Pop and Rock Chart Archive
and Music Encyclopedia

Nightshift song title page

Tune Timeline chronological list

blue # = weekly pop chart

1 Night Shift   Sep 1982  
  Quarterflash  
    YouTube    

2 Nightshift 3   Apr 1985  
  Commodores  
    YouTube download at Amazon  


Related Features for Nightshift:
back to top


Nightshift or Night Shift was a title for two popular songs. Nightshift by Commodores hit number 3 in 1985. Nightshift was a tribute to soul singer Marvin Gaye, who had been killed less than a year earlier. Nightshift was sung by long-time Commodores member and singer Clyde Orange, as Lionel Richie was no longer in the group.
The other song, Night Shift, was a popular rock tune by Quarterflash.


Explore and Find More

Home Page
One Hit Wonders
Rock of the Eighties
Rock of the Nineties
Rock of the 2000's