"Even the Nights Are Better" is the song from 1982 by the British/Australian

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duo

Air Supply Air Supply is a soft rock duo formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1975. It consists of Englishman Graham Russell (vocals, guitar) and Australian Russell Hitchcock (vocals). They had a succession of hits worldwide, including eight top-five hit ...

, from their 1982 album '' Now and Forever''.

Background

The lyrics of this song are sung from the perspective of a man who had a significant other get away at the song's beginning before the rest of the song's lyrics tell a much happier story from the lyricist's perspective of life with someone new who had the same feelings of loneliness as the lyricist.

Music video

The video for "Even the Nights Are Better" was filmed in and around the

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, beach, and amusement area of

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, Brooklyn, New York.

Personnel

Russell Hitchcock Russell Charles Hitchcock (born 15 June 1949) is an Australian musician and lead vocalist of the soft rock duo Air Supply. Early life Born in Melbourne, Hitchcock attended South Brunswick State School, and later studied at Princes Hill High ...

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Graham Russell Graham Cyril Russell (born 11 June 1950) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, producer and guitarist of the soft rock duo Air Supply. In 1975, with Russell Hitchcock, he formed Air Supply in Australia. The duo have been singing and p ...

- vocals,

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Chart history

Released as a single in mid-1982, "Even the Nights Are Better" first charted in the United States on the ''

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, where it spent four weeks at No. 1 in July and August. This was Air Supply's third song to reach the summit on this chart. It also reached No. 1 on the Canadian AC chart. In September 1982, the song reached its peak position of No. 5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming the group's seventh consecutive top five hit on the US pop chart. In the United Kingdom, where the group did not enjoy the same amount of success as they did in Australia and the US, the song reached No. 44 on the

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Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Cover versions

The song has been covered by

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on her 1991 album '' Yes I Do'', by

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and

Piolo Pascual Piolo Jose Nonato Pascual (, born January 12, 1977) is a Filipino film and television actor, singer, model, and producer. Early life Piolo Jose Nonato Pascual was born on January 12, 1977, in Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center located in Malate ...

for the TV series ''

Since I Found You "Since i Found You" is a song written by Radney Foster and Bill Lloyd, and recorded by American country music duo Sweethearts of the Rodeo. It was released in July 1986 as the second single from the album '' Sweethearts of the Rodeo''. The song ...

'' in 2018 and by Suy Galvez and

Brenan Espartinez Brenan Espartinez is a Filipino singer and former child actor. Music career Brenan Espartinez started singing at an early age. He used to sing the theme song of ''Bayani'', an educational show aired on ABS-CBN in the early 1990s. At age 15, he ...

in 2015. It was also covered by

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and

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References

1982 singles Air Supply songs 1982 songs Arista Records singles Song recordings produced by Harry Maslin Anne Murray songs Songs written by J. L. Wallace Songs written by Terry Skinner 1980s ballads Songs about nights {{1980s-pop-song-stub