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1967 single past The Moody Blues

"Nights in White Satin"
The Moody Blues.jpg

French single sleeve
Single by The Moody Blues
from the album Days of Time to come Passed
B-side "Cities"
Released 10 Nov 1967 (1967-11-10)
Recorded 8 October 1967
Genre
  • Symphonic stone[1] [2]
  • proto-prog[3]
  • pop[3]
Length
  • seven:38 (Album version)
  • iii:06 (Single version #1)
  • iv:26 (Unmarried version #2)
Label Deram
Songwriter(south) Justin Hayward
Producer(s) Tony Clarke
The Moody Blues singles chronology
"Dearest and Beauty"
(1967) 		"Nights in White Satin"
(1967) 		"Tuesday Afternoon"
(1968)
Audio sample

"Nights in White Satin"

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"Nights in White Satin" is a song by the Moody Blues, written and composed by Justin Hayward. It was first featured as the segment "The Night" on the album Days of Hereafter Passed. When first released as a single in 1967, it reached number 19 on the Britain Singles Chart and number 103 in the United States in 1968. It was the first significant nautical chart entry by the band since "Go Now" and its contempo lineup change, in which Denny Laine and Clint Warwick had resigned and both Hayward and John Society had joined.

When reissued in 1972, the single hit number two in the Us for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 (behind "I Tin can See Conspicuously Now" past Johnny Nash) and hit number 1 on the Cash Box Elevation 100, making it the ring's most successful single in the United States. Information technology earned a gold certification for sales of over a 1000000 Usa copies (platinum certification was non instituted until 1976). It also hit number one in Canada. After 2 weeks at #2, it was replaced by "I'd Love You lot to Desire Me" by Lobo. Information technology reached its highest Great britain position this year at number nine. Although the song did not enter the official New Zealand chart, information technology reached #5 on the New Zealand Listener 'due south nautical chart compiled from the readers' votes in 1973.[4]

The vocal enjoyed a recurring chart presence in the following decades. It charted over again in the UK and Ireland in 1979 reaching #14 and #eight, respectively. The song charted over again in 2010, reaching number 51 in the British Official Singles Charts.[5] It has also been covered by numerous other artists, near notably Giorgio Moroder, Elkie Brooks, and Sandra.

Production [edit]

Ring member Justin Hayward wrote and equanimous the song at age 19 while touring in Belgium[6] and titled the song later on a girlfriend gave him a gift of satin bedsheets. The song itself was a tale of a yearning dear from afar, which leads many aficionados to term it as a tale of unrequited love endured by Hayward. Hayward said of the song, "It was just some other song I was writing and I thought it was very powerful. It was a very personal song and every note, every give-and-take in it means something to me and I establish that a lot of other people have felt that very same way almost it."[7]

The London Festival Orchestra provided the orchestral accompaniment for the introduction, the final rendition of the chorus, and the "final lament" section, all of which were in the original album version. The "orchestral" sounds in the main trunk of the song were actually produced by Mike Pinder'due south Mellotron keyboard device,[eight] which would come to define the "Moody (Dejection)'south signature audio".[9]

The song is written in the cardinal of Due east pocket-size[10] and features the Neapolitan chord (F).[11]

Single releases [edit]

The 2 unmarried versions of the song were both stripped of the orchestral and "Late Lament" poetry sections of the LP version. The beginning edited version, with the songwriter's credit shown as "Redwave", was a jerky-sounding iii:06 version of the LP recording with very noticeable chopped parts. However, many versions of the single are listed on the labels at 3:06, but in fact are closer to the later version of 4:26.

Some versions, instead of catastrophe common cold as well-nigh do, segue briefly into the symphonic second one-half ("Late Lament") and, in fact, run for 4:33 (but are also listed on the label as 3:06). For the second edited version (with the vocal's writing credited to Hayward), the early parts of the song were kept intact, ending early at 4:26. Almost single versions were backed with a non-LP B-side, "Cities".

Although information technology only had limited commercial success on its beginning release, the song has since garnered much critical acclaim, ranking number 36 in BBC Radio 2's "Sold on Song Meridian 100" list.

Cash Box said that the "intense mood of the funk orchestration serves up an atmosphere that penetrates to the very core of this depressed love carol" and praised the "terrific instrumental pause and a searing vocal."[12]

"Tardily Lament" [edit]

The spoken-word poem heard well-nigh the six-minute marking of the album version of the vocal is called "Belatedly Lament". Drummer Graeme Edge wrote the verses, which were recited by keyboardist Mike Pinder. On Days of Future Passed, the verse form's last five lines bracket the album and likewise appear at the stop of track 1 ("The Day Begins").

While it has been commonly known as part of "Nights in White Satin" with no separate credit on the original LP, "Belatedly Complaining" was given its own listing on the two-LP compilation This Is The Moody Blues in 1974 and again in 1987 (without its parent song) on another compilation, Prelude. Both compilations characteristic the track in a slightly unlike form than on Days of Future Passed, giving both spoken and instrumental tracks an echo effect. The orchestral ending is kept intact, but mastering engineers edited out the gong (struck by Mike Pinder) that closes the rail on the original LP.

From 1992 through the early on 2000s, the Moody Blues toured with shows backed by live orchestras. When with orchestral accompaniment, they often took the opportunity to include "Late Lament" in the performance of "Nights in White Satin". On these occasions, Edge recited information technology himself, since Pinder had left the band.

Personnel [edit]

  • Justin Hayward – acoustic guitar, lead vocals
  • Ray Thomas – flute, bankroll vocals
  • Mike Pinder – Mellotron, bankroll vocals, narration (on "Late Lament"), gong
  • John Lodge – bass, bankroll vocals
  • Graeme Border – drums, backing vocals, percussion
Additional personnel
  • Peter Knight and the London Festival Orchestra – orchestral arrangements

Charts [edit]

Weekly charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

Sandra version [edit]

"Nights in White Satin"
Nights in White Satin - Sandra.jpg
Single by Sandra
from the album Fading Shades
Released April 1995
Genre Pop
Length 3:35
Label Virgin
Songwriter(s) Justin Hayward
Producer(southward) Michael Cretu
Sandra singles chronology
"Maria Magdalena"
(1993) 		"Nights in White Satin"
(1995) 		"Won't Run Away"
(1995)
Music video
"Nights in White Satin" on YouTube

A comprehend version of "Nights in White Satin" was released past the German singer Sandra on her 6th studio album Fading Shades (1995). Her version was produced by Michael Cretu.

The song was released as the lead single off Fading Shades in the spring of 1995 and failed to match the success of Sandra'due south previous singles. The song only reached #86 in Germany, becoming her to the lowest degree successful lead unmarried in that location to date, and #34 in New Zealand, where it remains her only charting single. It fared much better in State of israel where it peaked at number 1, and was a Top-xx hit in Finland, and a top 10 airplay striking in Poland.[33]

The music video, directed by Affections Hart, showed but shut-ups of Sandra'due south face equally she was pregnant at the time. A still from the video was after used on the Fading Shades anthology cover. The music video was released on Sandra'southward 2003 DVD The Complete History.[34]

Formats and track listings [edit]

  • CD maxi single
  1. "Nights in White Satin" (Radio Edit) — 3:35
  2. "Nights in White Satin" (Gild Mix) — 6:05
  3. "Nights in White Satin" (Techno Mix) — 5:29
  4. "Nights in White Satin" (Jungle Mix) — 6:09
  5. "Nights in White Satin" (Dub Version) — 4:02
  • 12" maxi single
A1. "Nights in White Satin" (Gild Mix) — 6:05
A2. "Nights in White Satin" (Techno Mix) — five:29
B1. "Nights in White Satin" (Jungle Mix) — half dozen:09
B2. "Nights in White Satin" (Dub Version) — 4:02

Charts [edit]

Chart (1995) Pinnacle
position
Australia (ARIA)[35] 163
Germany (Official German language Charts)[36] 86
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[37] 34

Elkie Brooks Version [edit]

  • Elkie Brooks recorded the song for her 1982 album Pearls II
Nautical chart (1982) Peak
position 		Ref.
IRMA Irish Singles Charts xiv [38]
Great britain Singles Chart (OCC) 33 [39]
  • 7 Unmarried UK and Ireland
A. Nights In White Satin 4:35
B. Lilac Wine (Alive Recording) 6:08
  • 7 Single Promo
A. Nights In White Satin iv:35
B. Lilac Wine (Live Recording) 6:08
  • 7 Single New Zealand and Commonwealth of australia
A. Nights In White Satin iv:37
B. Thank You For The Lite 3:31
  • 7 Single Espana
A. Nights In White Satin 4:35
B. Lilac Wine (Live Recording) six:08

Other cover versions [edit]

  • German singer Juliane Werding covered the song in German as "Wildes Wasser" for her 1973 album Mein Proper noun ist Juliane. The single reached #forty in Frg.[twoscore]
  • Giorgio Moroder recorded the song every bit "Knights in White Satin" for a 1976 album of the same name. His embrace reached #44 on the Walloon singles chart in Belgium.[41] Moroder too recorded another version with Joe Bean Esposito for the 1983 album Solitary Men.
  • Los Angeles punk rock ring the Dickies recorded a cover of the vocal for their 1979 LP Dawn of the Dickies. Released as a single, information technology charted in the elevation twoscore on the Great britain singles charts.[42]
  • The group Il Divo released their comprehend "Nights in White Satin (notte di luce)" on the 2006 album Siempre. Their version reached #81 in Switzerland.[43]
  • A embrace past the Dutch singer Erwin Nyhoff reached the pinnacle 5 in holland in 2012.[44]
  • A cover past American singer Jennifer Rush in her 1995 album Out of my hands produced past Jürgen Fritz.
  • Rachael Leahcar recorded a cover of the song for her debut album Falling star (2012). The song reached #43 in Commonwealth of australia.[45]
  • Olav Stedje and Ole Brum's orchestra covered the song in Norwegian as "Snøkvite blomar" for their 1977 album Heime igjen.

Theme park attraction and other uses [edit]

The work was reinterpreted every bit the focus of Nights in White Satin: The Trip, a dark ride at the Hard Stone Park theme park in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, U.Southward.A. The attraction, which included 3D-blackness light and fibre-optic lighting furnishings and purpose-fabricated films, was developed by Sally Corporation and Jon Binkowski of Hard Stone Park. Riders entered through a bead curtain and were provided with 3D glasses.[ citation needed ] The attraction operated as "The Trip" for the single 2008 flavor the park operated as Hard Rock Park, just was rethemed equally "Monstars of Stone" with the auction and retitling of the park as Freestyle Music Park; "park officials said the experience will be like but the presentation volition be changed."[46] Freestyle Music Park would cease operations later on its just season as such in 2009.

Nights in White Satin was the title of a 1987 movie directed past Michael Barnard, and starring Kip Gilman and Priscilla Harris.[47] The Moody Blues recording of the song was featured prominently in the soundtrack, particularly during a rooftop trip the light fantastic toe sequence.

See also [edit]

  • List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1972

References [edit]

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  42. ^ "DICKIES | total Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
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External links [edit]

  • Lyrics of this vocal
  • The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin on YouTube

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