Commodor' 'Nightshift': Marv Gaye Fuels Send R&B No.1 In A Row

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• THE COMMODOR’ ‘NIGHTSHIFT’: MARV GAYE FUELS SEND R&B NO.1 IN A ROW
• NIGHTSHIFTCOMMODORTRACK 2 ON NIGHTSHIFT PRODUCED BYDENNIS LAMBERTTHE COMMODOR HAD BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE, LONG ENOUGH THAT A LOT OF THEIR IENDS AND SPIRATNS DIED. THEY GIVE A SPECIAL DITN TO TWO OF THOSE IENDS, MARV… READ MORE JAN. 31, 19851 VIEWER87.1K VIEWS28 CONTRIBUTORSNIGHTSHIFT LYRICS[VERSE 1]MARV, HE WAS A IEND OF MEAND HE ULD SG A SONG, HIS HEART EVERY LEMARV SANG OF THE JOY AND PAHE OPENED UP OUR MDS, AND I STILL N HEAR HIM SAY"AW TALK TO ME, SO YOU N SEE, WHAT'S GOG ON"SAY YOU WILL SG YOUR SONGS FOREVERMORE[REA]GONNA BE SOME SWEET SOUNDS, G DOWN ON THE NIGHTSHIFTI BET YOU'RE SGG PROUD, I BET YOU'LL PULL A CROWDGONNA BE A LONG NIGHT, 'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT, ON THE NIGHTSHIFTYOU FOUND ANOTHER HOME, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALONE, ON THE NIGHTSHIFTYOU FOUND ANOTHER HOME, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALONE, ON THE NIGHTSHIFT[VERSE 2]JACKIE, HEY WHAT'YOU DOG NOW?IT SEEMS LIKE YTERDAY WHEN WE WERE WORKG OUTJACKIE, YOU SET THE WORLD ON FIREYOU ME AND GIFTED , YOUR LOVE LIFTED HIGHER AND HIGHERKEEP UP AND WE'LL BE THERE AT YOUR SISAY YOU WILL SG YOUR SONGS FOREVERMORE[REA]GONNA BE SOME SWEET SOUNDS, G DOWN ON THE NIGHTSHIFTI BET YOU'RE SGG PROUD, I BET YOU'LL PULL A CROWDGONNA BE A LONG NIGHT, 'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT, ON THE NIGHTSHIFTYOU FOUND ANOTHER HOME, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALONE, ON THE NIGHTSHIFTGONNA BE SOME SWEET SOUNDS, G DOWN ON THE NIGHTSHIFTI BET YOU'RE SGG PROUD, I BET YOU'LL PULL A CROWDGONNA BE A LONG NIGHT, 'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT, ON THE NIGHTSHIFTYOU FOUND ANOTHER HOME, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALONE, ON THE NIGHTSHIFTGONNA MISS YOUR SWEET VOICE, THAT SOULFUL NOISE, ON THE NIGHTSHIFTWE ALL REMEMBER YOU, YOUR SONGS ARE G THROUGHAND AT THE END OF A LONG DAY, 'S GONNA BE OKAY, ON THE NIGHTSHIFTYOU FOUND ANOTHER HOME, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALONE, ON THE NIGHTSHIFTYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE4EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTGENI ANNOTATN1 NTRIBUTORTHE COMMODOR HAD BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE, LONG ENOUGH THAT A LOT OF THEIR IENDS AND SPIRATNS DIED. THEY GIVE A SPECIAL DITN TO TWO OF THOSE IENDS, MARV GAYE AND JACKIE WILSON. THE COMMODOR IMAGE THEM LIVG THE AFTERWORLD, WHICH THEY LL “THE NIGHTSHIFT.” NIGHT SHIFT WORKERS KNOW THAT ’S A HARD SHIFT, BEE YOU’RE OUT OF SYNC WH THE RT OF THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU. YOU’RE BATHED DARKNS. BUT YOU’RE STILL ALIVE, AS LONG AS THE PEOPLE LIVG DAYLIGHT REMEMBER YOU.EXPAND +49SHAREASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WAS LNEL RICHIE WH THE COMMODOR THENGENI ANSWER2 NTRIBUTORSNO. LNEL LEFT 1982 TO PURSUE HIS SOLO REER, AND “NIGHTSHIFT” WAS THE COMMODOR' FIRST (AND ONLY) SIGNIFINT H AFTER HIS PARTURE.WHO WROTE GENI ANSWER2 NTRIBUTORSTHE SONG WAS WRTEN BY THE BAND’S LEAD SGER, WALTER ORANGE.WHO IS "JACKIE"?GENI ANSWER2 NTRIBUTORSTHE GREAT JACKIE WILSON, WHO HAD IMMENSE SUCCS THE 50S AND 60S AND WAS RENOWNED FOR HIS SHOWMANSHIP. UNFORTUNATELY, HE HAD A STROKE 1975 WHICH LED TO HIS PASSG 1984.WHO PRODUCED “NIGHTSHIFT” BY COMMODOR?WHEN DID COMMODOR RELEASE “NIGHTSHIFT”?WHO WROTE “NIGHTSHIFT” BY COMMODOR?NIGHTSHIFT (1985)COMMODOR1. ANIMAL INSTCT2. NIGHTSHIFT3. I KEEP RUNNG4. LAY BACK5. SLIP OF THE TONGUE6. PLAY THIS RERD TWICE7. JA8. THE WOMAN MY LIFE9. LIGHTG UP THE NIGHT (MISSG LYRICS)EXPAND CREDSPRODUCED BYDENNIS LAMBERTWRTEN BYFRANNE GOL, DENNIS LAMBERT & WALTER ORANGEBACKGROUND CHOIRDAVID SWANSON (CHRISTIAN), SHELDON REYNOLDS, TRACEE AUGFAR, PATRICIA HAML, DENNIS LAMBERT, WILLIAM KG, GREGORY ALEXANR, PHILLIP INGRAM, RONALD LAPREAD, DARRYL PHNSEE, DORIS GARRETT, AMBROSE PRICE, SIEDAH GARRETT, JAM DEAN NICHOLAS & WALTER ORANGEARRANGED BYPETER WOLF (PRODUCER)ENGEERJEREMY SMHMASTERED BYNICK WEBBLEAD VOLSJ.D. NICHOLAS & WALTER ORANGERELEASE DATEJANUARY 31, 1985SONGS THAT SAMPLE NIGHTSHIFTFETTY’S SONG (IT WAS ALL A DREAM) BY ROWDY REBEL, CENTOCTà BY ANTONELLO VENDTI, BETTER PLACE BY MC LYTE, LOSE TO W BY FANTASIA & HO-HAPPY JACKIE BY AZSONGS THAT INTERPOLATE NIGHTSHIFTGHOST DEI BY GHOSTFACE KILLAH (FT. SUPERB) & SWEET LOVE (NIGHT SHIFT) BY BY SIGNALNIGHTSHIFT COVERSNIGHTSHIFT BY BCE SPRGSTEEN & RACHE! BY J.B.O. (DEU)VIEW NIGHTSHIFT SAMPLTAGSR&BEIGHTIGOSPELEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
• JOYRIDG WH MARV GAYE AND OTHER TAL OM THE NIGHT SHIFT AT MOTOWN RERDS

THE COMMODOR’ ‘NIGHTSHIFT’: MARV GAYE FUELS SEND R&B NO.1 IN A ROW

The lyrics of ‘Nightshift’ uned Gaye wh another soul giant, Jackie Wilson, who had died jt three months earlier 1984. 1 to pay tribute to Marv Gaye h the top spot on March 16, 1985. The lyrics of the song uned Gaye wh another R&B giant, Jackie Wilson, who had died jt three months earlier 1984.

Songfacts®:"Nightshift" is a tribute to sgers Marv Gaye and Jackie Wilson, who both died 1984. Gaye was a Motown star known for love songs like "Let's Get It On" and "Sexual Healg.

" Wilson was 49 when he died; Gaye was 44.

NIGHTSHIFTCOMMODORTRACK 2 ON NIGHTSHIFT PRODUCED BYDENNIS LAMBERTTHE COMMODOR HAD BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE, LONG ENOUGH THAT A LOT OF THEIR IENDS AND SPIRATNS DIED. THEY GIVE A SPECIAL DITN TO TWO OF THOSE IENDS, MARV… READ MORE JAN. 31, 19851 VIEWER87.1K VIEWS28 CONTRIBUTORSNIGHTSHIFT LYRICS[VERSE 1]MARV, HE WAS A IEND OF MEAND HE ULD SG A SONG, HIS HEART EVERY LEMARV SANG OF THE JOY AND PAHE OPENED UP OUR MDS, AND I STILL N HEAR HIM SAY"AW TALK TO ME, SO YOU N SEE, WHAT'S GOG ON"SAY YOU WILL SG YOUR SONGS FOREVERMORE[REA]GONNA BE SOME SWEET SOUNDS, G DOWN ON THE NIGHTSHIFTI BET YOU'RE SGG PROUD, I BET YOU'LL PULL A CROWDGONNA BE A LONG NIGHT, 'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT, ON THE NIGHTSHIFTYOU FOUND ANOTHER HOME, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALONE, ON THE NIGHTSHIFTYOU FOUND ANOTHER HOME, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALONE, ON THE NIGHTSHIFT[VERSE 2]JACKIE, HEY WHAT'YOU DOG NOW?IT SEEMS LIKE YTERDAY WHEN WE WERE WORKG OUTJACKIE, YOU SET THE WORLD ON FIREYOU ME AND GIFTED , YOUR LOVE LIFTED HIGHER AND HIGHERKEEP UP AND WE'LL BE THERE AT YOUR SISAY YOU WILL SG YOUR SONGS FOREVERMORE[REA]GONNA BE SOME SWEET SOUNDS, G DOWN ON THE NIGHTSHIFTI BET YOU'RE SGG PROUD, I BET YOU'LL PULL A CROWDGONNA BE A LONG NIGHT, 'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT, ON THE NIGHTSHIFTYOU FOUND ANOTHER HOME, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALONE, ON THE NIGHTSHIFTGONNA BE SOME SWEET SOUNDS, G DOWN ON THE NIGHTSHIFTI BET YOU'RE SGG PROUD, I BET YOU'LL PULL A CROWDGONNA BE A LONG NIGHT, 'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT, ON THE NIGHTSHIFTYOU FOUND ANOTHER HOME, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALONE, ON THE NIGHTSHIFTGONNA MISS YOUR SWEET VOICE, THAT SOULFUL NOISE, ON THE NIGHTSHIFTWE ALL REMEMBER YOU, YOUR SONGS ARE G THROUGHAND AT THE END OF A LONG DAY, 'S GONNA BE OKAY, ON THE NIGHTSHIFTYOU FOUND ANOTHER HOME, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALONE, ON THE NIGHTSHIFTYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE4EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTGENI ANNOTATN1 NTRIBUTORTHE COMMODOR HAD BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE, LONG ENOUGH THAT A LOT OF THEIR IENDS AND SPIRATNS DIED. THEY GIVE A SPECIAL DITN TO TWO OF THOSE IENDS, MARV GAYE AND JACKIE WILSON. THE COMMODOR IMAGE THEM LIVG THE AFTERWORLD, WHICH THEY LL “THE NIGHTSHIFT.” NIGHT SHIFT WORKERS KNOW THAT ’S A HARD SHIFT, BEE YOU’RE OUT OF SYNC WH THE RT OF THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU. YOU’RE BATHED DARKNS. BUT YOU’RE STILL ALIVE, AS LONG AS THE PEOPLE LIVG DAYLIGHT REMEMBER YOU.EXPAND +49SHAREASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WAS LNEL RICHIE WH THE COMMODOR THENGENI ANSWER2 NTRIBUTORSNO. LNEL LEFT 1982 TO PURSUE HIS SOLO REER, AND “NIGHTSHIFT” WAS THE COMMODOR' FIRST (AND ONLY) SIGNIFINT H AFTER HIS PARTURE.WHO WROTE GENI ANSWER2 NTRIBUTORSTHE SONG WAS WRTEN BY THE BAND’S LEAD SGER, WALTER ORANGE.WHO IS "JACKIE"?GENI ANSWER2 NTRIBUTORSTHE GREAT JACKIE WILSON, WHO HAD IMMENSE SUCCS THE 50S AND 60S AND WAS RENOWNED FOR HIS SHOWMANSHIP. UNFORTUNATELY, HE HAD A STROKE 1975 WHICH LED TO HIS PASSG 1984.WHO PRODUCED “NIGHTSHIFT” BY COMMODOR?WHEN DID COMMODOR RELEASE “NIGHTSHIFT”?WHO WROTE “NIGHTSHIFT” BY COMMODOR?NIGHTSHIFT (1985)COMMODOR1. ANIMAL INSTCT2. NIGHTSHIFT3. I KEEP RUNNG4. LAY BACK5. SLIP OF THE TONGUE6. PLAY THIS RERD TWICE7. JA8. THE WOMAN MY LIFE9. LIGHTG UP THE NIGHT (MISSG LYRICS)EXPAND CREDSPRODUCED BYDENNIS LAMBERTWRTEN BYFRANNE GOL, DENNIS LAMBERT & WALTER ORANGEBACKGROUND CHOIRDAVID SWANSON (CHRISTIAN), SHELDON REYNOLDS, TRACEE AUGFAR, PATRICIA HAML, DENNIS LAMBERT, WILLIAM KG, GREGORY ALEXANR, PHILLIP INGRAM, RONALD LAPREAD, DARRYL PHNSEE, DORIS GARRETT, AMBROSE PRICE, SIEDAH GARRETT, JAM DEAN NICHOLAS & WALTER ORANGEARRANGED BYPETER WOLF (PRODUCER)ENGEERJEREMY SMHMASTERED BYNICK WEBBLEAD VOLSJ.D. NICHOLAS & WALTER ORANGERELEASE DATEJANUARY 31, 1985SONGS THAT SAMPLE NIGHTSHIFTFETTY’S SONG (IT WAS ALL A DREAM) BY ROWDY REBEL, CENTOCTà BY ANTONELLO VENDTI, BETTER PLACE BY MC LYTE, LOSE TO W BY FANTASIA & HO-HAPPY JACKIE BY AZSONGS THAT INTERPOLATE NIGHTSHIFTGHOST DEI BY GHOSTFACE KILLAH (FT. SUPERB) & SWEET LOVE (NIGHT SHIFT) BY BY SIGNALNIGHTSHIFT COVERSNIGHTSHIFT BY BCE SPRGSTEEN & RACHE! BY J.B.O. (DEU)VIEW NIGHTSHIFT SAMPLTAGSR&BEIGHTIGOSPELEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

In the Commodor song, Marv Gaye and Jackie Wilson are on heaven's nightshift, playg some sweet songwrer Franne Gol was brought to help wh the lyrics. The song replaced, "Missg You" by Diana Ross, was also a tribute to Marv Gaye.

" Then there was the joyri on the back of Marv Gaye's motorcycle.

The song was origally released 1985 to honor Jackie Wilson and Marv Gaye and will appear on sger's upg album 'Only the Strong Survive'.

JOYRIDG WH MARV GAYE AND OTHER TAL OM THE NIGHT SHIFT AT MOTOWN RERDS

Commodor wrote the song a few years after partg ways wh Lnel Richie to honor the memori of Marv Gaye and Jackie Wilson.