Ritmo de la noche

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"Ritmo de la noche"
Chocolate - Ritmo de la Noche - Single Cover.jpg
Single by Chocolate
from the album Rhythmflowerbeats
Released1990
Genre House
Length3:37
Label Teldec
Songwriter(s) AC Beat, Lagonda, Castioni, Wycombe
Producer(s) Matiz, AC 16
Chocolate singles chronology
"Ritmo de la noche"
(1990)
"Brazil! Brazil!"
(1990)

"Ritmo de la noche" (Rhythm of the Night) is a song written by AC Beat, Lagonda, Castioni, and Wycombe, and originally recorded by German house group Chocolate in 1990. It was covered and released in the same year by Mystic, The Sacados, Lorca, and ten other producers. [1]

Contents

Background

The opening piano riff of the song was sampled from "I Go to Rio" by Australian artist Peter Allen.

Track listing

CD maxi
  1. "Ritmo de la noche" (Brazilmix) - 5:11
  2. "Ritmo de la noche" (Single-Edit) - 3:37
  3. "Ritmo de la noche" (New Age House-Mix) - 5:56
7" single
  1. "Ritmo de la noche" (Single-Edit) - 3:37
  2. "Ritmo de la noche" (New Age Edit) - 3:55

Charts

Lorca version

"Ritmo de la noche"
Lorca - Ritmo de la noche - Single Cover.jpg
Single by Lorca
Released1990
Genre House
Length3:48
Label Carrere
Songwriter(s) AC Beat, Lagonda, Castioni, Wycombe
Producer(s) Jean-Jacques Huet, Pascal Rivaton
Lorca singles chronology
"Ritmo de la noche"
(1990)
"Los ninos del soul"
(1990)

In 1990, French house group Lorca covered the song and it reached number-one in Belgium and peaked in the top 30 in France and the Netherlands.

Track listing

  1. "Ritmo de la noche" (Radio Mix) - 3:48
  2. "Ritmo de la noche" (Sun Maxi Mix) - 6:17
  3. "Come On" - 5:06

Charts

Chart (1990)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [9] 1
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100 Singles) [10] 56
France (SNEP) [11] 22
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [12] 29
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [13] 23

Mystic version

"Ritmo de la noche"
Mystic - Ritmo de la noche - Single Cover.jpg
Single by Mystic
Released2 July 1990 (UK) [14]
Genre House
Length3:51
Label Fanfare
Songwriter(s) AC Beat, Lagonda, Castioni, Wycombe
Producer(s) Mystic Productions, Night Wright
Mystic singles chronology
"Ritmo de la noche"
(1990)
"Yo te quiero"
(1991)

In 1990, German house group Mystic covered the song and reached number 2 in Spain and the top 30 in the Netherlands.

Track listing

  1. "Ritmo de la noche" (Radio Mix) - 3:51
  2. "Ritmo de la noche" (Club Edit) - 3:03

Charts

Chart (1990)Peak
position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [15] 24
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [16] 17
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [17] 2
UK Singles (OCC) [18] 77

Other versions

In 1990, Argentine group The Sacados covered the song. Unlike the original version, this added a rap-style lyric. It was used as the opening tune for Telefe program Ritmo de la Noche. [19]

See also

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