1988 Steve Winwood – Don’t You Know What The Night Can Do? (US:#6 UK:#89)
“Don’t You Know What The Night Can Do?” is a song recorded by Steve Winwood for his album, Roll with It, released on Virgin Records in 1988. Released as a single, it peaked at number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and spent two weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
Prior to the 1988 release of the “Don’t You Know What the Night Can Do?” single, the song was used in a national TV commercial for Michelob. Though some critics at the time condemned Winwood for “writing songs for business interests” (i.e., “selling out”),Winwood denied that the song had been written for the commercial. In the 27 August issue of Billboard, Winwood’s manager, Ron Weisner, said that Winwood granted Michelob use of the song to obtain tour sponsorship. In the 1 December issue of Rolling Stone, Weisner reiterated that the song was written before the deal with Michelob was struck. In a 1990 biography, Winwood explained: “When the album was finished, but before it came out, Michelob took the song they wanted, and very quickly shot the commercial. So what happened was the commercial came out before the album. Then the LP was released and the first single which was ‘Roll With It’. Six weeks later the second single was due to be released which was the song they used for the commercial. They started putting the commercial on the TV before the single was out. It looked like I had written a beer jingle!”
Album
Roll With It is the fifth solo studio album by English blue-eyed soul artist Steve Winwood, released on 20 June 1988. It became Winwood’s most commercially successful album, reaching number four on the UK Albums Chart and number one on the US Billboard 200, and has sold over three million copies. The title track topped […]
Muscians
Drums | JR Robinson |
Keyboards | Steve Winwood |
Keyboards | Mike Lawler |
Programming | Steve Winwood |
Percussion | Bashiri Johnson |
Background Vocals | Mark Williamson |
Background Vocals | Tessa Niles |
Vocals | Steve Winwood |
Produced By
Steve Winwood
Tom Lord-Alge
Songwriters
Steve Winwood
Will Jennings
Charts
US:# 6
UK:#89