"Boogie Nights" is a 1977
single
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by international
funk-
disco group
Heatwave
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. It was written by keyboardist
Rod Temperton
Rodney Lynn Temperton (9 October 1949 – 25 September 2016) was an English songwriter, producer and musician.
Temperton was the keyboardist and main songwriter for the 1970s pop music, disco and funk band Heatwave, writing songs including " ...
and was included on Heatwave's debut album, ''
Too Hot to Handle''. Harpist Carla Skanger (a pseudonym of
Sheila Bromberg of the London Symphony Orchestra) played harp and American actor and singer
Clarke Peters
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performed backing vocals on the recording.
History
The song became one of the best-known disco songs by a British group and charted at #2 on the
UK Singles Chart
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. In the US, "Boogie Nights" also peaked at #2 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 behind "
You Light Up My Life" by
Debby Boone
Deborah Anne Boone (born September 22, 1956) is an American singer, author, and actress. She is best known for her 1977 hit, " You Light Up My Life", which spent ten weeks at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and led to her winning the ...
. It appeared on US ''Billboard''
R&B and
dance charts during 1977. "Boogie Nights" reached #1 in
New Zealand
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. The single was certified platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
In the United Kingdom, the song was #2, and entered on March 5, 1977, only behind
Leo Sayer
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Sayer launched his career in the United Kingdom ...
with "
When I Need You
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".
"Boogie Nights" has been
covered
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many times by artists such as
KC and the Sunshine Band,
Will to Power
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,
911
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and
The Weather Girls
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. British boy-band
Blue
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also performed the tune in their live shows.
The song made an appearance in the films ''
Eyes of Laura Mars
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,'' ''
Summer of Sam
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'' and ''
The Stud'', though it was not featured in the 1997 film titled after it: ''
Boogie Nights''. Apparently the group's lead singer,
Johnnie Wilder Jr., a devout born-again Christian, refused to allow the use of the recording in the film because the song was about
dancing
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, not
pornography, while the film was about the latter.
Aaron Judge
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, right-fielder for the
New York Yankees
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, famously uses the song as his walk-up.
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Sales and certifications
Sonia version
In 1992, British singer
Sonia
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recorded her take on the song, produced by
Mark Taylor and
Tracy Ackerman
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for her third studio album, ''
Better the Devil You Know
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'', in 1993. It was released in August 1992 and peaked at #30 on the
UK Singles Chart
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in September.
Official Singles Chart Top 75 (06 September 1992 – 12 September 1992)
/ref> The single's B-side is "My Light", which also appears on the album.
Track listings
Cassette and 7-inch single
# "Boogie Nights" – 3:40
# "My Light" – 3:55
CD single
# "Boogie Nights" – 3:40
# "Boogie Nights" (extended mix) – 5:42
# "My Light" – 3:55
12-inch single
# "Boogie Nights" (extended mix) – 5:42
# "Boogie Nights" (dub mix)
# "My Light" – 3:55
References
External links
Heatwave U.S. 7" single release info at Discogs
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1977 singles
1992 singles
Heatwave (band) songs
Will to Power (band) songs
Sonia (singer) songs
Number-one singles in New Zealand
Songs written by Rod Temperton
1976 songs
GTO Records singles
Songs about dancing
Songs about nights