"Even the Nights Are Better" is a 1982 ballad performed by the English-Australian soft rock band Air Supply, released on his seventh studio album Now and Forever (1982) as the album's lead single. It first charted in the United States on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, where it spent four weeks at No. 1 in July and August. This was Air Supply's third song to reach the summit on this chart.Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of No. 1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications) It also reached No. 1 on the Canadian AC chart.
In September 1982, the song reached its peak position of No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the group's seventh consecutive top five hit on the US pop chart. However the song is in the record books for how quickly it fell off the top 40. The song slipped to six. Then on the issue dated 25 September 1982, the song fell to 42. It held the record for highest drop from the top 40 for thirty years.Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)
In the United Kingdom, where the group did not enjoy the same amount of success as they did in Australia and the US, the song missed the top 40 by four places, reaching No. 44 on the UK Singles Chart. It is their second highest-charting single in the UK, after their No. 11 hit with "All Out of Love" in 1980.
Background This song is written from the perspective of a man who had lost a significant other at the song's beginning, before the rest of the song's lyrics tell a much happier story from the singer's perspective of life with someone new, who had the same feelings of loneliness as the lyricist.
Reception Billboard said that "The deliberate solo vocal, delicate piano and string section interplay and chorus/bridge harmonies are direct links to [Air Supply's] past hits."
Music video The video for "Even the Nights Are Better" was filmed on Coney Island Beach, the Riegelmann Boardwalk and in Astroland, in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York.
Credits and personnel Personnel Russell Hitchcock – lead vocals Graham Russell – vocals, rhythm guitars Frank Esler-Smith – keyboards, orchestra arrangements and conductor David Moyse – lead guitars Rex Goh – lead guitars David Green – bass Ralph Cooper – drums
Chart performance
Weekly charts Chart (1982)PeakpositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)35Canada RPM Adult Contemporary1Canada RPM Top Singles7US Billboard Hot 1005US Billboard Adult Contemporary1US Cashbox Top 1008
Year-end charts Chart (1982)RankCanada62US Billboard Hot 10037US Cash Box55
Certifications
See also List of Billboard Adult Contemporary number ones of 1982
References