On A Night Like This

Album: Light Years (2000)
Charted: 2
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Songfacts®:

  • This was originally a club hit for Pandora, a Swedish dance singer who recorded it on her 1999 album No Regrets. Kylie covered it and made the song well known. >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    Trent - Gilbert, AZ
  • This was one of 2 songs performed by Minogue at the closing ceremonies of the 2000 Olympics in Sydney (the other was ABBA's "Dancing Queen").
  • The video features Rutger Hauer, an actor who has been in the movies Blade Runner and The Hitcher. >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    Ross - Brisbane, Australia, for above 2

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