"Another Sleepless Night" is a song written and produced by Mike "Hitman" Wilson, and recorded by American dance music singer Shawn Christopher. The single, released in November 1990 by Arista Records as the lead off track from the album of the same name (1992), was the first of two number ones on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart for the Chicago-born artist, reaching the top spot in February 1991.Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date February 9, 1991 It also charted at number 67 on the Billboard Hot 100. In the UK, the song was released in 1991, and again in 1999, peaking at number 50 on the UK Singles Chart and number eight on the Music Week Dance Singles chart.
Background When it was first released in 1990, the single was credited to Wilson, with Christopher being the featured singer, as the song was recorded for a dance music compilation for Arista Records. The feedback from the song resulted in Arista releasing the single with Christopher receiving major billing after it caught the attention of Arista founder Clive Davis, who immediately signed Christopher to a record deal.
Critical reception Larry Flick from Billboard magazine wrote, "Legendary Chicago house music DJ tries his hand at pumping his own beats, and succeeds greatly with this body-invading jam. Diva vocals from Christopher and disco-styled strings provide a Black Box-like appeal. Will keep you up spinning all night long." Marisa Fox from Entertainment Weekly described it as an "energetic, fast-paced" track with "light, catchy" chorus. She added that "gone are the days when house music meant stone-cold rhythms and hardly any melody." James Hamilton from Record Mirror stated that "this multi-tracked soulful girl wailed and rapped terrific chunkily pounding attractive breezy bounder should hook you on first hearing".
Track listing Retail cassette (US) "Another Sleepless Night" (Original Mix) "Another Sleepless Night" (Jazzy Dub)
Promo CD (US) "Another Sleepless Night" (Single Version) – 3:58 "Another Sleepless Night" (Club Edit) – 3:50 "Another Sleepless Night" (Classic Mix) – 7:06
Charts 1990/1991 release Chart (1990–91)PeakpositionAustralia (ARIA) 170UK Singles (OCC) 50UK Dance (Music Week) 8UK Club Chart (Record Mirror) 30US Billboard Hot 100 67US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard) 1
1999 re-release Chart (1999)PeakpositionUK Singles (OCC) 84
References
External links Release information at Discogs Music Video at YouTube