Nightshift

E293126
single song

"Nightshift" is a soulful 1985 tribute ballad by the Commodores honoring late musicians Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson, and is one of the group's most enduring hits.

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Label Occurrences
Nightshift canonical 4

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
albumBy The Commodores ⓘ
surface form: Commodores
alsoKnownAs Night Shift ⓘ
artist The Commodores ⓘ
surface form: Commodores
associatedWithLabel Motown ⓘ
backingVocalsBy The Commodores ⓘ
surface form: Commodores
chartPositionBelgium 1 ⓘ
chartPositionNetherlands 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 3 ⓘ
chartPositionUSRB 1 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coverVersionReleaseYearByBruceSpringsteen 2022 ⓘ
decadeOfRelease 1980s ⓘ
describedAs soulful tribute ballad ⓘ
era post-disco soul ⓘ
followsInDiscography Only You ⓘ
format 12-inch single ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasCoverVersionBy Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
hasMusicVideo yes ⓘ
includedOnBruceSpringsteenAlbum Only the Strong Survive ⓘ
isSignatureSongOf The Commodores ⓘ
surface form: Commodores
label Motown ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadVocalsBy Walter Orange ⓘ
length 4:24 ⓘ
lyricalSubject Jackie Wilson ⓘ
Marvin Gaye ⓘ
notableFor being a post-Lionel Richie hit for the Commodores ⓘ
partOfAlbum Nightshift self-link ⓘ
performer The Commodores ⓘ
surface form: Commodores
precedesInDiscography Animal Instinct ⓘ
producer Dennis Lambert ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1984 ⓘ
recordLabelImprint Motown ⓘ
surface form: Motown Records
releaseDate 1985-01-01 ⓘ
releaseYear 1985 ⓘ
subjectOf tributes and retrospectives on soul music ⓘ
theme tribute to deceased soul singers ⓘ
tributeTo Jackie Wilson ⓘ
Marvin Gaye ⓘ
writer Dennis Lambert ⓘ
Franne Golde ⓘ
Walter Orange ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Commodores → notableWork → Nightshift ⓘ
The Commodores → hasHitSingle → Nightshift ⓘ
Only the Strong Survive → hasTrack → Nightshift ⓘ
Nightshift → partOfAlbum → Nightshift self-link ⓘ