WE BELONG TO THE NIGHT – ELLEN FOLEY

Chart performance:

Week	Position	Movement	Comments
11-Apr-80	19	New
18-Apr-80	12	+7	Biggest climber/Star rater
25-Apr-80	7	+5	Star rater/Peak
02-May-80	8	-1
09-May-80	10	-2
16-May-80	12	-2
23-May-80	9	+3	Star rater
30-May-80	9	0
06-Jun-80	10	-1
13-Jun-80	15	-5

Written by: Ellen Foley & Fred Goodman
Produced by: Ian Hunter & Mick Ronson
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): Epic

Hit number for artist	1
Peak position	7
Weeks	10
Biggest climber awards	1
Star rater climbs	2
Biggest faller awards	0
Top 20 points	99
Overall Top 20 points ranking	=1118
Top 20 points ranking for the artist	1
Top 30 Points	199
Overall Top 30 points ranking	=1171
Top 30 points ranking for the artist	1

Annual ranking:

1980

45

Other chart success:

Australia	15
Belgium	1
Netherlands	1

Although this was her debut single, Foley had been involved in a previous chart topper in the Netherlands as she performed some vocals on Meat Loaf’s ‘Paradise By The Dashboard Light’ which had spent 5 weeks at 1 there about 10 months before ‘We Belong To The Night’ topped the Dutch charts. Ian Hunter, who co-produced the song was from the band Mott The Hoople while his co-producer, Mick Ronson, had been the guitarist with David Bowie particularly in his Ziggy Stardust phase.

Video:

Artist link: Ellen Foley

ELLEN FOLEY (US)

Born: 1951

Ellen was born in St Louis, Missouri. When she was 21 she left St Louis and moved to New York to study acting. She didn’t really find much success initially so started up a band called Big Jive and performed in Atlantic City. She then landed a part in the National Lampoon comedy show which was the springboard for actors such as Chevy Chase, Dan Ackroyd and Bill Murray. There she met Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman and this would lead to her singing with Meat Loaf on his ‘Paradise By The Dashboard Light’. The video for the song starred Karla DeVito in the female part in the song, but she was lip synching. The collaboration with Meat Loaf led to Ellen working with the likes of Ian Hunter from Mott the Hoople, Mick Ronson (who had worked with David Bowie) and The Clash. She would see 1 US Hot 100 hit in the form of ‘What’s A Matter Baby’ which went to 92 while in the UK she saw ‘Night Out’ get to 68 and ‘Spirit Of St Louis’ reach 57. She would also end up having a successful career on Broadway and starred in a number of films such as ‘Tootsie’, ‘Fatal Attraction’ and ‘Cocktail’. Some may remember her from the TV comedy show ‘Night Court’.

Date of entry	Song	Peak (weeks at 1)	Weeks
11-Apr-1980	We Belong To The Night	7	10
		Total hits	1
		Total weeks	10

Biggest climber awards	1
Star rater climbs	2
Biggest fallers	0
Weeks with oldest in the charts	0
Longest run in the charts (weeks)	10
Weeks with more than 1 in the charts	0
Biggest gap between hits (weeks)	0
Top 30 points ranking	=771
Top 20 points ranking	=733
Top 30 points	199
Top 20 points	99