Genre R&B Label Parkwood
Columbia | Length 5:22 | |
Released December 6, 2016 (2016-12-06) Recorded Jungle City Studios, New York City
Conway Studios, Los Angeles
Mad Decent Studios, Burbank Writer(s) Thomas Wesley Pentz
Beyoncé Knowles
Henry "King Henry" Allen
Timothy Thomas
Theron Thomas
Ilsey Juber
Akil King
Aman Tekleab
Jaramye Daniels
André Benjamin
Patrick Brown
Antwan Patton | ||
"All Night" is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé for her sixth studio album, Lemonade (2016). It was written and produced by Diplo and Beyoncé, while being co-written by Henry "King Henry" Allen, who was also responsible for co-production, Timothy Thomas, Theron Thomas, Ilsey Juber, Akil King, Aman Tekleab,Jae-Smash, Jaramye Daniels, André Benjamin, Patrick Brown and Antwan Patton.
Contents
A reggae-tinged track, "All Night" features "sprinklings" of horns and strings in its instrumentation, while sampling the brass line from Outkast's song "SpottieOttieDopaliscious". The song was sent to rhythmic contemporary radio as the album's fifth single on December 6, 2016. Lyrically, the song talks about forgiveness and rebuilding trust after infidelity, with the protagonist trying to rekindle the passion with her lover. The song's music video is part of a one-hour film with the same title as its parent album, originally aired on HBO.
Critical response
Entertainment Weekly listed "All Night" at number 15 on their list of best songs of the year, with the editor Leah Greenblat commenting "It makes sense that a sweet, tender lullaby of a love song would garner less attention in the immediate wake of Mrs. Carter’s firebomb Lemonade revelations, but it would be a shame to miss this low-key stunner, one of the all-time finest odes to a subject pop music hardly ever deigns sexy enough to address: long-term monogamy." Consequence of Sound included the song at number 38 on their year-end ranking and USA Today, at number 3. The song would later be voted in Village Voice's Pazz & Jop the 46th best single of 2016.
Commercial performance
After the release of Lemonade, "All Night" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 38. The song also debuted on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart at number 23. In overseas charts, although not being an official single, the song entered the top 10 in Sweden's digital charts.
Music video
The music video for the song was released to YouTube on November 30, 2016. Zendaya, who is an American singer, actress, and dancer, makes a cameo in this music video.
Live performances
"All Night" is part of the set list of the The Formation World Tour with the first performance taking place in Miami at the Marlins Park on April 27, 2016.