| "Nightshift" | ||||
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| Single by Commodores | ||||
| from the album Nightshift | ||||
| B-side | "I Keep Running" | |||
| Released | 18 January 1985[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
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| Length | 5:04 (album version) 4:19 (7" single edit) | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
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| Producer(s) | Dennis Lambert | |||
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"Nightshift" is a 1985 song by the Commodores and the title track from their album of the same name. The song was written by lead singer Walter Orange in collaboration with Dennis Lambert and Franne Golde as a tribute to soul/R&B singers Jackie Wilson and Marvin Gaye, both of whom died in 1984. The song was released as the album's first single in January 1985 by Motown Records.[2] "Nightshift" was recorded in 1984 and became the Commodores' first hit after Lionel Richie's departure from the group. Bruce Springsteen covered the song in his 2022 studio album, Only the Strong Survive.
- ^ "BPI certifications".
- ^ ""Nightshift" The Commodores - 1984". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 26, 2012. Retrieved 2014-02-22.