A Night to Remember (Shalamar song)
"A Night to Remember" is a song by the American R&B group Shalamar. It was released in 1982 as the second single from their sixth studio album, Friends. The song was written by Nidra Beard of Dynasty, Dana Meyers and Charmaine Sylvers of the Sylvers. Jody Watley and Howard Hewett share lead vocals on the song.
911 version
The English boy band 911 covered "A Night to Remember" and released it on April 29, 1996, as the lead single from their debut album, The Journey. Their version peaked at number 38 on the UK Singles Chart.Liberty X version
English-Irish pop group Liberty X covered "A Night to Remember" and released it as the second single from their third studio album, X album)|X]. The single was released in the UK on November 14, 2005, as the official Children in Need 2005 charity single, charting at number six on the UK Singles Chart.Track listings
UK CD1- "A Night to Remember" – 3:02
- "Everybody Dance" – 3:07
- "A Night to Remember" – 5:07
- "Everybody Dance" – 5:03
- "A Holy Night" – 3:12
- "A Night to Remember"
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- "A Night to Remember"
- "Everybody Dance"
- "Song 4 Lovers"
Popular culture
- The Shalamar recording is also famously associated with the introduction of the moonwalk dance by Shalamar member Jeffrey Daniel on the UK music show Top of the Pops in June 1982, several months before Michael Jackson performed the move on the Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever television special.
- For the season 3 finale of Girlfriends, the dance scene at the end of the episode originally aired with the Shalamar version of this song as background music, though for streaming and DVD releases, the rights to this song couldn't be secured.
- In the UK, this song has also been used for a television advert featuring the Harvester restaurant chain.