Rhythm Of The Night

Album: Rhythm Of The Night (1985)
Charted: 4 3
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  • When it feels like
    The world is on your shoulders
    And all of the madness
    Has got you goin' crazy

    It's time to get out
    Step out into the street
    Where all of the action
    Is right there at your feet
    Well

    I know a place where we can
    Dance the whole night away
    Underneath the electric stars
    Just come with me and we can
    Shake your blues right away
    You'll be doin fine once the music starts, oh

    To the beat of the rhythm of the night
    Dance until the morning light
    Forget about the worries on your mind
    You can leave them all behind
    To the beat of the rhythm of the night
    Oh the rhythm of the night, oh yeah

    Look out on the street now
    The party's just beginning
    The music's playing
    A celebration's starting

    Under the streetlights
    The scene is being set
    A night for romance
    A night you won't forget, so

    Come join the fun
    This ain't no time to be staying home
    Ooh, there's too much going on, oh!
    Tonight is gonna be a night like you've never known
    We're gonna have a good time the whole night long, oh!

    To the beat of the rhythm of the night
    Dance until the morning light
    Forget about the worries on your mind
    You can leave them all behind
    To the beat of the rhythm of the night
    Oh, the rhythm of the night, oh yeah

    Come join the fun
    This ain't no time to be staying home
    Ooh, there's too much going on, oh!
    Tonight is gonna be a night like you've never known
    We're gonna have a good time the whole night long, oh!

    To the beat of the rhythm of the night
    Dance until the morning light
    Forget about the worries on your mind
    You can leave them all behind
    To the beat of the rhythm of the night
    Dance until the morning light
    Forget about the worries on your mind

    To the beat of the rhythm of the night
    Forget about the worries on your mind
    To the beat of the rhythm of the night
    Forget about the worries on your mind

    La la la la
    La la la, la la la la
    La la la la
    The music's playin!
    It's a celebration!
    The music's playin, everybody dance!

    To the beat of the rhythm of the night
    Forget about the worries on your mind
    'Cause you can leave them all behind
    To the beat of the rhythm of the night
    Dance until the morning light
    Forget about the worries on your mind
    You can leave them all behind
    To the beat of the rhythm of the night Writer/s: Diane Warren
    Publisher: Realsongs, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn March 23rd 1985, DeBarge performed "Rhythm of the Night" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
    At the time the song was at #24 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; five weeks later on April 21st, 1985 it would peak at #3 for two weeks...
    And on the day it peaked at #3 on the Top 100 was the same day it reached #1* {for 1 week} on Billboard's R&B Singles chart...
    Between 1982 and 1985 the Detroit quintet had eight Top 100 records; with two making the Top 10, their other Top 10 record was "Who's Holding Donna Now", it peaked at #6, also in 1985...
    * The record that knocked "Rhythm of the Night" out of the #1 spot on the R&B Singles chart was "We Are the World" by USA for Africa.
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