What a Great Night

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"What a Great Night"
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Single by Hilltop Hoods
from the album The Hard Road
Released2006
Recorded2003–2005
X Bred Production Studios, Adelaide, South Australia
Genre Australian hip hop
Length3:06
Label Obese Records
Songwriter(s) Matthew David Lambert, Daniel Howe Smith, Barry John M. Francis (DJ Debris),
Producer(s) Hilltop Hoods
Hilltop Hoods singles chronology
"The Hard Road"
(2006)
"What a Great Night"
(2006)
"Recapturing the Vibe Restrung"
(2007)

"What a Great Night" is a song by Australian group, Hilltop Hoods. It was released in 2006 as the third single from their fourth studio album, The Hard Road .

Contents

The song was given a positive review by The Dwarf.

Music video

The video for the song includes footage of the group performing live and together in a nightclub setting. As an editing technique, the camera pans vertically to reveal a new set or location. [1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Matthew Lambert (Suffa), except track 6 which was written by M. Lambert, D. Smith (Pressure) & B. Francis (DJ Debris). [2] Tracks 1-3 contain a sample of "For Pete's Sake" by Pete Rock & CL Smooth

What A Great Night
No.TitleLength
1."What A Great Night" (Original Edit)3:06
2."What A Great Night" (Simplex Remix)3:20
3."What A Great Night" (F & D (Funkwig and deNorthwode) Remix)3:40
4."What A Great Night" (Original Radio Edit)3:06
5."What A Great Night" (Simplex Remix Radio Edit)3:20
6."Recapturing the Vibe" (Radio Edit)3:00
7."What A Great Night" (Original Instrumental)3:06
8."What A Great Night" (Simplex Remix Instrumental)3:22

On the re-release of The Hard Road entitled The Hard Road: Restrung , there is a verse by Pressure replacing Suffa's second verse.

Personnel

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References

  1. WacKEDmaN (22 December 2006). "What A Great Night - Hilltop Hoods". YouTube. Google, Inc. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  2. "Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) search engine". APRA . Retrieved 12 July 2010. Note: requires user to input song title e.g. WHAT A GREAT NIGHT