This Could Be the Night (Loverboy song)

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"This Could Be the Night" is a song written by Paul Dean, Mike Reno, Bill Wray and Jonathan Cain, and recorded by the Canadian rock band Loverboy from their hit album, Lovin' Every Minute of It , released in 1985. The song contained much more of a style that represented 1980s power pop ballads than the rocking style for which the band had been known. Released as a single in 1986 with an accompanying black-and-white music video, it reached the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

Cash Box said that the "melodic, big-beat production features soaring guitars and string orchestration." [1] Billboard called it a "stately power ballad." [2]

Charts

Chart (1985–86)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [3] 88
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 10
US Album Rock Tracks ( Billboard ) [5] 9

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References

  1. "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. January 18, 1986. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  2. "Reviews". Billboard. January 18, 1986. p. 59. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 182. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  4. "Loverboy Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  5. "Loverboy - Chart history". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 14, 2016.