Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life

"Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life"
Single by Indeep
from the album Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life!
Released February 15, 1982
Format 5" single, 7" single, 12" single
Recorded 1981
Genre Post-disco[1][2]
Length 5:40 (12"/LP), 4:16(7")
Label Sound of New York/Becket Records
SNY-5102
Writer(s) Michael Cleveland
Producer(s) Mike Cleveland, Reggie Thompson
Indeep singles chronology
"Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life"
(1982)
"When Boys Talk"
(1983)

"Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life" is a song written by Michael Cleveland for American group Indeep. It features vocals from Réjane "Reggie" Magloire and Rose Marie Ramsey.

The lyrics tell the story of a woman who is bored alone at home. She wants to speak to her man, but cannot reach him and considers leaving him, until a DJ plays a hot song and thereby saves her life. In the second verse, she leaves home, but does not reach her destination. The sound of squeaky wheels suggests she has an accident, but is saved by a DJ playing a good song on the radio.

The song was mixed by Tony Humphries and released as a single in 1982, becoming the most popular and successful hit released by its record label, Sound of New York/Becket Records. In the U.S. "Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life" reached number ten on the R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart and number two on the Club Singles chart. In February 1983 it peaked at number thirteen in the United Kingdom, and in March 1983 at number two in the Dutch Top 40 and the Belgium Ultratop 50. The track appears as the third track of the namesake album released in 1983.

Rolling Stone magazine declared the song "one of the greatest songs ever written about being a girl, listening to the radio, or any combination of the two,"[3] and, in 2005, editors of Blender magazine placed it at number 406 on its 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born list. The song also provided the inspiration of the title of the book Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey (2000).

Because of the limited success of Indeep's later releases, the group's first single was its only major hit and placed it into the one-hit wonder category of artists.

Charts

Chart (1982) Peak
position
Belgium Ultratop 50 2
Dutch Top 40 2
UK Singles Chart 13
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 10
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] 103

Covers

Samplings

Other uses

"Last Nite Kambel Saved My Life"
"Last Nite Kambel Saved My Life" by DJ Kambel Vs MC Magika, from Dancemania Speed 8

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References

  1. Grow, Kory (May 2008). Gorgoroth – Why the most dangerous true Norwegian black-metal band of the decade turned on itself at the Wayback Machine (archived 10 February 2010). Revolver (68). ISSN 1527-408X. Retrieved 29 October 2013. "the post-disco classic “Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life” by early-’80s New York crew Indeep"
  2. Cinquemani, Sal (21 August 2001). "Mariah Carey – Glitter". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 26 October 2014. A cover of Indeep's 1982 post-disco classic "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" personifies Carey's ambition like no other song she's ever recorded
  3. Mariah Carey: Glitter—Music Reviews—Rolling Stone
  4. Billboard 95: 68. 5 Mar 1983. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "King Britt Presents Sylk 130 - When The Funk Hits The Fan". Discogs. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  6. "Beatport: DJ & Dance Music, Tracks & Mixes". beatport.com. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  7. Discogs, Dancemania Speed 8
  8. "Cashback (2006)". IMDb. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
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