No Night So Long

Overview
No Night So Long is Dionne Warwick’s 1980 studio album for Arista, released July 18, 1980. It marked her continued comeback with Arista and features the Kerr–Jennings-penned title track, a major Adult Contemporary hit. The song’s success followed Warwick’s 1979 comeback hit, “I’ll Never Love This Way Again.” ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Night_So_Long))

Recording History
The album was recorded in spring 1980 at Mastersound Studios (Atlanta, GA), Britannia Studios (Hollywood, CA), and the Record Plant (Sausalito, CA). It was produced by Steve Buckingham; engineers were Alan Chinowsky, Joe Neil, and Lenny Roberts, with Glenn Meadows mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville). Kim Carnes contributed backing vocals. The project was largely cut to showcase Warwick’s polished, adult-contemporary direction. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Night_So_Long))

Chart Performance & Recognition
The title track peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart; “Easy Love” reached No. 62 on the Hot 100 and No. 12 AC. The album itself hit No. 23 on Billboard Top LPs & Tape and No. 22 on the Soul LPs chart, with additional Canadian and Australian chart appearances. The release reportedly sold about 500,000 copies in the U.S. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Night_So_Long))

Cultural Impact & Legacy
The Kerr–Jennings title-track team, also behind “I’ll Never Love This Way Again,” helped anchor Warwick’s 1980 AC triumph and solidified her contemporary crossover appeal. Notable is Carnes’s backing vocal contribution, underscoring the collaborative, adult-contemporary milieu of the project. The album’s AC chart dominance is documented in Billboard histories from 1980. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Night_So_Long))

Notable Covers & Samples
There are no widely documented covers or samples of the album’s tracks in major databases such as WhoSampled. ([whosampled.com](https://www.whosampled.com/Dionne-Warwick/?sp=10&utm_source=openai)).