Format CD Genre Eurodance Label Arista | Recorded 1993 Length 3:58 | |
Released July 16, 1993 (Germany)
September 1994 (USA Radio) | ||
"Another Night" is a famous hit single by the popular 1990s eurodance act known as MC Sar & The Real McCoy (aka Real McCoy).
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Background
Another Night was originally released in Europe in the Summer of 1993. The success of the single in Europe and Canada later lead to the production of the second album from MC Sar & The Real McCoy titled "Space Invaders." When Clive Davis of Arista Records took notice of the major success of "Another Night" and "Space Invaders" in 1994, he made a deal with Hansa Records to bring MC Sar & The Real McCoy to the U.S. market. As a result, the group name was shortened to Real McCoy and the single "Another Night" became the lead single to the 1995 re-release of the "Space Invaders" album under a new title. For the 1995 re-release, the album was renamed "Another Night.' Additional songs not heard on the "Space Invaders" version of the album were included on the U.S. re-release.
The single version of "Another Night" reached No.18 in Germany, No.3 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the U.S. during the holiday season of 1994-1995, number two on the UK Singles Chart and number one on the Australian ARIA Chart. In the U.S., the single was certified Platinum by the RIAA, spent 40 weeks in the Top 40, and became the best-selling single by a German act in U.S. history. It was produced by the Berman Brothers and AxelFF (Axel Wernecke) at the Boogie Park Studios Hamburg. It was mixed by Andreas "Boogieman" Herbig.
"Another Night" was inspired by Roni Griffith's "Desire", the Coca-Cola theme tune and "More and More" by Captain Hollywood Project.
In Billboard Magazine's Top 100 songs of the first 50 years of the Hot 100, "Another Night" was ranked at number 91. As a number three hit, it is the lowest ranked song to be listed on this chart. The song also brought the group the distinction of having the longest run at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 (11 non-consecutive weeks).
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In the song, the female vocalist, Karin Kasar, longs to be with the anonymous individual she encounters every night in her dreams. Olaf Jeglitza backs up this notion as the man's voice in the woman's head, saying the things she wants to hear and promising to fulfill her desires. However, each dawn brings pain to the vocalist, as she realizes "when the night is gone, I'll be alone".
The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at #77 on the week ending August 27, 1994. In the song's fourth week on the chart, it debuted on the Top 40 on the week ending September 17, 1994 at #32. Two weeks afterwards, the song reached the top 20, hitting #16. The following week, it scored its way into the top ten at #10. Four weeks later, it entered the top five at #5 on the published week ending October 29, 1994. Two weeks later, on the week ending November 12, 1994, it reached its peak position of #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. It dropped out of the Top 40 on the week ending June 24, 1995, over half a year after its peak date. It stayed on the chart for 45 weeks.
Music videos
Two videos were shot for this song.
Original version
O-Jay is Real McCoy, the DJ of a pirate radio station which is powered by four men with handcycle-mounted generators. Patsy Petersen (lip-syncing Karin Kasar's vocals) is driving around town on her moped, mounting posters promoting McCoy's radio broadcasts while listening to the broadcast on a boombox. She is attracted to McCoy's voice and image, but has apparently never met him. As McCoy leaves his hidden studio after another night's broadcast, he walks by Petersen on her moped; recognizing him, she turns for a quick moment, and then rides on. This version was directed by Nigel Dick.
European version
This version features two automatons - one male, one female - with an appearance inspired by the film Metropolis. They are communicating with each other by videophone; their conversation is intercut with dance sequences from black-and-white movies of the 1920s and 1930s, as well as color snippets of O-Jay and Petersen performing. The automatons are also able to view each other directly, the male with a binocular headset and the female with a telescope. As the song progresses, the stiff movements of the automatons become more fluid and dance-like. At the end of the video, the two automatons meet, dance, and walk away together, arm in arm.