Boogie Nights

This was written by Heatwave's keyboardist Rod Temperton; it was the first song he ever wrote on his own. The song got the attention of producer Quincy Jones, who brought Temperton in to write songs for Michael Jackson. It was a very fruitful collaboration, as Temperton wrote three of Jackson's biggest hits: "Off The Wall," "Rock With You" and "Thriller." Other Temperton-written hits that Jones produced include "Give Me The Night" by George Benson and "Baby, Come To Me" by James Ingram.

This song is about the groovy evenings out dancing in the disco era, as depicted in the film Saturday Night Fever. The song's writer, Rod Temperton, was British but formed Heatwave with two Americans. He spent a lot more time in the studio than in the discos, but had a talent for capturing the feeling of heading out for a night of dancing (as did some other British songwriters: the Gibb brothers, who wrote many of the songs for Saturday Night Fever). Temperton died in 2016 at age 66.

The phrase "Boogie Nights" became ingrained with the disco era, and in 1997 a film with that title was released starring Mark Wahlberg that was set in 1977, the same year this song came out. The song was not part of the film.