Into the Nightlife

"Into the Nightlife"
"Into the Nightlife"
Single by Cyndi Lauper
from the album Bring Ya to the Brink
Released	August 8, 2008
Recorded	2007
Genre	Dance-pop; Euro disco;
Length	4:00
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Cyndi Lauper; Peer Åström; Johan Bobäck; Max Martin;
Producer(s)	Lauper; Åström; Bobäck;
Cyndi Lauper singles chronology
Music video
	"Into the Nightlife" on YouTube

"Into the Nightlife" is a song by American singer Cyndi Lauper for her tenth studio album Bring Ya to the Brink (2008). It was written by Lauper, Peer Åström, Johan Bobäck and Max Martin, and produced by Lauper, Åström and Bobäck. It peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and on the Cashbox Top Dance Singles.^[2] It became Lauper's first Australian chart single in fourteen years.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Lauper says that the song title was inspired by Henry Miller's book Into the Night Life that inspired Lawrence Ferlinghetti's A Coney Island of the Mind, which inspired her to describe the images of nightlife in New York City.^[3]

The single was released to UK radio stations early September 2008. As of August 2008, the song has sold 16,000 downloads in the United States.^[4]

Music video

The music video for the song which was directed by Lauper herself and produced by 44 Productions was partly filmed at Splash Bar in New York City on 20 May 2008. Fans were invited to come be extras in the video.^[5]

Ari Gold and Colton Ford appear in the video dancing behind Lauper in the night club. Lucas Silveira appears kissing an unidentified woman in the club.

Ministry Of Sound: Annual 2009

The Soul Seekers Club Mix of "Into the Nightlife" is featured as the third track on the annual collection of dance songs Ministry Of Sound released in 2009.^[6]

Official mixes

Album version – 4:00
Jody Den Broeder Club Mix – 7:19
Jody Den Broeder Dub – 7:49
Jody Den Broeder Mixshow – 5:08
Jody Den Broeder Radio Mix – 4:03
Soul Seekerz Dub – 7:41
Soul Seekerz Radio Mix – 3:52
Soul Seekerz Vocal Club Mix – 7:41
Johnny Pinkfinger vs Mihell Remix - 7:36 #
Freedomebunch Mix - 7:46 #

From the Floor Remixes album

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Into the Nightlife"
Chart (2008)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[7]	82
Russia (Tophit)^[8]	152
Spain (PROMUSICAE)^[9]	94
UK Singles (OCC)^[10]	168
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)^[11]	1
US Dance/Mix Show Airplay (Billboard)^[12]	1
US Global Dance Tracks (Billboard)^[13]	18

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Into the Nightlife"
Chart (2008)	Position
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)^[14]	48
US Dance/Mix Show Airplay (Billboard)^[15]	20

Release history

Region	Date	Format
United Kingdom	September 22, 2008	Paid download airplay
United States	August 8, 2008	Paid download

References

^ Ganz, Caryn (May 29, 2008). "Bring Ya to the Brink". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
^ "- CASHBOX Magazine Top Dance Singles". Archived from the original on December 16, 2008. Retrieved September 11, 2008.
^ "Cyndi Lauper Premieres Brand New Song". ArjanWrites Music Blog. May 20, 2008. Retrieved May 21, 2008.
^ Caulfield, Keith (August 22, 2008). "Ask Billboard: Tina Turner, Top-Selling Rap, Lauper". Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
^ "Be in the "Into the Nightlife" Video!". Cyndi Lauper Source. May 14, 2008. Archived from the original on May 19, 2008. Retrieved May 15, 2008.
^ Ministry Sound America Annual 2009, 2012.
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 162.
^ "Cyndi Lauper - Into the Nightlife". Tophit.ru. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
^ "Cyndi Lauper – Into the Nightlife" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
^ "Chart Log UK 1994-2010 DJ Steve L. – LZ Love". Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
^ "Cyndi Lauper Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
^ "Cyndi Lauper Chart History (Dance Mix/Show Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
^ "Into The Nightlife Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
^ "Dance Club Songs – Year-End 2008". Billboard. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
^ "Dance/Mix Show Songs – Year-End 2008". Billboard. Retrieved March 11, 2021.

[1] Ganz, Caryn (May 29, 2008). "Bring Ya to the Brink". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 15, 2020.

[2] "- CASHBOX Magazine Top Dance Singles". Archived from the original on December 16, 2008. Retrieved September 11, 2008.

[3] "Cyndi Lauper Premieres Brand New Song". ArjanWrites Music Blog. May 20, 2008. Retrieved May 21, 2008.

[4] Caulfield, Keith (August 22, 2008). "Ask Billboard: Tina Turner, Top-Selling Rap, Lauper". Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2020.

[5] "Be in the "Into the Nightlife" Video!". Cyndi Lauper Source. May 14, 2008. Archived from the original on May 19, 2008. Retrieved May 15, 2008.

[ministrysound-6] Ministry Sound America Annual 2009, 2012.

[ryan-7] Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 162.

[8] "Cyndi Lauper - Into the Nightlife". Tophit.ru. Retrieved March 26, 2021.

[sc_Spain_Cyndi_Lauper-9] "Cyndi Lauper – Into the Nightlife" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved December 24, 2020.

[zobbel-10] "Chart Log UK 1994-2010 DJ Steve L. – LZ Love". Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz. Retrieved September 24, 2015.

[sc_Billboarddanceclubplay_Cyndi_Lauper-11] "Cyndi Lauper Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 21, 2019.

[sc_Billboarddanceairplay_Cyndi_Lauper-12] "Cyndi Lauper Chart History (Dance Mix/Show Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved March 11, 2021.

[13] "Into The Nightlife Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved February 15, 2020.

[14] "Dance Club Songs – Year-End 2008". Billboard. Retrieved March 11, 2021.

[15] "Dance/Mix Show Songs – Year-End 2008". Billboard. Retrieved March 11, 2021.

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v t e Cyndi Lauper singles
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True Colors	"True Colors" "Change of Heart" "What's Going On" "Boy Blue" "Maybe He'll Know"
A Night to Remember	"I Drove All Night" "My First Night Without You" "Heading West" "A Night to Remember"
Hat Full of Stars	"Who Let In the Rain" "That's What I Think" "Sally's Pigeons"
Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some	"Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" "I'm Gonna Be Strong" "Come on Home"
Sisters of Avalon	"You Don't Know" "Sisters of Avalon" "Ballad of Cleo and Joe"
Merry Christmas ... Have a Nice Life	"Early Christmas Morning"
Shine	"Shine"
At Last	"At Last" "Walk On By"
The Body Acoustic	"Time After Time"
Bring Ya to the Brink	"Set Your Heart" "Same Ol' Story" "Into the Nightlife"
Memphis Blues	"Just Your Fool"
Detour	"Hard Candy Christmas" "Funnel of Love"
Other singles	"You Make Loving Fun" "We Are the World" "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" "Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)" "Another Brick in the Wall" "The World Is Stone" "Disco Inferno" "A Christmas Duel" "Girls Just Wanna Set Your Heart"