“Nightline” is the third single from Ellen Foley’s third studio album Another Breath.
The track was originally demoed by Michael Jackson as “Nite Line” for his 1982 album Thriller, but didn’t make the cut.
Aside from Foley, the song saw two other releases in 1983: one by the Pointer Sisters for thei...
[Intro]
Calling on the nightline
Waking me up
(Calling on the nightline) Calling on the nightline
Can't get enough
(Calling on the nightline) Calling on the nightline
Saying strange things
(Calling on the nightline) Calling on the nightline
I can hear it ring
[Chorus]
He's calling on the nightline
Waking me up
He's calling on the nightline
Can't get enough
[Verse 1]
Every night around midnight
I get the call
I reach for my night light
So I can write it all down
[Chorus]
He's calling on the nightline
Waking me up
He's calling on the nightline
Can't get enough
He's calling on the nightline
Saying strange things
He's calling on the nightline
I can hear it ring
[Verse 2]
Make it person to person
And heart to heart
I know for certain
I got the fire, you got the spark
[Chorus]
He's calling on the nightline
Waking me up
He's calling on the nightline
I can't get enough (get enough)
[Spoken Interlude]
Hello?
Oh, it's you
What? You've got to be kidding
Well, let me sleep on it
Good evening, at the tone
The time will be twelve o'clock exactly
[Verse 3]
Every night around midnight
Your call comes through
You're turning on my night light
Like talking in a dream to you
[Chorus]
Call me on the nightline
And you can wake me up (ooh baby)
He's calling on the nightline
Can't get enough (get enough)
He's calling on the nightline
Whispering in my ear
Calling on the nightline
Telling me what I want to hear
[Verse 4]
Every night around midnight
I get the call
I reach for my night light
So I can write it all down
[Chorus]
Call me on the nightline
And you can wake me up
He's calling on the nightline
Can't get enough (get enough)
(Calling on the nightline) He's calling on the nightline
Saying strange things (saying strange things)
(Calling on the nightline) He's calling on the nightline
I can hear it ring, ding-a-ling
(Calling on the nightline) He's calling on the nightline
Whispering in my ear
(Calling on the nightline) He's calling on the nightline
What I want to hear
(Calling on the nightline) He's calling on the nightline
I'm waiting by the phone
(Calling on the nightline) He's calling on the nightline
I can hear it ring, hear it ring
Nightline was written by Glen Ballard & Davey Faragher & Brie Howard.
Nightline was produced by Vini Poncia.