The rhythm of the night

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The rhythm of the night
corona
publication 1993
length 4:24
Genre (s) Eurodance
Author (s) Francesco Bontempi,
Annerley Emma Gordon ,
Giorgio Spagna,
Pete Glenister,
Michael Gaffey
music Francesco Bontempi
album The rhythm of the night
Cover versions
2002 Alex C. feat. Yasmin K.
2008 Hermes House Band
2012 Cascada
2013 Bastille
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
The Rhythm of the Night ( Corona )
  IT 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 03/1994 (33 weeks)
  DE 8th 06/13/1994 (25 weeks)
  AT 6th 07/24/1994 (13 weeks)
  CH 4th 05/08/1994 (28 weeks)
  UK 2 09/10/1994 (19 weeks)
  US 11 11/12/1994 (27 weeks)
Rhythm of the Night ( Alex C. feat. Yasmin K. )
  DE 28 06/17/2002 (9 weeks)
  AT 28 06/23/2002 (12 weeks)
  CH 81 07/07/2002 (6 weeks)
The Rhythm of the Night ( Hermes House Band )
  DE 55 02/15/2008 (4 weeks)
The Rhythm of the Night ( Cascada )
  DE 26th 07/06/2012 (7 weeks)
  AT 9 07/06/2012 (9 weeks)
  CH 22nd 07/08/2012 (7 weeks)
Of the Night ( Bastille )
  DE 10 December 20, 2013 (23 weeks)
  AT 17th 01/17/2014 (17 weeks)
  CH 19th December 8, 2013 (17 weeks)
  UK 2 11/30/2013 (20 weeks)

The Rhythm of the Night is a Eurodance song by the Italian band Corona from 1993. It became a worldwide hit in 1994 and paved the way for a short-lived but very successful career for the band. The song has since been covered and sampled successfully several times .

history

The song was written in 1993 by Giorgio Spagna (the brother of Ivana Spagna ), Francesco Bontempi and Annerley Gordon and produced by Lee Marrow (the stage name of Bontempi, also known under the pseudonyms Checco and Soul Train ). It borrows some elements (including the melodies of the verses) from the song Save Me by the band Say When! , whose authors Pete Glenister and Michael Gaffey were also listed in the credits. The vocals were provided by Giovanna Bersola (known as Jenny B , she was the singer on Playahitty at the time ), but she was neither mentioned in the credits nor did she appear in the music video. Instead, the model Olga de Souza was hired as the face of Corona.

The song was released on November 4, 1993, initially only in Italy (on the DWA label by Roberto Zanetti ), Spain (with Blanco y Negro Music ), Germany (with ZYX Music ) and Greece (with ToCo International ). It rose in the third chart week in 1994 to 13th place in the Italian charts of M & D and reached in the fifth week, the top position . It stayed there for eight weeks. It was placed for a total of 33 weeks.

After the initial success in Italy, an international publication followed. At the same time, several remix versions were released, including the Space Remix with additional rap parts by Ice MC . The first country to be placed in the chart was France, where it rose to number 27 in early March 1994. Various other countries around the world followed. In Great Britain and the Canadian dance charts, the song was able to reach second place, in France, Ireland and Spain third place. Another number one placement was not achieved outside of Italy.

After the song disappeared from the British charts again at the end of January 1995 , the follow-up single Baby Baby was released in March 1995 , which was only able to build on the success of its predecessor in a few countries (including her home country and Great Britain).

Cover versions

Awards for music sales

country Awards Sales
AustraliaAustralia Australia goldgold gold 35,000
GermanyGermany Germany goldgold gold 300,000
FranceFrance France goldgold gold 300,000
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom platinumplatinum Platinum 600,000
All in all 3x goldgold gold

1x platinumplatinum Platinum

1,235,000

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Chart sources Corona: DE AT CH UK US
  2. ↑ Chart sources Alex C. feat. Yasmin K .: DE AT CH
  3. ↑ Chart sources Hermes House Volume: DE
  4. ↑ Chart sources Cascada: DE AT CH
  5. ↑ Chart sources Bastille: DE AT CH UK
  6. ↑ GEMA database
  7. ↑ Corona - Rhythm of the Night at Discogs , accessed on January 4, 2018
  8. ↑ M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on January 4, 2018 (Italian, paid subscription access).
  9. ↑ Top 10 Canadian Music Charts from RPM Magazine, June 20, 1994, accessed January 4, 2018
  10. ^ The Rhythm of the Night by Corona in the French charts
  11. ↑ Database of the Irish Charts ( Memento of the original of July 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / irishcharts.ie
  12. ^ Fernando Salaverri: Sólo éxitos: año año, 1959-2002 . 1st edition. Fundación Author, Madrid 2005, ISBN 84-8048-639-2 .
  13. ↑ The Rhythm of the Night by the Hermes House Band in the French charts
  14. ↑ The Rhythm of the Night by Miguel Picasso in the Spanish charts
  15. ↑ The Rhythm of the Night by Chris Garcia in the French charts
  16. ↑ Gold for The Rhythm of the Night in Australia
  17. ^ Gold for The Rhythm of the Night in Germany
  18. ↑ php gold for The Rhythm of the Night in France
  19. ^ Platinum for The Rhythm of the Night in Great Britain