later, after charting also in Belgium and Finland. [11] On the European Dance Radio Chart, "Night in Motion" also peaked at number 25. [12] Outside Europe the song reached number-one in Israel in late August 1993. [13]

Track listing

  1. "Night in Motion" (video version) – 3:19
  2. "Night in Motion" (12" version) – 4:54
  3. "Night in Motion" (12" version 2) – 5:19
  4. "Night in Motion" (70's mix) – 5:13
  1. "Night in Motion" (Bass Bumpers remix) – 5:57
  2. "Brainkiller" – 4:32

Charts

References

  1. ↑ Cairo, Raùl (24 July 1993). "Marketing the Music — U96 Surfaces Again". p.8. Music & Media.
  2. 1 2 "U96 – Night in Motion" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  3. 1 2 "U96: Night in Motion" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  4. 1 2 "U96 – Night in Motion". German Singles Chart . Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  5. 1 2 "M-1 Top 40". M-1.fm. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  6. 1 2 "U96 – Night in Motion". Singles Top 100. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  7. 1 2 "U96 – Night in Motion". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  8. 1 2 "U96 – Night in Motion" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  9. 1 2 "U96 – Night in Motion" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 10, no. 34. 21 August 1993. p. 23. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  11. 1 2 "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . 2 October 1993. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  12. 1 2 "European Dance Radio" (PDF). Music & Media . 27 November 1993. p. 22. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  13. 1 2 1 week at No. 1 (31 August 1993)
  14. ↑ "U96 - Night In Motion" (in Dutch). top40.nl. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  15. ↑ "Top 100 Singles – Jahrescharts 1993" (in German). GfK Entertainment . Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  16. ↑ "Årstopplistan 1993, Singlar" (in Swedish). Grammotex. Archived from the original on 16 February 2001. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
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