Nights In White Satin by jomel77

jomel77 - Nights In White Satin

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Jul 08, 2024 12:46am

"Nights in White Satin" is a song by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the Moody Blues</a>, written and composed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Hayward" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Justin Hayward</a>. It was first featured as the segment "The Night" on the album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_Future_Passed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Days of Future Passed</a>. When first released as a single in 1967, it reached number 19 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UK Singles Chart</a> and number 103 in the United States in 1968. It was the first significant chart entry by the band since "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_Now" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Go Now</a>" and its recent lineup change, in which <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denny_Laine" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Denny Laine</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Warwick" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Clint Warwick</a> had resigned and both Hayward and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lodge_(musician)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">John Lodge</a> had joined.When reissued in 1972, the single hit number two in the US for two weeks on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billboard</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hot 100</a> (behind "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Can_See_Clearly_Now" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">I Can See Clearly Now</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Nash" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Johnny Nash</a>) and hit number one on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashbox_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cash Box</a> Top 100, making it the band's most successful single in the US. It earned a gold <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_certification" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">certification</a> for sales of over a million US copies (platinum certification was not instituted until 1976). It also hit number one in Canada. After two weeks at #2, it was replaced by "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27d_Love_You_to_Want_Me" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">I'd Love You to Want Me</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobo_(musician)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lobo</a>. It reached its highest UK position this year at number 9. Although the song did not enter the official New Zealand chart, it reached number five on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_Listener" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New Zealand Listener</a>'s chart compiled from the readers' votes in 1973.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nights_in_White_Satin#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[5]</a> The 1972 single release of "Nights in White Satin" was inducted into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Hall_of_Fame" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grammy Hall of Fame</a> in 1999.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nights_in_White_Satin#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[6]</a>The song enjoyed a recurring chart presence in the following decades. It charted again in the UK and Ireland in 1979 reaching numbers 14 and 8, respectively. The song charted again in 2010, reaching number 51 in the British Official Singles Charts.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nights_in_White_Satin#cite_note-OfficialSinglesCharts-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[7]</a> It has also been <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_version" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">covered</a> by numerous other artists, most notably <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_Moroder" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Giorgio Moroder</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkie_Brooks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Elkie Brooks</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_(singer)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sandra</a>, and has been used in a variety of cultural mediums, including commercials and films.