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Give Me the Night (George Benson song)

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"Give Me the Night"
Single by George Benson
from the album Give Me the Night
B-side"Dinorah, Dinorah"
ReleasedJune 1980[1]
GenrePost disco[2]
Length
  • 3:41
  • 3:50 (commercial 7-inch)
  • 4:58 (album)
  • 5:03 (12-inch alternate mix)
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Rod Temperton
Producer(s)Quincy Jones
George Benson singles chronology
"Hey Girl"
(1979)
"Give Me the Night"
(1980)
"Love X Love"
(1980)
Music video
"Give Me the Night" at YouTube

"Give Me the Night" is a 1980 song by jazz singer George Benson and is the title track to his 18th studio album Give Me the Night. It went to number 4 in the United States and New Zealand, number 7 in the United Kingdom and Switzerland, number 10 in Australia, number 15 in Ireland, number 3 in France, number 5 in South Africa and number 8 in Norway and was covered by Randy Crawford in 1995.

Track listing[change | change source]

Warner Bros. WBS 49505 (US, 7-inch)
  1. "Give Me the Night"
  2. "Dinorah, Dinorah"
Qwest/Warner Bros. K 17673 (UK, 7-inch)
  1. "Give Me the Night"
  2. "Breezin'"
Warner Bros. LV 40 (US, 12-inch)
  1. "Give Me the Night" (long version)
  2. "The World Is a Ghetto"
  3. "Breezin'"

References[change | change source]

  1. "Billboard's Top Single Picks" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 92, no. 25. June 21, 1980. p. 99. ISSN 0006-2510.
  2. Jones, Rob. "George Benson Plays 'Give Me The Night'". The Delete Bin. Retrieved May 16, 2011.