This Is Your Night (song)

"This Is Your Night"
Single by Amber
from the album This Is Your Night
B-side "Remix"
Released May 21, 1996
Format
Recorded 1996
Genre
Length 4:00
Label Tommy Boy
Songwriter(s)
  • Frank Berman
  • Christian Berman
Producer(s)
  • Frank Berman
  • Christian Berman
Amber singles chronology
"This Is Your Night"
(1996)		 "Colour of Love"
(1997)

"This Is Your Night"
(1996)		 "Colour of Love"
(1997)
Music video
"This Is Your Night" on YouTube

"This Is Your Night" is a 1996 song recorded by Dutch-German artist Amber.

Release

It was released on May 21, 1996 as the lead single from her debut album of the same name. The song reached number one in Israel,[1] and had great success in many countries, particularly in Australia, Lebanon, Belgium, the Netherlands, New Zealand, 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

Billboard wrote about the song: "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. Amber has a limited voice but 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."[2]

Amber in the "This Is Your Night" music video.

Music video

The music video was directed by Jeff Kennedy and premiered in October 1996. It features Amber singing in a pool wearing a glittery jewelled headpiece. She is 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 box. She is also seen dancing with other dancers. In between barenaked 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.

Accolades

Year Publisher Country Accolade Rank
2013 Vibe United States "Before EDM: 30 Dance Tracks From The '90s That Changed The Game"[3] 13
2017 BuzzFeed United States "The 101 Greatest Dance Songs Of the '90s"[4] 7

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1996–97) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[5] 11
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[6] 14
Canada Dance (RPM)[7] 10
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[8] 16
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[9] 14
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[10] 33
Israel (Israeli Singles Chart)[11] 1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[12] 40
Spain (AFYVE) 3
US Billboard Hot 100 24
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 10
US Billboard Mainstream Top 40 7

Year-end charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[13] 82

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[14] Gold 35,000^

Trivia

  • 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, similar in style to that of Real McCoy's "Run Away," received minimal airplay before being replaced entirely with the now known "Original Edit," and was never released on any album or single.

References

  1. ↑ Israeli Singles Chart 28.01.1997
  2. ↑ "Billboard: Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard magazine. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  3. ↑ "Before EDM: 30 Dance Tracks From The '90s That Changed The Game". Vibe. 2018-10-08.
  4. ↑ "The 101 Greatest Dance Songs Of the '90s". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  5. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Amber – This Is Your Night". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  6. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Amber – This Is Your Night" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  7. ↑ Canada dance peak
  8. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Amber" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  9. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Amber – This Is Your Night" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  10. ↑ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (12.12.1996-18.12.1996)" (PDF) (in Icelandic). Dagblaðið Vísir - Tónlist. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
  11. ↑ Israeli Singles Chart 28.01.1997
  12. ↑ "Charts.nz – Amber – This Is Your Night". Top 40 Singles.
  13. ↑ "Longbored Surfer - 1996". Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  14. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association.
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