Night of Your Life (David Guetta song)

Night of Your Life (David Guetta song)
"Night of Your Life"
Promotional single by David Guetta featuring Jennifer Hudson from the album Nothing but the Beat
Released August 22, 2011
Format Digital download
Genre Pop, future-soul
Length 3:41
Label Virgin, EMI
Writer Cristyle Johnson, Anthony Preston, David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort
Producer David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort
Nothing but the Beat track listing
"I Just Wanna F."
(9)		 "Night of Your Life"
(10)		 "Repeat"
(11)

"Night of Your Life" is a song by French disc jockey (DJ)-music producer David Guetta, featuring additional vocals from American R&B recording artist Jennifer Hudson. Taken from the former's fifth studio album, Nothing but the Beat (2011), the song was written by Cristyle Johnson, Anthony Preston, Guetta and Giorgio Tuinfort. Production for the song was also handled by Guetta and Tuinfort. "Night of Your Life" was released digitally on August 22, 2011, as the third and final promotional single from the album, as part of the iTunes Store's countdown to the album's release.

Musically, "Night of Your Life" is an uptempo pop and future-soul song, with lyrics that feature Hudson demanding to be worshiped like a queen. Music critics generally positively reviewed the song, praising Hudson's vocal performance and noting it as one of the standout tracks from Nothing but the Beat. Critics also compared the song to Rihanna's "Only Girl (In the World)" (2010). Commercially, "Night of Your Life" reached the top 10 in Austria and Norway, and the top 20 in Denmark, Finland, Germany and Spain.

Contents

Background

"Night of Your Life" was written by Cristyle Johnson, Anthony Preston, David Guetta and Giorgio Tuinfort, and was produced by Guetta and Tuinfort.[1] In an interview with Akshay Bhansali of MTV News, Guetta revealed that he did not know Jennifer Hudson that well and commented: "I had heard her voice [before] and I fell in love with it. It's a difficult song. You need a really big voice to be able to perform that song. I was like, 'Whoa!' She obviously has an amazing voice, and I think it was a really interesting exercise for her and for me."[2] He further explained, "I always love to take singers and take them out of their boxes and to come with a dance song with her was really exciting."[2] On working with Hudson, Guetta said, "She is beautiful in every way: as a person, as a singer, as a human being. She delivered [the song] like crazy."[2]

"Night of Your Life" was released for digital download on August 22, 2011, as the third and final promotional single from the album, as part of the iTunes Store's countdown to the album's release.[3][4]

Composition

"Night of Your Life" is an uptempo pop and future-soul song,[5][6] that features an infectious beat and clapping snares.[5] According to Melinda Newman from HitFix, "'Night Of Your Life' opens to the sounds of beats lightly bouncing around like colorful dancing polka dots before exploding into a retro-sounding twirler with Hudson belting loud and clear."[7] According to Trent Fitzgerald from Pop Crush, Hudson "takes control of the track with her commanding vocals as she demands to be worshiped like a queen."[5] Tom Ewing from The Guardian noted the song bears similarities to Rihanna's "Only Girl (In the World)" (2010).[8] Genevieve Koski from The A.V. Club wrote that on the song, "Jennifer Hudson manage[s] to keep [her] head above the waves of synths ... by amping up [her] vocals to match the outsized beats."[9] Kerri Mason from Billboard magazine wrote that the song "takes a structure usually reserved for breathy chanteuses—the big-room trance vocal—and adds the firepower of Jennifer Hudson."[10]

Critical reception

Jennifer Hudson's vocals on the track were praised by music critics.

Scott Shetler from Pop Crush called "Night of Your Life" "one of the most impressive tracks" on Nothing but the Beat, and noted that Hudson "sounds like a dance floor diva" on the song.[11] Eric Henderson from Slant Magazine wrote that the song was "the album's only comparative highlight", but called it a "bald rip-off" of Rihanna's "Only Girl (In the World)."[12] Robert Copsey from Digital Spy noted it as one of the album's "standouts", and wrote that "Hudson adds a classy, club classics touch to 'Night of Your Life'".[13] Joe Copplestone from PopMatters noted that songs on the album such as "Night of Your Life" and "Titanium", "recall the power" of Guetta's previous collaborations with Kelly Rowland on "When Love Takes Over" (2009) and "Commander" (2010).[14] A writer for Daily Herald wrote, "Hudson's voice is perfect here, with all the right emotion in all the right places. Guetta keeps it simple with a buzzing backbeat and Hudson keeps it lush with vocals that will always have a home on the hottest dance floors."[15]

Pkboo from Samesame.com.au called "Night of You Life" a "bangin' radio ready single" and wrote that on "Night of Your Life", Hudson delivers "the in control swagger that has become her trademark".[16] He also mentioned that the song was better than anything from her recent second studio album, I Remember Me (2011).[16] Becky Bain from Idolator wrote that "it's one of the slickest collaborations" that she's heard from David Guetta so far.[17] Bain also added that it was "refreshing" to hear Hudson "in a euphoric party mood after her more low-key offerings from her last album, I Remember Me."[17] Rich Lopez from Dallas Voice gave the song a mixed review, and wrote that it "is amateurish and never lives up to her talent."[18] Ben Norman from About.com wrote that "Night of Your Life" and "Repeat" (featuring Jessie J), were the two tracks on the album that "lack whatever it was that was necessary for them to be stellar, but I rest that blame firmly in Guetta's court, as I believe the production was lacking the most, not the vocalists' abilities."[19]

Chart performance

"Night of Your Life" debuted at number 27 on the French Singles Chart, before dropping to number 73 the following week.[20] The song debuted at number nine on the Austrian Singles Chart, peaked at number seven the following week, and spent eight non-consecutive weeks on the chart.[21] It also debuted at number nine on the Norwegian Singles Chart, where it remained for two consecutive weeks.[22] "Night of Your Life" reached the top 20 on the singles charts of Denmark, Finland, Germany and Spain.[23][24][25][26] In the United Kingdom, "Night of Your Life" debuted at number 35 on the UK Singles Chart on September 3, 2011.[27] It also charted on the UK Dance Chart, where it peaked at number nine.[28] In the United States, "Night of Your Life" debuted at number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on the issue dated September 10, 2011,[29] selling 27,000 digital copies in its first week.[30]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes for Nothing but the Beat.[1]

  • David Guetta – songwriting, production
  • David Hachour – mastering
  • Jennifer Hudson – lead vocals
  • Cristyle Johnson – songwriting
  • Anthony Preston – songwriting
  • Florent Sabaton – mastering
  • Giorgio Tuinfort – songwriting, production

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[31] 37
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[21] 7
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[32] 30
Denmark (Tracklisten)[23] 15
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[24] 19
France (SNEP)[20] 27
Germany (Media Control AG)[25] 12
Ireland (IRMA)[33] 46
New Zealand (RIANZ)[34] 38
Norway (VG-lista)[22] 9
Scotland (The Official Charts Company)[35] 20
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100 Oficiálna)[36] 76
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[26] 18
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[37] 31
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[38] 24
UK Dance (The Official Charts Company)[28] 9
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[27] 35
US Billboard Hot 100 (Billboard)[29] 81

References

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  7. ^ Newman, Melinda (August 29, 2011). "Album Review: DJ David Guetta focuses on Nothing But The Beat on new set". HitFix. http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/the-beat-goes-on/posts/album-review-dj-david-guetta-focuses-on-nothing-but-the-beat-on-new-set. Retrieved October 15, 2011. 
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v · d · eDavid Guetta
Just a Little More Love
"Just a Little More Love"  • "Love Don't Let Me Go"  • "People Come People Go"  • "Give Me Something"
Fuck Me I'm Famous 2003
Guetta Blaster
"Money"  • "Stay"  • "The World Is Mine"  • "In Love With Myself"
Fuck Me I'm Famous 2006
Pop Life
"Love Is Gone"  • "Baby When the Light"  • "Delirious"  • "Tomorrow Can Wait"  • "Everytime We Touch"
One Love
"When Love Takes Over"  • "Sexy Bitch"  • "One Love"  • "Memories"  • "Gettin' Over You"  • "Who's That Chick?"
Fuck Me I'm Famous 2009
"GRRRR"
Nothing but the Beat
"Where Them Girls At"  • "Little Bad Girl"  • "Without You"  • "Repeat"
Featured singles
"Revolver (One Love Remix)"  • "Commander"  • "Club Can't Handle Me"  • "Sweat"
Promotional singles
"Gettin' Over"  • "I Wanna Go Crazy"  • "Louder Than Words"  • "Titanium"  • "Lunar"  • "Night of Your Life"
Produced singles
"I Gotta Feeling"  • "Rock That Body"  • "Acapella"  • "Scream"  • "Angel"  • "Freak"  • " Forever and a Day"  • "Pass At Me"
Other songs
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Studio albums
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Other albums
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Singles
"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" · "Spotlight" · "If This Isn't Love" · "Giving Myself" · "Where You At" · "I Remember Me" · "No One Gonna Love You"
Other songs
"Love You I Do"  · "All Dressed in Love"  · "Pocketbook" · "Night of Your Life"
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