Into the Nightlife

"Into the Nightlife"
Single by Cyndi Lauper
from the album Bring Ya to the Brink
ReleasedAugust 8, 2008
Recorded2007
Genre
Length4:00
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Lauper
  • Åström
  • Bobäck
Cyndi Lauper singles chronology
"Same Ol' Story"
(2008)
"Into the Nightlife"
(2008)
"A Christmas Duel"
(2008)
Audio sample
"Into the Nightlife"
Music video
"Into the Nightlife" on YouTube

"Into the Nightlife" is a song by American singer Cyndi Lauper for her tenth studio album Bring Ya to the Brink (2008). It was written by Lauper, Peer Åström, Johan Bobäck and Max Martin, and produced by Lauper, Åström and Bobäck. It peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and on the Cashbox Top Dance Singles.[2] It became Lauper's first Australian chart single in fourteen years.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Lauper says that the song title was inspired by Henry Miller's book Into the Night Life that inspired Lawrence Ferlinghetti's A Coney Island of the Mind, which inspired her to describe the images of nightlife in New York City.[3]

The single was released to UK radio stations early September 2008. As of August 2008, the song has sold 16,000 downloads in the United States.[4]

  1. ^ Ganz, Caryn (May 29, 2008). "Bring Ya to the Brink". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "- CASHBOX Magazine Top Dance Singles". Archived from the original on December 16, 2008. Retrieved September 11, 2008.
  3. ^ "Cyndi Lauper Premieres Brand New Song". ArjanWrites Music Blog. May 20, 2008. Retrieved May 21, 2008.
  4. ^ Caulfield, Keith (August 22, 2008). "Ask Billboard: Tina Turner, Top-Selling Rap, Lauper". Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2020.