Set the Night to Music

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For the Roberta Flack album, see Set the Night to Music (album).
"Set the Night to Music"
Set the Night to Music - Starship.jpg
Single by Starship
from the album No Protection
B-side"I Don't Know Why"
ReleasedMarch 1988
GenreAdult Contemporary
Length4:12
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Diane Warren
Producer(s)Peter Wolf
Starship singles chronology
"Beat Patrol"
(1987) 		"Set the Night to Music"
(1988) 		"Wild Again"
(1988)
"Set the Night to Music"
Set the Night to Music - Roberta Flack.jpg
Single by Roberta Flack
from the album Set the Night to Music
B-side"Natural Thing"
ReleasedSeptember 1991
GenreSoul, Adult Contemporary
Length4:39
LabelAtlantic Records
Songwriter(s)Diane Warren
Producer(s)Arif Mardin
Roberta Flack singles chronology
"Shock to My System"
(1989) 		"Set the Night to Music"
(1991) 		"You Make Me Feel Brand New"
(1992)

"Set the Night to Music" is a song written by Diane Warren and recorded by Starship on their LP, No Protection (1987). It became a major hit for Roberta Flack in 1991. Starship's original version became a Top 10 hit on the U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, reaching number nine in the spring of 1988,[1] and also charted minorly in Canada.[2] The song appeared at the end credits of the 1988 fantasy-comedy film Vice Versa starring Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage

Roberta Flack cover[]

Roberta Flack covered "Set the Night to Music" as a duet with Maxi Priest. The song is the title track of Flack's album Set the Night to Music (1991).

Flack's rendition reached number six on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number nine in Canada.[3] The song was a bigger Adult Contemporary hit, reaching number two in the U.S. and number one in Canada.[4]

Personnel[]

  • Roberta Flack – lead vocals
  • Robbie Kondor – keyboards, programming, arrangements
  • Sammy Merendino – drum programming
  • Errol "Crusher" Bennett – percussion
  • Arif Mardin – string arrangements and conductor
  • Gene Orloff – concertmaster
  • Jerry Barnes – backing vocals
  • Katreese Barnes – backing vocals
  • Maxi Priest – lead vocals

Chart history[]

Weekly charts[]

Starship
Chart (1988) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles[5] 92
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[6] 9

References[]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 120.
  2. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. April 23, 1988. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
  3. ^ RPM Top Singles, November 23, 1991
  4. ^ RPM Adult Contemporary, December 7, 1991
  5. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. April 23, 1988. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 120.
  7. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  8. ^ RPM Top Singles, November 23, 1991
  9. ^ RPM Adult Contemporary, December 7, 1991
  10. ^ "Roberta Flack Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  11. ^ "Roberta Flack Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  12. ^ "Roberta Flack Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  13. ^ RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1991 Archived December 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.1706&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.1706.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.1706
  15. ^ "1992 The Year in Music" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 104 no. 52. December 26, 1992. p. YE-38. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  16. ^ Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 1992[permanent dead link]
  17. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.

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