"Nights Are Forever" is a song written by composer

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and lyricist

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that was produced by James Newton Howard and performed by

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for the 1983 anthology film '' Twilight Zone: The Movie''. The single became the follow-up to her duet with Joe Cocker, "

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". "Nights Are Forever" is heard very briefly during the jukebox scene in the segment of the film that was written and directed by

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and starred

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Critical reception

"Nights Are Forever" received praise twice from '' Billboard'' magazine. In their review of the single, the editors described it as "a simple, light-rock love song that shows off the clear purity of Warnes' voice and the deft production skills of Botnick and Howard." In their review of the soundtrack of ''Twilight Zone: The Movie'', they called it "excellent".

Release and commercial performance

The song began its 4 weeks "

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" the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the issue dated July 2 of that year and peaked at 105. The July 23 issue marked its first appearance on the magazine's list of the 50 most popular

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songs in the U.S., where it got as high as number 8 over the course of its 16 weeks there..

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes for the original ''Twilight Zone: The Movie'' soundtrack album: *

– vocals * Bruce Botnick – recorded by, producer * James Newton Howard – arranger, producer *Rik Pekkonen – mixdown engineer *

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– backing vocals * Joseph Williams – backing vocals

Charts

References

Bibliography

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External links

Twilight Zone: The Movie, Original Soundtrack
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