"Boogie Nights" is a 1976 single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 by the British-based funk

Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...

-disco

Disco

Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...

 group Heatwave

Heatwave (band)

Heatwave was an international funk/disco musical band featuring Americans Johnnie Wilder, Jr. and Keith Wilder of Dayton, Ohio, Englishman Rod Temperton , Swiss Mario Mantese , Czechoslovak Ernest "Bilbo" Berger , Jamaican Eric Johns and Briton Roy Carter .They were known for their successful...

. It was the group's debut single and was written by Rod Temperton

Rod Temperton

Rodney Lynn "Rod" Temperton is an English songwriter, record producer and musician most famous for writing a number of songs performed by Michael Jackson, including the title track of Jackson's Thriller, the biggest-selling album of all time.-Biography:As Temperton remembers music was in his bones...

. It was included on Heatwave's debut album, Too Hot to Handle. The American actor and singer Clarke Peters

Clarke Peters

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 performed backing vocals on the song.

The song became one of the best-known disco songs by a British group and charted at #2 in both the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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 as well as the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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. It also appeared on U.S. Billboard R&B

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

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 and dance

Hot Dance Club Play

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 charts during 1977.

The song has been covered

Cover version

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 many times by artists such as KC and the Sunshine Band

KC and the Sunshine Band

KC and the Sunshine Band is an American musical group. Founded in 1973 in Miami, Florida, their style has included funk, R&B, and disco. Their most well known songs include the disco hits "That's the Way ", " Shake Your Booty", "I'm Your Boogie Man", "Keep It Comin' Love", "Get Down Tonight", "Give...

, Will to Power

Will to Power (band)

Will to Power is the name of an American dance-pop group that originated in southern Florida in the mid-1980s. The group recorded a number of hit singles on the Billboard dance and pop charts in the late 1980s and early 1990s, most notably "Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley", a medley of 1970s...

, 911

911 (band)

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 and The Weather Girls. British boy-band Blue

Blue (boy band)

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 also performed the song in their live shows.

The song made an appearance in the 1978 film Eyes of Laura Mars

Eyes of Laura Mars

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.

Heatwave version

Chart (1977)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	2
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	5
U.S. Billboard Disco Action Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...	36

Sonia version

In 1992, British singer Sonia released a version of the song, produced by Mark Taylor

Mark Taylor (record producer)

Mark Taylor is a Grammy Award winning British record producer and songwriter. Having sold over 50 million records, he has produced and written for artists such as Cher, Enrique Iglesias, Britney Spears, Diana Ross, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Kylie Minogue, and Lady Gaga...

 and Tracy Ackerman for Sonia's third studio album Better the Devil You Know

Better the Devil You Know (album)

Better the Devil You Know is the third album by British pop star Sonia.Released in May 1993, the album followed Sonia's appearance in the Eurovision Song Contest. The previous year, Sonia had been selected to be the UK representative and she performed all eight songs in the Song for Europe...

in 1993. The song was released in September 1992 and peaked at #30 in the UK Charts. The single's B-side was "My Light" which also appeared on the album.

Formats and track listings

Cassette Single

1. "Boogie Nights" - 3:40
2. "My Light" - 3:55

CD Single

1. "Boogie Nights" - 3:40
2. "Boogie Nights" (Extended Mix) - 5:42
3. "My Light" - 3:55

7" Single

1. "Boogie Nights" - 3:40
2. "My Light" - 3:55

12" Single

1. "Boogie Nights" (Extended Mix) - 5:42
2. "Boogie Nights" (Dub Mix)
3. "My Light" - 3:55

External links

• Heatwave U.S. 7" single release info Discogs