“A Night to Remember” peaked at #44 on the Billboard Hot 100, #15 on Billboard’s Hot Dance Music\Club Play chart and #8 on Billboard’s R&B chart in 1982.
[Verse 1]
When you love someone, it's natural, not demanding
And that's one thing I'm proud to say I found in you
I'm so glad we reached an understanding
Now I know my heart is safe with you, ooh
So now my love to you, baby, I surrender
[Chorus]
Get ready tonight
Gonna make this a night to remember
Get ready (Oh, baby) tonight
Gonna make this a night to remember
[Verse 2]
Celebrations in the heart 'cause we're united
And there's nothing in this world to come between me and you
We're together and it keeps me so excited
To think of what the power of love can do, ooh
And I'm filled with a love that's, oh, so tender
[Chorus]
Get ready (Baby) tonight (Girl)
I'm gonna make this a night to remember
Get ready (Get ready) tonight
I'm gonna make this a night to remember
Make this a night to remember
Get ready tonight
Gonna make this a night to remember
Get ready (Get ready) tonight
Gonna make this a night to remember
Get ready (Baby) tonight (Darling)
Gonna make this a night to remember
Get ready (Darling) tonight (Baby)
Gonna make this a night to remember
[Instrumental]
[Bridge]
This night you won't forget
Gonna make this a night to remember
‘Cause your love I won't regret
Gonna make this a night to remember
[Chorus]
Get ready (Baby) tonight (Darling)
Gonna make this a night to remember
Get ready (It won't be like the past) tonight (I will make it last)
Gonna make this a night to remember
[Post-Chorus]
Tonight
Make this a night to remember
Tonight
Make this a night to remember
[Verse 3]
Let's make a toast to those who helped make this occasion
They turn their back on love
And that's what drove you straight to me
Now to you, I make a lasting dedication
I'll show you all that love and life can be, ooh
And each day that I live I will deliver
[Chorus]
Get ready (This night you won't forget) tonight
Gonna make this a night to remember
Get ready (‘Cause your love I won't regret) tonight
Gonna make this a night to remember
Get ready (Baby) tonight (Darling)
Gonna make this a night to remember
Get ready (It won't be like the past) tonight (I will make it last)
Gonna make this a night to remember
Get ready tonight
A Night To Remember was written by Dana Meyers & Charmaine Sylvers & Nidra Beard.
A Night To Remember was produced by Leon Sylvers III.
“A Night To Remember” starts in the key of F-major, but then atypically, there’s an early modulation up to G♭-major. Such a musical change is usually reserved for add drama to the climax of a song, moreso toward the end.