| "Set the Night to Music" | ||||
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| Single by Starship | ||||
| from the album No Protection | ||||
| B-side | "I Don't Know Why" | |||
| Released | February 1988 | |||
| Genre | Adult contemporary | |||
| Length | 4:12 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Diane Warren | |||
| Producer(s) | Peter Wolf | |||
| Starship singles chronology | ||||
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| "Set the Night to Music" | ||||
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| Single by Roberta Flack | ||||
| from the album Set the Night to Music | ||||
| B-side | "Natural Thing" | |||
| Released | September 1991 | |||
| Genre | Soul, adult contemporary | |||
| Length | 4:39 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Diane Warren | |||
| Producer(s) | Arif Mardin | |||
| Roberta Flack singles chronology | ||||
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"Set the Night to Music" is a song written by Diane Warren and recorded by Starship for their LP, No Protection (1987). It became a major hit for Roberta Flack in 1991. Starship's original version became a Top 10 hit on the U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, reaching number nine in the spring of 1988,[1] and also charted minorly in Canada.[2] The song appeared at the end credits of the 1988 fantasy-comedy film Vice Versa starring Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage.
Cash Box said of the Starship version that "punctuated by lush strings and acoustic guitars, it's as warm and appealing a ballad as they have ever put on record."[3]
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 120.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. April 23, 1988. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
- ^ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. February 20, 1988. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-12-21.