10.000 Nights of Thunder

"10.000 Nights of Thunder" is the second single by Danish pop band Alphabeat. It was released in the UK as "10,000 Nights" in anticipation of This Is Alphabeat, the international version of their debut album. It topped the chart in Alphabeat's native Denmark and peaked at number 16 on the UK Singles Chart.

"10.000 Nights of Thunder"
Single by Alphabeat
from the album Alphabeat
Released	15 January 2007
Genre	Pop
Length	4:27 (album version) 3:32 (UK radio edit)
Label	Charisma Copenhagen
Songwriter(s)	Anders Bønløkke
Producer(s)	Rune Westberg
Alphabeat singles chronology
"Fascination" (2006) "10.000 Nights of Thunder" (2007) "Fantastic 6" (2007)
Alphabeat UK singles chronology
"Fascination" (2008) "10.000 Nights of Thunder" (2008) "Boyfriend" (2008)
Audio
"10.000 Nights of Thunder" on YouTube

The band played a live semi-acoustic version of the track in Jo Whiley's Live Lounge on BBC Radio 1, together with a cover version of Sam Sparro's "Black and Gold". An instrumental version of the track was used as background music by the BBC during their daily Beijing 2008 Olympics highlights show.

Track listings

European CD single[1] "10,000 Nights" (radio edit) "10,000 Nights" (instrumental) UK CD1[2] "10,000 Nights" (radio edit) – 3:32 "Digital Love" (live session) – 2:51

UK CD2[3] "10,000 Nights" (radio edit) "10,000 Nights" (Bimbo Jones remix) "Fascination" (Alphabeat vs Frankmusik) "10,000 Nights" (video)

Chart performance

"10.000 Nights of Thunder" peaked in Denmark at number one, where it stayed for one week. In the United Kingdom, the song entered at number 23 on downloads alone, then climbed to number 16 once the physical single was released. On 27 July 2008, the song moved up four places from number 40 to number 36 before dropping out of the top 40 two weeks later.

Weekly charts Chart (2007–2008) Peak position Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[4] 6 Denmark (Tracklisten)[5] 1 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[6] 24 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7] 61 Scotland (OCC)[8] 10 UK Singles (OCC)[9] 16

Year-end charts Chart (2008) Position UK Singles (OCC)[10] 113

References

1. 10,000 Nights (European CD single liner notes). Alphabeat. Charisma Records, Copenhagen Records. 2008. CASDJ25, 5099951590321.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
2. 10,000 Nights (UK CD1 liner notes). Alphabeat. Charisma Records, Copenhagen Records. 2008. CASD25, 5099921520525.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
3. 10,000 Nights (UK CD2 liner notes). Alphabeat. Charisma Records, Copenhagen Records. 2008. CASDX25, 5099921521324.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
4. "Alphabeat – Ten Thousand Nights" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
5. "Hitlisten.NU – Alphabeat – Ten Thousand Nights" (in Danish). Tracklisten.
6. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 38, 2008" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
7. "Alphabeat – Ten Thousand Nights" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
8. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
9. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
10. "Official Singles Chart 2008" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 22 December 2020.