Nightshift

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"Nightshift" is a soulful 1985 tribute ballad by the Commodores honoring late musicians Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson, and is one of the group's most enduring hits.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nightshift canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
albumBy Commodores ⓘ
linked to: The Commodores
alsoKnownAs Night Shift ⓘ
artist Commodores ⓘ
linked to: The Commodores
associatedWithLabel Motown ⓘ
backingVocalsBy Commodores ⓘ
linked to: The Commodores
chartPositionBelgium 1 ⓘ
chartPositionNetherlands 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 3 ⓘ
chartPositionUSRB 1 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
coverVersionReleaseYearByBruceSpringsteen 2022 ⓘ
decadeOfRelease 1980s ⓘ
describedAs soulful tribute ballad ⓘ
era post-disco soul ⓘ
followsInDiscography Only You ⓘ
format 12-inch single ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasCoverVersionBy Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
hasMusicVideo yes ⓘ
includedOnBruceSpringsteenAlbum Only the Strong Survive ⓘ
isSignatureSongOf Commodores ⓘ
linked to: The Commodores
label Motown ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadVocalsBy Walter Orange ⓘ
length 4:24 ⓘ
lyricalSubject Jackie Wilson ⓘ
Marvin Gaye ⓘ
notableFor being a post-Lionel Richie hit for the Commodores ⓘ
partOfAlbum Nightshift ⓘ
performer Commodores ⓘ
linked to: The Commodores
precedesInDiscography Animal Instinct ⓘ
producer Dennis Lambert ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1984 ⓘ
recordLabelImprint Motown Records ⓘ
linked to: Motown
releaseDate 1985-01-01 ⓘ
releaseYear 1985 ⓘ
subjectOf tributes and retrospectives on soul music ⓘ
theme tribute to deceased soul singers ⓘ
tributeTo Jackie Wilson ⓘ
Marvin Gaye ⓘ
writer Dennis Lambert ⓘ
Franne Golde ⓘ
Walter Orange ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Commodores → notableWork → Nightshift ⓘ
The Commodores → hasHitSingle → Nightshift ⓘ
Only the Strong Survive → hasTrack → Nightshift ⓘ
Nightshift → partOfAlbum → Nightshift ⓘ
Lose to Win → sampling → Nightshift ⓘ