"Give Me All Night" is the second single from

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's 13th studio album '' Coming Around Again'' (1987). The song was co-written by Simon with Gerard McMahon and produced by

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. An accompanying

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was filmed on

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and featured drummer Rick Marotta. The song is one of Simon's biggest

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hits, and has been included on multiple compilations of her work, such as the three-disc box set ''

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'' (1995), the UK import '' The Very Best of Carly Simon: Nobody Does It Better'' (1998), the two-disc retrospective ''

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'' (2002), the single-disc '' Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits'' (2004), and Sony Music's '' Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon'' (2014). Simon also performed the song on her 1987

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concert special '' Live from Martha's Vineyard.''

Reception

"Give Me All Night" peaked at No. 61 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming Simon's 21st entry on this chart, where it spent 12 weeks. It was even more successful on ''

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, peaking at No. 5 and charting for 17 weeks. The song was a minor hit in

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, and charted at No. 87. It also charted in

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, peaking at No. 14. ''

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'' called it a "gentle and richly melodic ballad."

Track listings and formats

;7" single (US) # "Give Me All Night" – 3:56 # "Sleight Of Hand" – 3:26 ;7" single (UK) # "Give Me All Night" – 4:02 # "Two Hot Girls (On A Hot Summer Night)" – 4:51

Personnel

* Carly Simon – lead vocals, backing vocals * Peter-John Vettese – keyboards * Hugh McCracken – guitars * Tony Levin – bass * Russ Kunkel – drums *

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– LinnDrum * Jimmy Bralower – percussion

Charts

References

External links

Carly Simon's Official Website
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