Even the Nights Are Better

"Even the Nights Are Better" is the title of a popular song from 1982 by the British/Australian soft rock duo Air Supply, from their 1982 album Now and Forever.

"Even the Nights Are Better"
One of artworks for some territorial releases, like the US vinyl single
Single by Air Supply
from the album Now and Forever
B-side"One Step Closer"
ReleasedJune 1982
Recorded1981
GenreSoft rock[1]
Length3:57
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)J. L. Wallace, Kenneth Bell, Terry Skinner
Producer(s)Harry Maslin
Air Supply singles chronology
"I'll Never Get Enough of You"
(1981)		 "Even the Nights Are Better"
(1982)		 "Young Love"
(1982)
Music video
"Even the Nights Are Better" on YouTube

Released as a single in mid-1982, "Even the Nights Are Better" first charted in the United States on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, where it spent four weeks at No. 1 in July and August. This was Air Supply's third song to reach the summit on this chart.[2] It also reached No. 1 on the Canadian AC chart.[3] In September 1982, the song reached its peak position of No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the group's seventh consecutive top five hit on the US pop chart.[4] In the United Kingdom, where the group did not enjoy the same amount of success as they did in Australia and the US, the song reached No. 44 on the UK Singles Chart. The lyrics of this song are sung from the perspective of a man who had a significant other get away at the song's beginning, before the rest of the song's lyrics tell a much happier story from the lyricist's perspective of life with someone new who had the same feelings of loneliness as the lyricist.[5]

This song is notable for exiting the Billboard top 40 the week after it peaked, falling from No. 6 to No. 42 in September 1982. Taylor Swift has since beaten that chart phenomenon, with her song "Red" falling from No. 6 to No. 54 in October 2012.

Music video

The video for "Even the Nights Are Better" was filmed in and around the boardwalk, beach, and amusement area of Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York.

Personnel

Chart history

Cover versions

See also

References
  1. "Regina Belle, Air Supply coming for jazz". The Jamaica Observer. 12 January 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  2. Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of No. 1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
  3. Canada, Library and Archives (17 July 2013). "Image : RPM Weekly".
  4. Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  5. "UK chart info at OfficialCharts.com".
  6. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Even the Nights Are Better". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  7. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  8. "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 14, 1982". Archived from the original on 3 June 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  9. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  10. Musicoutfitters.com
  11. "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 25, 1982". Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.


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