Give Me the Night Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Whenever dark has fallen
You know the spirit of the party starts to come alive
Until the day is dawning
You can throw out all your blues and hit the city lights


[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)

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About

Genius Annotation

“Give Me the Night” was written & composed by Rod Temperton and produced by Quincy Jones.

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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Electric Piano
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Recorded At
Cherokee Recording Studios (Los Angeles)
Release Date
July 3, 1980
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