Another Night (Real McCoy song)

"Another Night"
Cover art for 1993 German releases
Single by Real McCoy
from the album Another Night
Released	July 16, 1993 (Germany) September 1994 (USA Radio)[1]
Format	CD
Recorded	1993
Genre	Eurodance
Length	3:58
Label	Arista
Songwriter(s)	Quickmix Jurgen Wind Olaf Jeglitza
Producer(s)	Real McCoy
Real McCoy singles chronology
"No Showbo" (1992) "Another Night" (1993) "Automatic Lover (Call for Love)" (1994)
"No Showbo" (1992) "Another Night" (1993) "Automatic Lover (Call for Love)" (1994)
Music video
"Another Night" on YouTube
Alternative cover
United States cover

"Another Night" is a song by German music group Real McCoy, first released on July 16, 1993 as a single from the album of the same name. "Another Night" was inspired by Roni Griffith's "Desire", the Coca-Cola theme tune and "More and More" by Captain Hollywood Project.

The single version of "Another Night" reached No.18 in Germany, No.3 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the U.S. during the holiday season of 1994-1995, number two on the UK Singles Chart and number one on the Australian ARIA Chart. In the U.S., the single was certified Platinum by the RIAA, spent 40 weeks in the Top 40, and became the best-selling single by a German act in U.S. history. It was produced by the Berman Brothers and AxelFF (Axel Wernecke) at the Boogie Park Studios Hamburg. It was mixed by Andreas "Boogieman" Herbig.

In Billboard Magazine's Top 100 songs of the first 50 years of the Hot 100, "Another Night" was ranked at number 91.^[2] As a number three hit, it is the lowest ranked song to be listed on this chart. The song also brought the group the distinction of having the longest run at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 (11 non-consecutive weeks).

Content

In the song, the female vocalist, Karin Kasar, longs to be with the anonymous individual she encounters every night in her dreams. Olaf Jeglitza backs up this notion as the man's voice in the woman's head, saying the things she wants to hear and promising to fulfill her desires. However, each dawn brings pain to the vocalist, as she realizes "when the night is gone, I'll be alone".

Background

Another Night was originally released in Europe in the Summer of 1993. The success of the single in Europe and Canada later lead to the production of the second album from MC Sar & The Real McCoy titled "Space Invaders." When Clive Davis of Arista Records took notice of the major success of "Another Night" and "Space Invaders" in 1994, he made a deal with Hansa Records to bring MC Sar & The Real McCoy to the U.S. market. As a result, the group name was shortened to Real McCoy and the single "Another Night" became the lead single to the 1995 re-release of the "Space Invaders" album under a new title. For the 1995 re-release, the album was renamed "Another Night.' Additional songs not heard on the "Space Invaders" version of the album were included on the U.S. re-release.

The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at #77 on the week ending August 27, 1994.^[3] In the song's fourth week on the chart, it debuted on the Top 40 on the week ending September 17, 1994 at #32.^[4] Two weeks afterwards, the song reached the top 20, hitting #16.^[5] The following week, it scored its way into the top ten at #10.^[6] Four weeks later, it entered the top five at #5 on the published week ending October 29, 1994.^[7] Two weeks later, on the week ending November 12, 1994, it reached its peak position of #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[8] It dropped out of the Top 40 on the week ending June 24, 1995, over half a year after its peak date.^[9] It stayed on the chart for 45 weeks.^[10]

Trivia

• This song originally began playing in clubs in the United States a full month before it received a commercial release, in August 1994.^[11] This was possibly done to test the waters and analyze how well it would do in the United States.
• A ballad version of "Another Night" was performed at the B96 Summer Bash '96, hosted by Chicago's 96.3FM (B96) in June 1996. This version of the song has not been released on any album or single.
• In June 1996, eurodance musician Lynda Thomas released the single "Blue Jeans", which was loosely based on the Real McCoy song.

Music videos

Two videos were shot for this song.

Original version

O-Jay is Real McCoy, the DJ of a pirate radio station which is powered by four men with handcycle-mounted generators. Patsy Petersen (lip-syncing Karin Kasar's vocals) is driving around town on her moped, mounting posters promoting McCoy's radio broadcasts while listening to the broadcast on a boombox. She is attracted to McCoy's voice and image, but has apparently never met him. As McCoy leaves his hidden studio after another night's broadcast, he walks by Petersen on her moped; recognizing him, she turns for a quick moment, and then rides on. This version was directed by Nigel Dick.

European version

This version features two automatons - one male, one female - with an appearance inspired by the film Metropolis. They are communicating with each other by videophone; their conversation is intercut with dance sequences from black-and-white movies of the 1920s and 1930s, as well as color snippets of O-Jay and Petersen performing. The automatons are also able to view each other directly, the male with a binocular headset and the female with a telescope. As the song progresses, the stiff movements of the automatons become more fluid and dance-like. At the end of the video, the two automatons meet, dance, and walk away together, arm in arm.

Official versions

• Radio Mix 3:57 (also known as US Top 40 Airplay Mix)
• Club Mix 5:17
• Dance Mix 5:04
• Inferno Mix 6:26
• Nightmare Mix 6:00
• Pob's P-O-B Mix (feat. Pob) 5:12
• Black Belt Mix 5:56
• Ragga Airplay Mix 3:43
• Ragga II House Mix 5:16
• Super Best Alan Edit 3:39
• Armand's New School Mix 5:16
• Armand's Nightmare Mix 6:40
• US Airplay Hot Mix 3:59
• US Club Mix 5:47
• US House Mix 5:17 (also known as 'House Mix')
• Psycho Mix 5:30 (appeared on 12" Vinyl)
• Justin Lewis

Charts

See also

• List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1990s
• List of RPM number-one dance singles of 1994
• List of Mainstream Top 40 number-one hits of 1994 (U.S.)
• List of number-one dance singles of 1994 (U.S.)

References