Queen of the Night (song)

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“Queen of the Night”
“Queen of the Night” cover
Single by Whitney Houston
from the album The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
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 L.A. Reid, Babyface
Whitney Houston singles chronology
"Run to You"
(1993)
"Queen of the Night"
(1993)
"Something in Common"
(1993)

"Queen of the Night" is a song by Whitney Houston, and was the fifth and final single released from the The Bodyguard soundtrack album.

"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, the second published song she co-wrote. (Whitney's first official role as "songwriter" was for a track entitled "Takin' A Chance". The song was featured on the Japanese release of Houston's I'm Your Baby Tonight album, in 1990. It was also released as a single in Japan, where it topped the charts at #1. The song was later covered by contemporary Christian artist Kathy Troccoli.)

"Queen of the Night" was not officially released in America, but it received some radio airplay and appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart, peaking at number thirty-six. Because of Billboard magazine rules at the time, the lack of availability of a commercial single prevented the song from charting on the Billboard Hot 100. The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, becoming Houston's fifth number-one dance single. It was released in several other countries and became a hit in the UK, peaking at number fourteen.

The music video for "Queen of the Night" is simply the full performance Houston gives in The Bodyguard. (The performance is interrupted during the film.) The song was nominated for a Razzie Award for "Worst Original Song" in 1992.

[edit] Single track listing

  1. "Queen of the Night"
  2. "Queen of the Night" (CJ's Master mix)
  3. "Queen of the Night" (CJ's Instrumental mix)
  4. "Queen of the Night" (Mackapella mix)
  5. "Queen of the Night" (Dub of the Night)

[edit] Charts

Chart (1993) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay 36
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play 1
U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40 10
UK Singles Chart 14
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