Heat of the Night
| "Heat of the Night" | ||||
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| Single by Bryan Adams | ||||
| from the album Into the Fire | ||||
| Released | March 1987 | |||
| Recorded | September 1986 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 4:52 (album version) 6:25 (extended version) | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance | |||
| Producer(s) | Bryan Adams, Bob Clearmountain | |||
| Bryan Adams singles chronology | ||||
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"Heat of the Night" is a song written by Canadian rock musician Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance and performed by Adams. The song became the most successful song from Adams's album Into the Fire in 1987. It was released as the first single from Into the Fire and reached number 6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number 2 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
The song is also featured on Adams's 1988 live concert album Live! Live! Live! and his greatest hits albums So Far So Good and Anthology.
The song is very popular among Bryan Adams fans and it won Canadian Music Publisher's Association Rock Song Of The Year Award. According to Billboard magazine, it was the 84th most-listened-to song of the year.
Background
The song was partly inspired by the film noir classic The Third Man, starring the actor-director Orson Welles. The darkness of the lyrics was further influenced by a trip Bryan and Jim Vallance took to Berlin in March 1986, before the wall came down.[1]
Music video
Music video directed by Wayne Isham and shot in black and white. It's one of the rare songs/videos where Bryan himself plays lead guitar instead of Keith Scott to whom he usually leaves the solo work.
A shot from recording sessions is used as the cover of Adams's Into the Fire-album.
Chart positions
| Chart (1987) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA) | 25 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[2] | 35 |
| Canada RPM Top Singles | 7 |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[3] | 20 |
| Invalid chart entered Germany2 | 33 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[4] | 21 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[5] | 20 |
| Norway (VG-lista)[6] | 6 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[7] | 7 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] | 17 |
| UK Singles Chart (The Official Chart Company) | 50 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[9] | 6 |
| US Billboard Rock Tracks[9] | 2 |
| Year-end chart (1987) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[10] | 84 |
Personnel
- Bryan Adams: rhythm guitar, keyboards, vocals, backing vocals
- Jim Vallance: piano, percussion, drum programming
- Keith Scott: guitar harmonics, backing vocals
- Robbie King: organ
- Dave Taylor: bass
- Mickey Curry: drums
References
- ^ "Heat of the Night" - Jim Vallance Archived 2009-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Bryan Adams – Heat of the Night" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
- ^ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Bryan Adams" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
- ^ "Bryan Adams – Heat of the Night". Top 40 Singles.
- ^ "Bryan Adams – Heat of the Night". VG-lista.
- ^ "Bryan Adams – Heat of the Night". Singles Top 100.
- ^ "Bryan Adams – Heat of the Night". Swiss Singles Chart.
- ^ a b "Artist Chart History (singles) - Bryan Adams". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
- ^ "1987 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. 99 (52). December 26, 1987.
