Queen of the Night (song)

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This article is about a song. For the operatic role "Queen of the Night", see The Magic Flute.

"Queen of the Night"

Single by Whitney Houston
from the album The Bodyguard Soundtrack
Released	August 15, 1993 (USA)
Genre	Pop/R&B
Length	3:49
Label	Arista Records
Writer(s)	Whitney Houston, L.A. Reid, Babyface, Daryl Simmons
Producer(s)	L.A. Reid & Babyface
Chart positions
#14 (UK)
Whitney Houston singles chronology
"Run to You" (1993)	"Queen of the Night" (1993)	"Something In Common" 1993

"Queen of the Night" was the fifth and final single released from the The Bodyguard soundtrack album; performed by Whitney Houston.

1 Song Information
2 Chart Information
3 Music video
4 Single Track Listing
5 Comprehensive Charts

[edit] Song Information

"Queen of the Night" is an uptempo rock-pop-dance track, with Houston expressing how she 'rules the club scene', proclaiming herself "Queen of the Night". The song was co-written by Houston herself, her first time co-writing one of her songs.

[edit] Chart Information

"Queen Of The Night" was not officially released in America, however, it did received some radio airplay and appeared on the Billboard Airplay Chart, peaking at #36. Due to Billboard rules at the time, since there was no commercial single available, the song would not be able to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. The song did find its way onto the Billboard Hot Club/Dance Music Play chart, and rocketed all the way to #1.

The song was nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Original Song in 1992.

The song was released in several other countries and became a hit in the UK, peaking at #14.

[edit] Music video

The music video for "Queen of the Night" is simply the performance Houston gives in The Bodyguard, fully. (The performance is interrupted during the movie.)