Night of Passion

Night of Passion is a song written by Robert Olausson, Maiti Alfonzetti, Sonja Aldén and Johan Lyander, and performed by The Poodles at Melodifestivalen 2006, ending up fourth.

"Night of Passion"
Single by The Poodles
from the album Metal Will Stand Tall
A-side	"Night of Passion"
Released	13 March 2006
Genre	Heavy metal
Label	Nordsong
Songwriter(s)	Robert Olausson, Maiti Alfonzetti, Sonja Aldén, Johan Lyander
The Poodles singles chronology
"Night of Passion" (2006) "Metal Will Stand Tall" (2006)

Single record

The single was released on 13 March 2006 as the first single of the 2006 Poodles album "Metal Will Stand Tall". At the Swedish singles chart the song peaked at second position. The song also charted at Svensktoppen reaching a fifth position on 16 April 2006.^[1] On 2 July 2006 the song did its final Svensktoppen visit,^[2] peaking at fourth position twice during a chart visit lasting 12 weeks. In 2006 the song also charted at Trackslistan.

Other versions

The song was also performed at Dansbandskampen 2009 by Sannex in an acoustic version, when the Poodles and heavy metal was the theme of the night during the second competition of the year. Sannex also recorded the song on the album Får jag lov? 2011.^[3]

Single track listing

1. Night of Passion (radio mix) - 2:59
2. Night of Passion (singback mix) - 2:59

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2006) Peak position Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[4] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2006) Position Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[5] 27

References

1. Svensktoppen - 16 april 2006
2. Svensktoppen - 2 juli 2006
3. "Får jag lov" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
4. "The Poodles – Night of Passion". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
5. "Årslista Singlar – År 2006" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 2 May 2020.