Into the Night (Benny Mardones song)
| "Into the Night" | |
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| Single by Benny Mardones | |
| from the album Never Run, Never Hide (1980) Benny Mardones (1989) |
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| Released | 1980 (re-released 1989) |
| Format | 7" vinyl |
| Recorded | 1980 |
| Genre | Soft rock |
| Length | 4:32 |
| Label | Polydor Records |
| Songwriter(s) | Benny Mardones, Robert Tepper |
| Producer(s) | Barry Mraz |
"Into the Night" is a 1980 song by American pop singer-songwriter Benny Mardones, from his album Never Run, Never Hide. He re-released it in 1989, on the album Benny Mardones.
The song is unusual for being one of only 10 recordings to ever ascend to the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart twice. The chartings, in 1980 and 1989, were of two similar but separate recordings. Chubby Checker was first to do this with his cover of "The Twist", a single that went to No. 1 in September 1960 and again in January 1962. Other artists to achieve the feat include the Contours, who charted "Do You Love Me" in 1962 and 1988, the Righteous Brothers, who charted "Unchained Melody" in 1965 and 1990, and Queen, whose "Bohemian Rhapsody" reached the Top 10 in 1976 and 1992.
Mardones originally released "Into the Night" in June 1980. The song peaked at No. 11 on the Hot 100 for two weeks in September 1980, logging 20 weeks on the chart before falling off in late October. Mardones was unable to duplicate the success of "Into the Night" and is considered a one-hit wonder.
In 1989, a "Where Are They Now?" Arizona radio segment spurred L.A. DJ Scott Shannon to add the song to his playlist, ultimately rocketing the song back onto the national charts, on May 6, 1989. Mardones' recording peaked this time at No. 20 the first week in July, adding 17 weeks to its previous run of 20, to add up to a total of 37 (nonconsecutive) weeks. "Into the Night" broke the record set by Laura Branigan with her single "Gloria", which charted for 36 (consecutive) weeks from July 1982 to March 1983, for the longest-charting single of the 1980s by a solo artist. However it was still short of the 40 consecutive weeks set by Paul Davis' "I Go Crazy" in 1977–1978. This longevity record has been eclipsed many times since, most notably by the 87 weeks that Imagine Dragons' "Radioactive" logged from 2012–2014.
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