"Take Back the Night" | ||||
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Single by Justin Timberlake | ||||
from the album The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2 | ||||
Released | July 12, 2013 | |||
Recorded | 2013 | |||
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Length | 5:55 (album version) 4:32 (radio edit) | |||
Label | RCA | |||
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"Take Back the Night" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake for his fourth studio album, The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2 (2013). It was written and produced by Timberlake, Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley and Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon, with additional writing from James Fauntleroy. The song was released on July 12, 2013, by RCA Records, as the lead single from The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2. "Take Back the Night" is a disco and R&B song that lyrically addresses a potential love interest.
Commercially, the song reached the top-forty in most countries. The song gathered controversies with the Take Back the Night Foundation, an anti-rape organization, who expressed concerns about the similarities between the song's title and the organization's name.