Take Back the Night (song)

"Take Back the Night"
Single by Justin Timberlake
from the album The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2
ReleasedJuly 12, 2013 (2013-07-12)
Recorded2013
Studio
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Genre
Length5:55 (album version)
4:32 (radio edit)
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Timbaland
  • Justin Timberlake
  • Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon
Justin Timberlake singles chronology
"Holy Grail"
(2013)
"Take Back the Night"
(2013)
"TKO"
(2013)

"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.

  1. ^ Spalina, Phil. "JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE: THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE – 2 OF 2 (2013)". junglecitystudios.com. ???. Retrieved 15 Jul 2023.