This Is My Night

"This Is My Night"
Single by Chaka Khan
from the album I Feel for You
B-side "Caught in the Act"
Released 1985 (1985)
Genre Hi-NRG, dance, electro, synthpop
Length 3:56 (7" version)
6:11 (12" version)
4:38 (Album version)
Label Warner Bros.
Writer(s) Mic Murphy, David Frank
Producer(s) Arif Mardin
Chaka Khan singles chronology
"I Feel for You"
(1984)
"This Is My Night"
(1985)
"Through the Fire"
(1985)

"This Is My Night" is a song by Chaka Khan from the album I Feel for You. The song went to number one for one week on the Billboard dance chart in 1985.[1] The single also peaked at #60 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #11 on the R&B chart.[2]

"This Is My Night" was written by Mic Murphy and David Frank and produced by Arif Mardin.

A variation of the song was used by HBO as its theme music for Next On bumpers and promos from May to November 1985.

Chart positions

Chart (1985) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 60
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 1
US Billboard Hot Black Singles 11

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 144.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 321.

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Preceded by
"Sugar Walls" by Sheena Easton
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
March 2, 1985
Succeeded by
"New Attitude" / "Axel F" by Patti LaBelle / Harold Faltermeyer
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