The Night (Goodnight Nurse song)

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"The Night"
Single by Goodnight Nurse
from the album Keep Me On Your Side
Released Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of New Zealand.svg 4 February 2008
RecordedAugust 2007, Melbourne
Genre Pop punk
Alternative rock
Length3:06
Label Warner Music Australia & NZ
Songwriter(s) Joel Little
Jaden Parkes
S McCarthy
Goodnight Nurse singles chronology
"All for You"
(2007)
"The Night"
(2008)
"I Need This"
(2008)

"The Night" is a song from Goodnight Nurse's second studio album, Keep Me On Your Side. It was released as the first single from the album on 4 February 2008 in Australia and New Zealand.

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The song has been credited as a "danceable stomp reminiscent of Bloc Party's Flux" after being released on their "second album that surprises with its new-found maturity." [1]

Despite only being a digital release it is the biggest selling single Goodnight Nurse have had, and has been their highest performing song on the New Zealand radio charts.

Track listing

  1. The Night - 3:06

Charts

ChartPeak
position
RIANZ Singles Chart [2] 24

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References

  1. "Keep Me On Your Side - Goodnight Nurse". Stuff.co.nz . Retrieved 2008-04-22.[ dead link ]
  2. "Goodnight Nurse NZ Chart". charts.nz. Retrieved 2008-04-24.