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"All Night Long" is a song performed by British singer
Alexandra Burke, taken from her debut studio album, ''
Overcome'' (2009). The song was written and produced by American production team The Runaways (
Rico Love
Richard Preston Butler Jr. (born December 3, 1982), better known by his stage name Rico Love, is an American record producer, songwriter, singer, and rapper. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, but split his childhood between Milwaukee, Wiscon ...
,
Jim Jonsin
James Gregory Scheffer (born June 8, 1970), professionally known as Jim Jonsin, is an American record producer, songwriter, businessman and DJ from South Florida. Jonsin has collaborated with numerous artists, including Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, ...
,
Sam Watters
Samuel Joshua Watters (born July 23, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and record executive. Watters was a member of the multi-platinum selling 1990s R&B group Color Me Badd and co-authored many of their hits including "I ...
and
Louis Biancaniello
Louis John Biancaniello is an American songwriter and record producer.
Career
Biancaniello's skills were developed while working alongside producer Narada Michael Walden with whom he produced hits for Shanice '' I Love Your Smile'', Whitney ...
). The single was remixed to feature rapper
Pitbull
Pit bull is a term used in the United States for a type of dog descended from bulldogs and terriers, while in other countries such as the United Kingdom the term is used as an abbreviation of the American Pit Bull Terrier breed. The term was f ...
and released as the album's fourth official single in 2010, peaking at number four on the
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...
on 23 May.
Background
For its release as Burke's third single from the album, it was remixed with new instruments and featured vocals from Miami rapper
Pitbull
Pit bull is a term used in the United States for a type of dog descended from bulldogs and terriers, while in other countries such as the United Kingdom the term is used as an abbreviation of the American Pit Bull Terrier breed. The term was f ...
. "All Night Long" also served as the album's second European single.
The song was nominated for
BRIT Award
The BRIT Awards (often simply called the BRITs) are the British Phonographic Industry's annual popular music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of "British", "Britain", or "Britannia" (in the early days the awards were sponsored ...
for Best British Single.
Music video
According to a spread in ''
Look'' magazine, the music video for "All Night Long" was shot in a
Hertfordshire mansion in the UK. The video follows the theme of a pool-side party and amongst the back-up dancers it features circus performers as well as appearances from Pitbull who is featured on the single remix. In one scene Burke is seen with "a mohawk, bejewelled eye-lids and long legs in a leather jock-strap". The video was directed by Dale Resteghini aka RAGE and premiered on 27 April 2010 through
Vevo
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.
Australian TV channel
Channel 7 created a new music video for the song which used excerpts from the actual music video and some new parts from Australian dance troupe and winner of Season 4 of ''
Australia's Got Talent'',
Justice Crew.
Live performances
Burke performed the new version (minus Pitbull's vocals) on the semi-final of ''
Dancing on Ice'' on ITV1 on 21 March 2010. and the
National Lottery on 5 May 2010. She also performed on ''
Hey Hey It's Saturday'', an Australian television show, on 3 June 2010 to promote the single and the release of the album there.
Reception
''Robert Copsey'' from the entertainment website
Digital Spy gave to the song four stars out of five, saying: "Fortunately, the track - much like the video - is the very definition of a summer party stomper. Reswizzled with extra blips and beats from the album version, you'll barely have time to knock back your G&T before the urge to hit the dancefloor kicks in, largely thanks to a chorus that doesn't so much encourage you to raise your arms in the air as ''command'' it.".
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gave the song 5 stars (out of 5), saying that: "well it's just a brilliant song. It's sung brilliantly, with brilliant barking-angel harmonies and brilliant rumble-tum verses and brilliant cloudbustingly euphoric choruses. Alexandra sounds every inch the disco diva - by which I mean she sounds torn apart by the wonder of the emotions she is experiencing, even though lyrically, those emotions amount to nothing more than a simple description of meeting someone you fancy at a party.
That Grape Juice said that "I'm still waiting to hear that 'mind-blowing' track I just know Ms. Burke has in her to deliver." and
BBC Newsround
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said that "Her voice is earthy and gravelly, and really cool on this single."
Chart performance
"All Night Long" first entered the
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...
at number 98 in October 2009 following the release of ''Overcome'', before re-entering at number 59 in March 2010, following strong digital downloads. After climbing up the chart throughout April and May 2010, the single entered the top 10 on 16 May 2010 at number eight, marking Burke's fourth consecutive top-10 single. The following week, the single climbed four places to its peak of number four, beating Burke's previous single "
Broken Heels
"Broken Heels" is a song performed by British singer Alexandra Burke, released as the second single from her 2009 debut album, '' Overcome''. It was written by the Moroccan-Swedish producer RedOne, Bilal Hajji, Savan Kotecha and produced by Re ...
" which reached number eight. The single spent 25 weeks in the UK top 100. The single entered the
Irish Singles Chart at number 16 and peaked at number one, making it her third number one single in Ireland. The single entered at number 39 on the
Dutch Top 40
The Dutch Top 40 ( nl, Nederlandse Top 40) is a weekly music chart compiled by ''Stichting Nederlandse Top 40''. It started as a radio program titled "Veronica Top 40", on the offshore station Radio Veronica in 1965. It remained "The Veronica ...
and peaked at number 24. "All Night Long" first entered the Australian Charts at number 71 and four weeks later reached a peak of number 48.
Track listings
* UK CD single / Australian CD single
# "All Night Long" (featuring Pitbull)
(Richard Butler, James Scheffer, Louis Biancaniello, Sam Watters) - 3:48
# "All Night Long" (
Cahill
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"Cathal" consists of two parts: "cath" means battle; the second could be "val" (rule), so that the name as a who ...
Club Mix) - 5:56
* UK digital download
# "All Night Long" (featuring Pitbull) - 3:48
# "All Night Long" (featuring Pitbull) (Cahill Club Mix) - 5:56
# "All Night Long" (featuring Pitbull) (
Jason Nevins
Jason Nevins (born December 15, 1972) is an American songwriter, record producer and remixer, who is most widely known for his pop and dance productions, including his multi-platinum, multi-million selling production of " It's Like That" by Ameri ...
Remix) - 3:58
* German CD single
# "All Night Long" (featuring Pitbull) - 3:48
# "All Night Long" (Album Version) - 4:23
* German download
# "All Night Long" (featuring Pitbull) - 3:48
# "All Night Long" (Album Version) - 4:23
# "All Night Long" (Cahill Club Mix) - 5:56
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:All Night Long (Alexandra Burke Song)
Alexandra Burke songs
2009 songs
Pitbull (rapper) songs
Songs written by Rico Love
Songs written by Louis Biancaniello
Songs written by Sam Watters
Irish Singles Chart number-one singles
2010 singles
Syco Music singles
Songs about dancing
Songs written by Jim Jonsin
Music videos directed by Dale Resteghini