Spend the Night (Earth, Wind & Fire song)

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"Spend the Night"
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Single by Earth, Wind & Fire
from the album Millennium
B-side "Even If You Wonder"
Released1993
Genre R&B
Label Reprise
Songwriter(s) Dawn Thomas
Producer(s) Maurice White
Earth, Wind & Fire singles chronology
"Wanna Be the Man"
(1990)
"Spend the Night"
(1993)
"Sunday Morning"
(1993)

"Spend the Night" is a song recorded by American band Earth, Wind & Fire, released in 1993 by Reprise Records as the first single from their sixteenth album, Millennium (1993). [1] The song reached No. 36 on the US Billboard Adult R&B Songs chart and No. 33 on the Oricon Japanese Pop Singles chart. [2] [3]

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Overview

"Spend the Night" was produced by Maurice White and composed by Dawn Thomas. The single's B-side was "Even If You Wonder". Both tracks are from the group's 1993 studio album Millennium . [1]

Critical reception

Larry Flick of Billboard called the song "A shining moment from the group's fine Millennium album". [4] Derek Ali of the Dayton Daily News noted "Cult fans can still mouth the words to classic Earth, Wind & Fire hits..Now they can learn the words to...Spend the Night." [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Earth, Wind & Fire: Spend The Night. Warner Bros. Records. 1993.
  2. "Earth, Wind & Fire". billboard.com. Billboard.
  3. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN   4-87131-077-9.
  4. Flick, Larry (November 20, 1993). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 105, no. 47. p. 59 via worldradiohistory.com.
  5. Ali, Derek (October 8, 1993). "Earth, Wind & Fire: Millennium". Dayton Daily News . p. 72 via newspapers.com.