All Night Long (Rainbow song)
"All Night Long" | ||||
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Single by Rainbow | ||||
from the album Down to Earth | ||||
B-side | "Weiss Heim" | |||
Released | February 1980 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:53 | |||
Label | Polydor | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Roger Glover | |||
Rainbow singles chronology | ||||
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"All Night Long" is a song by British rock band
Reception
In his review for Record Mirror, Simon Ludgate says that "this is a real corker. Completely over the top, stupid lyrics, Cozy Powell bashes away in what sounds like a large biscuit tin and I love it" and "imperative to play it loud and jump up and down, preferably smashing yourself over the head with a metal tea tray at the same time."[3]
The song also came in for some criticism due to its overtly sexist lyrics. This prompted a double-page spread on sexism in music in a Sounds issue that September.[4] In an issue released a month later, Blackmore appeared on the front cover dressed in stockings and suspenders, with the headline "Blackmore in new 'Black Stockings' Sexism Outrage", and this was likely a publicity stunt.[5] He did say of the song's criticism:
"I think there's a lot of women who are very boring. Everybody knows it's all tongue in cheek, and anybody who doesn't know that isn't worth being talked about anyway. The whole world has always been men running after women, and the woman is the peacock going around with her feathers up, so that's the way it will always be no matter how many people go around trying to change it."
— Sounds, 11 October 1980[6]
Weiss Heim
The non-album
Track listings
7" UK:
- "All Night Long" – 3:50
- "Weiss Heim" – 5:07
7" US:
- "All Night Long" – 3:49
- "Danger Zone" – 4:30
7" Netherlands:
- "All Night Long" – 3:49
- "No Time To Lose" – 3:41
Charts
Chart (1980) | Peak
position |
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Ireland (IRMA)[7] | 6 |
5 | |
US Billboard Hot 100[8] | 110 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[9] | Silver | 250,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
- ^ a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "Record Mirror" (PDF). Record Mirror. 9 February 1980. p. 8. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ October 2014, Jon Hotten08. "Rainbow Rising: How Rainbow Became Accidental Pop Stars". Classic Rock Magazine. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
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- ^ a b "Rainbow Fanclan Legacy Interviews". www.rainbowfanclan.com. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – All Night Long". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "All Night Long (song by Rainbow [British rock band]) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". www.musicvf.com. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
- ^ "British single certifications – Rainbow – All Night Long". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 4 February 2021.