Ladies' Night (song)

"Ladies' Night"
Single by Kool & the Gang
from the album Ladies' Night
B-side	"If You Feel Like Dancin'" "Too Hot"
Released	October 5, 1979
Format	7"
Recorded	1979
Genre	R&B funk disco
Length	6:38 (LP version) 3:32 (single version)
Label	DeLite
Songwriter(s)	Ronald Bell Claydes Charles Smith George Brown James "J.T." Taylor Robert Bell Earl Toon, Jr. Dennis Thomas Meekaaeel Muhammad
Producer(s)	Eumir Deodato
Kool & the Gang singles chronology
"Slick Superchick" (1978) "Ladies' Night" (1979) "Too Hot" (1980)

"Ladies' Night" is the hit title track single on the album of the same name released in 1979 by Kool & the Gang. The song is a play on the popular use of "Ladies Nights" at bars and clubs that were meant to draw in more female patrons in order to draw in even more male clientele. The song as a single was a success, and became a radio staple. It was also a chart success, peaking at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1980 and stayed atop the R&B charts for two weeks.^[1] It also gave them their first hit in the United Kingdom in August 1979, peaking at number 9 in the UK Singles Chart.

Contents

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  2 Charts
  


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  3 Heavy D version
  
  
  
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    3.1 Charts
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 Atomic Kitten version
  
  
  
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    4.1 Chart performance
    
  
  
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    4.2 Music video
    
  
  
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    4.3 Track listing
    
  
  
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    4.4 Official versions
    
  
  
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    4.5 Charts
    
  
  
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    4.6 Personnel
    
  
  
  
  


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  5 Other covers
  


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  6 Movies
  


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  7 References
  


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  8 External links
  

Track listing

De-Lite Records - DE-801 - 6168.771:

Ladies' Night/Too Hot
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ladies' Night"	George M. Brown & Kool and the Gang	3:32
2.	"Too Hot"	George M. Brown & Kool and the Gang	4:10

Ladies' Night/If You Feel Like Dancin'
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ladies' Night"	George M. Brown & Kool and the Gang	3:32
2.	"If You Feel Like Dancin'"	Ronald Bell	5:05

Charts

Chart	Date	Position
Billboard Hot 100	1980	8
United Kingdom	October 1979	9
Switzerland[2]	March 16, 1980	8
Netherlands[3]	March 22, 1980	14
Austria[4]	April 1, 1980	18
Germany[5]	March 1980	19

Heavy D version

"This Is Your Night"
Single by Heavy D
from the album Nuttin' But Love
Released	September 2, 1994
Format	CD single
Recorded	1993
Genre	Hip hop, new jack swing, dance-pop, funk
Length	3:33
Label	Uptown, MCA
Songwriter(s)	Teddy Riley, Dwight Myers, Rod Temperton, George "Funky" Brown, Claydes Smith, Dennis "D.T." Thomas, Earl Toon, James "J.T." Taylor, Meekaaeel Muhammad, Eumir Deodato, Robert Bell, Ronald Bell
Producer(s)	Teddy Riley
Heavy D singles chronology
"Nuttin' But Love" (1994) "This Is Your Night" (1994) "Big Daddy" (1997)

1993 Heavy D recorded the song under the title "This Is Your Night". The majority of the text passages in his version he wrote himself, but kept the chorus of the original. It also sampled George Benson's biggest hit "Give Me the Night". In addition to the album Nuttin' But Love, it is also on the albums The Gold Seal Collection: R & B's Greatest Hits 1985-1995, Hot Hits [TL 541/21], R & B Masters II and Black Winter Party - Best Of - 2013.

Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	30
Austrian Singles Chart[6]	17
French SNEP Singles Chart	14
Belgian VRT Top 30	24

Atomic Kitten version

"Ladies Night"
Single by Atomic Kitten featuring Kool & the Gang
from the album Ladies Night
Released	December 15, 2003
Format	CD single, music download
Recorded	KTFA Studios, Metropolis, Unique Corp
Genre	Dance-pop
Length	3:06
Label	EMI
Songwriter(s)	Ronald Bell Claydes Charles Smith George Brown James "J.T." Taylor Robert Bell Earl Toon, Jr. Dennis Thomas Meekaaeel Muhammad
Producer(s)	Khalis Bayyan, Andy Whitmore
Atomic Kitten singles chronology
"If You Come to Me" (2003) "Ladies Night" (2003) "Someone like Me" / "Right Now '04" (2004)

In 2003, "Ladies' Night" was re-recorded by English girl group Atomic Kitten, and released as the second single from their third studio album, also entitled Ladies Night (2004), in honor of the collaboration.^[7] The song is a collaboration with Kool and the Gang, who asked the group to record an updated version of the song. The single peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart, outpeaking the original version of the track, and number 39 in Australia.

Chart performance

The single peaked and debuted at number eight in the United Kingdom. Despite "Ladies Night" being Atomic Kitten's first single to not reach the top 5 in over two years since "Whole Again" topped the charts, it still managed to sell 84,192 copies in the United Kingdom, making it their 7th best selling single in the United Kingdom. It stayed in the top 40 for 8 weeks, 3 of which were in the top 10, making Ladies Night a success in their homeland. Ladies Night peaked at No.14 on the European charts, making it a success. In Spain, it was their only top 10 hit over there, peaking at #3, and lasting 3 weeks in the top 10. The song became a top 20 hit in Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium (Flanders), Belgium (Wallonia) and Denmark. It also became a top 40 hit in German speaking Europe, peaking at No. 33 in Germany, No. 32 in Austria, and No.38 in Switzerland. The song was a huge success in south-east Asia. It debuted at No. 6 in China, and in its second week rose to No. 2 - Its peak position in that country. It last 5 weeks in the top 20, 4 of which were in the top 10. In Taiwan, the song debuted at No. 10, and peaked at No. 4. It lasted 9 weeks in the top 10, making it a huge success in that country. In Oceania, the song didn't do as well as their previous singles. "Ladies Night" was never released in New Zealand, and it only managed to peak at No. 39 in Australia. It lasted 5 weeks in the top 50. This is due to low promotion of the single over there.

Music video

The video begins with many people anxiously crowded around the entrance of a club, trying to get in. Suddenly a pink plasma waves sweeps through the middle of the crowd, from the door, pushing them off to either side. The group head into the Kitten Club, and the crowd follows them in, until only the bouncer is left standing outside. In the well-lit club, the group groove about and sing, a great deal of which is on a pure white discothèque dance floor. They primarily dance in a row, with two rows of men behind them, though occasionally they are straddling the fellows, or performing other dance moves with them. Drag queens are spotted in the video, and appear repeatedly, including in the women's washroom, near the video's conclusion. The metrosexual or homosexual bartender, bearing resemblance to Boy George, appears throughout the video. Jenny Frost starts to flirt with him, as if going in for a kiss; in actuality, she's stealing his drink from behind him. While a man hits on Liz McClarnon, he is in turn hit on by another man. There is also a man dancing in a cage with a round top; there is no suggestion if this is to entertain the straight or homosexuals in attendance, or both. The group repeatedly flip their hands in the air, creating pink plasma as appeared earlier in the video. This transports them to the opposite side of the club, where they appear on rollerskates, in different outfits. They use their magic again, instantly stripping three men down to pink lycra underwear. The men, in their skivvies, visit the girls at their booth. Tash is so amused at the provided crotch view that she brings out American money which she waves around; money is never actually transferred. At the very start of the video, when Jen blows a kiss, lip marks appear on the screen as a graphic.

Track listing

UK CD1

1. "Ladies Night" (radio mix) – 3:06


2. "The Tide Is High" (Radio mix) – 3:26

UK CD2

1. "Ladies Night" (radio mix) – 3:06


2. "Ladies Night" (Kurtis Mantronik 7") – 3:25


3. "Somebody" – 3:11


4. "Ladies Night" (video)

UK 12" picture disc

1. "Ladies Night" (radio mix edit) – 3:01


2. "Ladies Night" (Kurtis Mantronik 12") – 10:05


3. "Be with You" (Todd Terry 12") – 7:58


4. "Be with You" (Todd Terry vs. TNT Edit) – 3:27

Official versions

• Single/Album version – 3:07


• The "Northern" Mad Mix – 5:59


• Shanghai Surprise Mix – 6:58


• Kurtis Mantronix Radio Edit – 3:25


• Kurtis Mantronix 12" Remix – 7:01

Charts

Chart	Date	Position
Belgium (Wallonia)[8]	January 31, 2004	2
Hungary Dance Top 40[9]	January, 2004	6
United Kingdom[8]	December 2003	8
Denmark[8]	January 24, 2004	12
Ireland[8]	December 27, 2003	14
Netherlands[10]	February 2004	15
Belgium (Flanders)[8]	January 31, 2004	18
Italy[8]	January 22, 2004	30
Turkey[11]	February 7, 2004	18
Austria[8]	February 15, 2004	32
Germany[8]	February 7, 2004	33
Switzerland[8]	February 22, 2004	38
Australia[8]	February 7, 2004	39
France[12]	April 25, 2004	54

Personnel

• Written by Ronald Bell of Kool and the Gang


• Produced by Kaylis Bayyan and Leigh Guest for Unique Corp Ltd


• Co-produced by Andy Whitmore


• Additional production and mix: Ash Howes, Martin Harrington


• Engineered by Keith Uddin


• Programming by Reece Gilmore, Leigh Guest, Andy Whitmore


• Lead vocals: James "J.T." Taylor
  


• Bass guitar: Robert "Kool" Bell
  


• Tenor saxophone, keyboards: Kalis Bayyan


• Guitars: Charles Smith


• Alto saxophone: Dennis "D. T." Thomas


• Keyboard: George "Funky" Brown
  


• Trumpet, trombone: Clifford Adams


• Trumpet, vocals: Sennie "Skip" Martin
  


• Drums: Tim Horton


• Vocal arranger: Anthony Thompson


• Additional keyboard: Andy Whitmore


• Additional guitar: Andrew Smith


• Musical arranger: Leigh Guest


• Recorded at KFTA Studios, New Jersey, Metropolis Studios, London, Unique Corp Studios, London


• UK production engineer: James Loughrey


• Executive producers: Alan Bellman, Les Molloy, Richard Mayes for Unique Corp

Other covers

• "Ladies Night" was also remade with Spanner Banner and Sean Paul in 2004. This was also a collaboration with Kool & the Gang and reached 58 in the Swedish chart ^[13]
  


• 
  One_Way_(American_band) - also known as Al Hudson and (soul) partners did as very similar groove on the 1979 hit "You can do it", which leads to...:


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  Leon Haywood's 1980 song "Don't Push It Don't Force It". Another very similar groove.


• The song is also covered by the San Francisco indie rock band Two Seconds at their live shows.


• Rapper Lil' Kim used a sample of this song for the remix of her song, "Not Tonight", also called "Not Tonight (Ladies' Night Remix)", which features Angie Martinez, Da Brat, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, and Missy Elliott.


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  Samantha Mumba sings a portion of the song in "Baby, Come Over (This Is Our Night)".


• 
  C+C Music Factory sampled the end of the song in the song "I Found Love" from the album Anything Goes!.


• 
  Preston Reed did a blues rock instrumental cover of Ladies' Night.


• South Korean-Chinese Girl Group Miss A sampled a portion of the song in "Come On Over" on their Second Studio Album "Hush".

Movies

• In the 1998 film The Wedding Singer, the character played by Jon Lovitz performs the song in his wedding singer audition.


• In the 2000 film Little Nicky, the peeper (again played by Jon Lovitz) sings the song while looking at a woman undress. Later, when he is sent to Hell, the song plays while a bird rapes him; the Gatekeeper tells him "Now you're going to see what a real horny bird actually looks like...In Hell!"

References

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2. 
   ^ SwissCharts "Ladies' Night" page. Accessed: October 1, 2006
   


3. 
   ^ Top4000.nl Chart for week 13, 1980. Accessed: October 1, 2006
   


4. 
   ^ AustrianCharts.at Kool & The Gang "Ladies' Night" page. Note: This is a biweekly chart. Accessed: October 28, 2006
   


5. 
   ^ Infinity charts German Top 20 - The Chart Of March 1980 Accessed: November 2, 2006
   


6. 
   ^ dutchcharts.nl
   


7. 
   ^ CBBC Full interview: Atomic Kitten. Accessed: September 26, 2006
   


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   ^ ^abcdefghij "Atomic Kitten and Kool and The Gang - Ladies Night - Music Charts". Acharts.us. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
   


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   ^ "Kereső - lista és dátum szerint - Archívum - MAHASZ - Magyar Hangfelvétel-kiadók Szövetsége". Mahasz.hu. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
   


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    ^ [1] Archived May 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
    


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    ^ "TTNet MĂźzik YabancÄą Pop Top 20… 7 MayÄąs 2013 | YabancÄą MĂźzik Listeleri". Muziklisteleri.net. Archived from the original on 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
    


12. 
    ^ LesCharts "Ladies Night" (Atomic Kitten) page. Accessed: October 29, 2006
    


13. 
    ^ SwedishCharts.com "Ladies Night" (Spanner Banner) page Accessed: October 29, 2006
    

External links

• Official Kool & the Gang site


• Official Atomic Kitten site


• 
  Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
  

v t e Kool & the Gang
Robert "Kool" Bell Ronald Bell George Brown Robert Mickens Dennis Thomas Clifford Adams Sonnie "Skip" Martin Shawn McQuiller Rodney Ellis Jirmad Gordon James "J.T." Taylor Claydes Charles Smith Rick Westfield
Studio albums	Kool and the Gang Music Is the Message Good Times Wild and Peaceful Light of Worlds Spirit of the Boogie Love & Understanding Open Sesame The Force Everybody's Dancin' Ladies' Night Celebrate! Something Special As One In the Heart Emergency Forever Sweat Unite State of Affairs Gangland Still Kool Kool for the Holidays
Live albums	Live at the Sex Machine Live at PJ's
Remix albums	The Hits: Reloaded
Compilation albums	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Kool & the Gang
Singles	"Jungle Boogie" "Hollywood Swinging" "Higher Plane" "Spirit of the Boogie" "Ladies' Night" "Too Hot" "Celebration" "Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)" "Steppin' Out" "Get Down on It" "Big Fun" "Joanna" "Misled" "Fresh" "Cherish" "Stone Love"
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Compilation albums	Atomic Kitten Greatest Hits The Collection Access All Areas: Remixed and B-Sides
Singles	"Right Now" "See Ya" "I Want Your Love" "Follow Me" "Daydream Believer" "Whole Again" "Eternal Flame" "You Are" "It's OK" "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)" "The Last Goodbye" "Be with You" "Love Doesn't Have to Hurt" "If You Come to Me" "Ladies Night" "Someone like Me" "Right Now 2004" "Cradle" "Anyone Who Had a Heart"
Promotional singles	"All Together Now"
DVDs	So Far So Good Right Here, Right Now Be with Us (A Year With...) The Greatest Hits Live at Wembley Arena The Big Reunion Live 2013
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