This Is Your Night (song)

"This Is Your Night" is a song recorded by Dutch singer Amber. It was released on May 21, 1996 as the lead single from her debut album, of the same name. The song is written by Amber and produced by Berman Brothers. In January 1996, a promotional version of this track was released to select Rhythmic Top 40 / dance radio stations in New York and Chicago. This version, received minimal airplay before being replaced entirely with the now known "Original Edit," and was never released on any album or single.

"This Is Your Night"
Single by Amber
from the album This Is Your Night
ReleasedMay 21, 1996
Genre
Length3:58
LabelTommy Boy
Songwriter(s)
  • Amber
  • Christian Berman
Producer(s)Berman Brothers
Amber singles chronology
"This Is Your Night"
(1996)		 "Colour of Love"
(1996)
Music video
"This Is Your Night" on YouTube

"This Is Your Night" reached number one in Israel,[1] and had great success in many countries, particularly in Australia, Belgium, Japan, Lebanon, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Spain. It charted in the top 40 the United States and gained further prominence after appearing in the 1998 American comedy film, A Night at the Roxbury. In the United States pop charts, "This Is Your Night" wound up only being in the 1996 Year-end chart, although peaking just over number 25 in 1997.

Critical reception

Alex Henderson from AllMusic stated that the song is "catchy".[2] Larry Flick from Billboard wrote that "the normally hip-hop-rooted Tommy Boy dives head-first into the ongoing Euro-NRG craze with a bouncy anthem that will have folks who never get enough of La Bouche-styled rhythm twirling with ear-to-ear grins." He added, "Amber has enough charisma to push this single over the top. Production by the Berman Brothers is unflinchingly conscious of its effort to ride the bandwagon, but utilizes several cute keyboard twists to keep the listener happily engaged. Next stop, crossover radio."[3] Sun-Sentinel described it as "a chirpy, made-for-the-turntables pop number."[4]

Vibe listed "This is Your Night" at number 13 in their list of Before EDM: 30 Dance Tracks From The '90s That Changed The Game in 2013.[5] BuzzFeed placed the song at number 7 in their ranking of The 101 Greatest Dance Songs Of the '90s in 2017.[6]

Chart performance

"This Is Your Night" was a major hit on several continents. In Europe, it peaked at number 3 in Spain, number 14 in the Netherlands and number 33 in Iceland. Outside Europe, the single reached number-one in Israel in January 1997, number 3 in Japan, number 10 on the Canadian RPM Dance Chart, number 11 in Australia and number 40 in New Zealand. In the US, it went to number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 10 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play. "This Is Your Night" was awarded with a gold record in Australia, with a sale of 35,000 singles.

Music video

The music video was filmed in New York City, directed by Jeff Kennedy, and produced by Nicola Doring.[7] It premiered in October 1996. It features Amber singing in a pool wearing a glittery jewelled headpiece and surrounded by flowers floating on the water posing with "prayer hands". Other scenes features the singer performing on a bed or in front of a small mirror in a jewel box. She is also seen dancing with other dancers. In between male dancers are dancing in showering water. In the video words like "free", "forever", "true", "yeah", "girl", "night", "love" and "heart" are projected with light on the dancers. In the end Amber lies sleeping in her bed. The video was uploaded to YouTube in July 2018. By August 2020, it had more than 4,6 million views.[8]

Track listing
CD single, UK (1996)
No.TitleLength
1."This Is Your Night" (Radio Mix)3:40
2."This Is Your Night" (Berman House Mix)5:49
CD maxi, UK (1996)
No.TitleLength
1."This Is Your Night" (Radio Mix)3:40
2."This Is Your Night" (Original 12" Mix)5:40
3."This Is Your Night" (Sunday Night Mix)8:44
4."This Is Your Night" (Mousse T Mix)6:34
5."This Is Your Night" (1018 Dub)7:51
6."This Is Your Night" (DJ Enrie Dub)5:07
CD maxi, US (1996)
No.TitleLength
1."This Is Your Night" (Junior's Sunday Night Bump Mix)8:45
2."This Is Your Night" (Bermans House Mix)5:49
3."This Is Your Night" (DJ Enrie Workout Mix)9:43
4."This Is Your Night" (1018 Mix)8:27
5."This Is Your Night" (Original Edit)3:58
6."This Is Your Night" (Junior's Sunday Night Bump Dub)6:00

Charts

References

  1. Israel Top-30: 1 week at No. 1 (28 January 1997)
  2. Henderson, Alex. "Amber – This Is Your Night". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  3. "Billboard: Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  4. "PALE START FOR AMBER". Sun-Sentinel. 1997-01-26. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  5. "Before EDM: 30 Dance Tracks From The '90s That Changed The Game". Vibe. 2018-10-08.
  6. "The 101 Greatest Dance Songs Of the '90s". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  7. "Production notes". Billboard. Vol. 108 no. 43. 26 October 1996. p. 89. ISSN 0006-2510 – via EBSCOhost. Accession no. 9612197608.
  8. "Amber - This is Your Night (Official Music Video)". YouTube. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  9. "Australian-charts.com – Amber – This Is Your Night". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  10. "Ultratop.be – Amber – This Is Your Night" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  11. Canada dance peak
  12. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Amber" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  13. "Dutchcharts.nl – Amber – This Is Your Night" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  14. "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (12.12.1996-18.12.1996)" (PDF) (in Icelandic). Dagblaðið Vísir - Tónlist. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
  15. Israel Top-30: 1 week at No. 1 (28.01.1997)
  16. "Charts.nz – Amber – This Is Your Night". Top 40 Singles.
  17. "Longbored Surfer - 1996". Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  18. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020.
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