[Chorus] 'Cause there's music in the air And lots of lovin' everywhere So gimme the night (Give me, give me) (Alright, tonight) Gimme the night (Give me, give me) (Every night)
[Verse 2] You need the evening action (Ba-dubadub-dubadub-dubadub) A place to dine, a glass of wine, a little late romance It's a chain reaction (Ba-dubadub-dubadub-dubadub) You'll see the people of the world coming out to dance
[Chorus] 'Cause there's music in the air And lots of lovin' everywhere So gimme the night (Give me, give me) (Every night) Gimme the night (Give me, give me) (Alright, tonight)
[Bridge] So come on out tonight and we'll lead the others On a ride through paradise And if you feel all right Then we can be lovers 'cause I see that starlight Look in your eyes Don't you know we can fly?
[Chorus] Just gimme the night (Give me, give me) (Alright, tonight) Gimme the night (Give me, give me) (Every night)
[Chorus] 'Cause there's music in the air And lots of lovin' everywhere So gimme the night (Give me, give me) (Every night) Gimme the night (Give me, give me) (Alright, tonight)
[Bridge] So come on out tonight and we'll lead the others On a ride through paradise And if you feel all right Then we can be lovers 'cause I see that starlight look in your eyes Don't you know we can fly?
[Verse 5] And if we stay together (Ba-dubadub-dubadub-dubadub) We'll feel the rhythm of the evening taking us up high Never mind the weather (Ba-dubadub-dubadub-dubadub) We'll be dancing in the street until the morning light
[Outro] 'Cause there's music in the air And lots of lovin' everywhere So gimme the night (Give me, give me) (Alright, tonight) Gimme the night (Give me, give me) (Alright, tonight) Gimme the night (Give me, give me) (Alright, tonight) Gimme the night (Give me, give me) (Alright, tonight) Gimme the night (Give me, give me) (Alright, tonight) Gimme the night (Give me, give me) (Alright, tonight) Gimme the night (Give me, give me) (Alright, tonight) So, gimme the night (Give me, give me) (Alright, tonight) 'Cause there's music in the air And lots of lovin' everywhere So gimme the night (Give me, give me) (Alright, tonight) Gimme the night (Give me, give me) (Alright, tonight) Gimme the night (Give me, give me) (Alright, tonight) Gimme the night (Give me, give me) (Alright, tonight) 'Cause there's music in the air And lots of lovin' everywhere So gimme the night (Give me, give me) (We can reach the stars if we try) (Alright, tonight) (Feelin' free, just groove me tonight) (Alright, tonight) (Give me, give me) (We can reach the stars if we try) (Give me, give me) (Alright, tonight) (Feelin' free, just groove me tonight) 'Cause there's music in the air And lots of lovin' everywhere So gimme the night (Give me, give me) (We can reach the stars if we try) (Alright, tonight) (Feelin' free, just groove me tonight) (Alright, tonight) (Give me, give me) (We can reach the stars if we try) (Give me, give me) (Alright, tonight) (Feelin' free, just groove me tonight) 'Cause there's music in the air And lots of lovin' everywhere So gimme the night (Give me, give me) (We can reach the stars if we try) (Alright, tonight) (Feelin' free, just groove me tonight)
The song peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped Billboard’s R&B Singles chart for three weeks in September of 1980, making it George Benson’s first of two number-one hits on the R&B chart. It also reached the top 10 in the UK and won him a Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male.
Patti Austin provided the backing & scat vocals on the song as well.
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