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{{Infobox song
| name       = Night and Day
| cover      = Bette Midler Night And Day single cover.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Bette Midler]]
| album      = [[Some People's Lives]]
| B-side     = [[From a Distance]]
| released   = January 15, 1991
| recorded   = 1990
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length     = 5:30
| label      = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
| writer     = [[Billie Hughes]]<br />[[Roxanne Seeman]]
| producer   = [[Arif Mardin]], [[Marc Shaiman]]
| prev_title = [[From a Distance#Bette Midler version|From a Distance]]
| prev_year  = 1990
| next_title = The Gift of Love
| next_year  = 1991
|misc={{External music video|1={{YouTube|W88cBNlI-hA|"Night And Day" - Bette Midler}}}}}}
"'''Night and Day'''" is a 1991 song by [[Bette Midler]] written by [[Roxanne Seeman]] and [[Billie Hughes]]. It is the second single from ''[[Some People's Lives]]'' produced by [[Arif Mardin]] with [[Marc Shaiman]] as associate producer. "Night and Day" was arranged by [[Arif Mardin]], [[Billie Hughes]], and [[Joe Mardin]]. [[Jack Joseph Puig]] was the recording and [[Mix Engineer|mix engineer]]. "Night and Day" was also released as a single in Japan.<ref>{{Citation|title=Night and Day - Billie Hughes {{!}} Song Info {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/night-and-day-mt0016015406|language=en-us|access-date=2020-12-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Inc|first=Nielsen Business Media|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XhAEAAAAMBAJ&q=Billie+Hughes+%22Night+And+Day%22+billboard&pg=PA71|title=Billboard|date=2002-03-16|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Night and Day - Bette Midler {{!}} Song Info {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/night-and-day-mt0011112258|access-date=2017-07-28|website=AllMusic}}</ref>
"Night and Day" is included in [[A Gift of Love]], the 2015 compilation album by Bette Midler focusing on her ballads. It is one of ten songs on the list of [[Los Angeles Times|LA Times]] journalist James Reed in his story "On Bette Midler's birthday, 10 songs that remind us why we fell in love with her", printed December 1, 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-bette-midler-songs-20161201-story.html|title=On Bette Midler's birthday, 10 songs that remind us why we fell in love with her|last=Reed|first=James|date=2016-12-01|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2017-07-28|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> It was also included on the Bette Midler collection "3 for One"<ref name=":0" /> released in Australia.
==Overview==
Seeman and Hughes recorded a demo of the song performed by [[Billie Hughes]].  Seeman took the song demo to New York and dropped it off with a letter for Tunc Erim, [[A&r|A&R]] at [[Atlantic Records]]. A week later, Tunc Erim invited Seeman to lunch where he told her that [[Ahmet Ertegun]] and [[Doug Morris]] liked the song and wanted to show it to [[Mike Rutherford]] of [[Mike + The Mechanics]]. After the lunch, Seeman went to see Vicky Germaise in [[Arif Mardin]]'s office at the [[Atlantic Recording Studios]]. Germaise asked Seeman if she had another copy and overnighted the demo to [[Arif Mardin]] who was in Los Angeles, producing [[Bette Midler]]'s upcoming album.
{{Blockquote|text="It's a song about how hard it is to get along and how wonderful it is when you finally can."<ref>{{Cite interview |last=Midler |first=Bette |subject-link=Bette Midler |interviewer=[[Elvis Duran]] |title=Call-In Interview with Bette Midler |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuOEe8NYt4Y&t=236s |work=HitLine USA |publisher=Entertainment Radio Networks |place=New York City |date=November 11, 1991}}</ref>|author=Bette Midler}}
==Chart performance==
"Night and Day" was released to [[Adult contemporary music|adult contemporary radio]] and stayed on the ''Billboard'' AC chart for 15 weeks, peaking at number 15.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1991-03-30|title=Adult Contemporary Music Chart|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2017-07-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Bette Midler|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/bette-midler/chart-history/asi/|access-date=2020-12-08|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> The release to mainstream radio came later with "Night and Day" entering the [[Contemporary hit radio|Contemporary Hit Radio]] charts as Most Added and Significant Action.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=March 23, 1991|title=Power Playlists Top 40 Radio Stations|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-03-23.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|date=January 11, 1991|title=Contemporary Hit Radio National Airplay|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1991/RR-1991-01-11.pdf|journal=Radio & Records|pages=107, 110}}</ref>
As "Night and Day" was ascending the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], the [[Gulf War]] broke out, focusing attention back on the first single, "[[From a Distance|From A Distance]]".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Harrington|first=Richard|date=March 20, 1991|title=GULF WAR SONGS, OUT OF TUNE|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1991/03/20/gulf-war-songs-out-of-tune/04a07e1a-1e9b-4b87-9f4e-f4ed1a30d305/}}</ref> "Night and Day" remained on the Hot 100 for 7 weeks, peaking at 62.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/281485/bette-midler/chart?page=1&f=379|title=Bette Midler - Chart history {{!}} Billboard|website=www.billboard.com|language=en|access-date=2017-07-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|date=April 13, 1991|title=Hot Adult Contemporary|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-04-13.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=14}}</ref>
==Critical reception==
==Music video==
A [[music video]] was produced to promote the single, directed by Irish music video and commercial director [[Meiert Avis]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=meiertavis.com|url=http://meiertavis.com/|access-date=2020-12-08|website=meiertavis.com}}</ref>
==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Chart performance for "Night and Day"
!Chart (1991)
!Peak<br />position
|-
!scope="row"|Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite Ryan|page=187}}</ref>
|align="center"|84
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|50|artist=Bette Midler|song=Night and Day|rowheader=true|access-date=August 27, 2022}}
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|62
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')
|align="center"|15
|}
==Television performances==
*[[Oprah Winfrey|Oprah Winfrey's]] "International Men's Show"
*[[VH1's Behind the Music|VH1's ''Behind the Music'']] - Bette Midler
*''[[One Life to Live]]''
*''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]''
*''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]''
*''[[Passions]]''
==Other versions==
*[[Billie Hughes]] included a version of "Night and Day" on his [[Welcome to the Edge (album)|''Welcome to the Edge'' album]] which charted #1 in Japan.
*The Japanese hit duo [[Wink (duo)|Wink]] released a Japanese version of "Night and Day".
*Jasmine released a Mandarin version of "Night and Day".
*[[Cherrie Choi]] released a Cantonese version of "Night and Day".
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMG9GWzx27I "Night and Day" Billie Hughes video on YouTube]
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[[Category:Wink (duo) songs]]
[[Category:Music videos directed by Meiert Avis]]