Set the Night to Music

"Set the Night to Music" is a song written by Diane Warren and recorded by Starship on their LP, No Protection (1987). It became a major hit for Roberta Flack in 1991. Starship's original version became a Top 10 hit on the U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, reaching number nine in the spring of 1988,[1] and also charted minorly in Canada.[2]

For the Roberta Flack album, see Set the Night to Music (album).
"Set the Night to Music"
Single by Starship
from the album No Protection
B-side"I Don't Know Why"
ReleasedMarch 1988
GenreAdult Contemporary
Length4:12
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Diane Warren
Producer(s)Peter Wolf
Starship singles chronology
"Beat Patrol"
(1987)		 "Set the Night to Music"
(1988)		 "Wild Again"
(1988)
"Set the Night to Music"
Single by Roberta Flack
from the album Set the Night to Music
B-side"Natural Thing"
ReleasedSeptember 1991
GenreSoul, Adult Contemporary
Length4:39
LabelAtlantic Records
Songwriter(s)Diane Warren
Producer(s)Arif Mardin
Roberta Flack singles chronology
"Shock to My System"
(1989)		 "Set the Night to Music"
(1991)		 "You Make Me Feel Brand New"
(1992)

Roberta Flack cover

Roberta Flack covered "Set the Night to Music" as a duet with Maxi Priest. The song is the title track of Flack's album Set the Night to Music (1991).

Flack's rendition reached number six on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number nine in Canada.[3] The song was a bigger Adult Contemporary hit, reaching number two in the U.S. and number one in Canada.[4]

Chart history

Weekly charts
Starship
Chart (1988) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles[5] 92
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[6] 9

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 120.
  2. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1988-04-23. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  3. RPM Top Singles, November 23, 1991
  4. RPM Adult Contemporary, December 7, 1991
  5. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1988-04-23. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  6. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 120.
  7. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  8. RPM Top Singles, November 23, 1991
  9. RPM Adult Contemporary, December 7, 1991
  10. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  11. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 88.
  12. Top 40 Database
  13. RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1991 Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
  14. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.1706&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.1706.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.1706
  15. Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 1992
  16. Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
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