"On a Night Like This" is a song written by Doug Kahan and

Karen Staley Karen Staley (born in Weirton, West Virginia) is an American country music singer-songwriter. Staley was raised in Georgetown, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and was inspired to write songs after reading through the hymnals at her local church. S ...

, and recorded by American

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group

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. It was released in April 2001 as the second single from the album ''

''. The song reached number 4 on the ''

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chart and number 47 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Music video

The music video was directed by

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and premiered in early 2001.

Chart performance

"On a Night Like This" debuted at number 56 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Country Singles & Tracks for the chart week of May 5, 2001.

Year-end charts

References

2001 singles 2001 songs Trick Pony songs Music videos directed by Peter Zavadil Warner Records singles Songs written by Karen Staley {{2000s-country-song-stub