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"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
Roberta Flack
Year-end charts [ ]
Chart (1991)
Rank
Canada RPM Top Singles[13]
67
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[14]
17
References [ ]
^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 . Record Research. p. 120.
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada" . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . April 23, 1988. Retrieved July 11, 2019 .
^ RPM Top Singles, November 23, 1991
^ RPM Adult Contemporary, December 7, 1991
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada" . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . April 23, 1988. Retrieved July 11, 2019 .
^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 . Record Research. p. 120.
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
^ RPM Top Singles, November 23, 1991
^ RPM Adult Contemporary, December 7, 1991
^ "Roberta Flack Chart History (Hot 100)" . Billboard . Retrieved August 12, 2021.
^ "Roberta Flack Chart History (Adult Contemporary)" . Billboard . Retrieved August 12, 2021.
^ "Roberta Flack Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)" . Billboard . Retrieved August 12, 2021.
^ RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1991 Archived December 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
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^ "1992 The Year in Music" (PDF) . Billboard . Vol. 104 no. 52. December 26, 1992. p. YE-38. Retrieved August 12, 2021 .
^ Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 1992 [permanent dead link ]
^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X .
External links [ ]
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