(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All

(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All (Last_Night)_I_Didn't_Get_to_Sleep_at_All_-_The_5th_Dimension.jpg single The 5th Dimension Individually & Collectively The River Witch March 1972 Pop 3 10 Bell Tony Macaulay Bones Howe Together Let's Find Love 1971 If I Could Reach You 1972 "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All" is a song written by Tony Macaulay and performed by The 5th Dimension with instrumental backing from L.A. session musicians from the Wrecking Crew.Kent Hartman 261–263 2012 The Wrecking Crew https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780312619749 registration St. Martin’s Griffin 978-1-250-03046-7 The song appeared on the band's album Individually & Collectively,https://www.discogs.com/release/2965453-The-5th-Dimension-Individually-Collectively The 5th Dimension - Individually & Collectively 18 May 1972 18 May 2023 Discogs.com produced by Bones Howe and arranged by Bill Holman.https://www.discogs.com/release/4465676-The-5th-Dimension-Last-Night-I-Didnt-Get-To-Sleep-At-All-The-River-Witch The 5th Dimension - (Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All / The River Witch 18 May 1972 18 May 2023 Discogs.com The song was a top 10 hit for the group in the U.S., and their sixth and final platinum record. Composition and recording Tony Macaulay began work on the song while in Tokyo for the World Popular Song Festival of 1972. He met fellow attendees the Carpenters and was inspired to write a song emulating their hit "We've Only Just Begun" (Macaulay: "I liked the feel of that, the shuffle feel of it"). Macaulay recalls that due to changing time zones "I was awake all night and sleeping all day [in Tokyo]. So I just got up in the night and I wrote it". Although he was having sleepless nights in Tokyo, it was the melody rather than the lyrics that he wrote there. The lyrics were completed after Macaulay's return to London "in a taxi stuck in a traffic jam ... in about an hour going from one side of London to another". Macaulay sent a demo of the song to the Carpenters. "They said they loved it and they'd do it. [Later] I got a phone call about 2 o'clock in the morning that woke me up (they hadn't figured out the time change between here and America). They said 'Oh, we can't record it because it mentions sleeping pills and they are drugs and we don't mention drugs.' So I got up in the middle of the night and rewrote the last verse without the sleeping pills." However, Macaulay was not happy with the change to the lyric, so when Bones Howe contacted him the next week, Macaulay pitched "(Last Night)..." for the 5th Dimension, who recorded it with the sleeping pill reference intact.http://www.classicbands.com/TonyMacaulayInterview.html Gary James' Interview With Songwriter Tony Macaulay ClassicBands.com 4 September 2015 The lead vocals on the 5th Dimension's recording are performed by Marilyn McCoo. Chart performance In the United States, the song reached No. 2 on the adult contemporary chart, No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and No. 28 on the Billboard R&B chart in 1972.https://www.musicvf.com/song.php?id=433&artist=The+5th+Dimension&title=(Last+Night)+I+Didn%27t+Get+to+Sleep+at+All (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All (song by The 5th Dimension) • Music VF, US & UK hits charts Musicvf.com 18 May 2023 It became the group's sixth and final platinum record. In Canada, it spent a week at No. 6 on the RPM 100 in July 1972. Other media The Canadian apocalyptic black comedy film Last Night takes its title from the song, which is also featured on the soundtrack. At one point during the film, the song is heard playing over the radio as part of a "Top 100 Songs" countdown prior to the destruction of the world. Weekly charts Chart (1972)PeakpositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)7Canada RPM Top Singleshttps://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?IdNumber=4535&app=rpm Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada Collectionscanada.gc.ca 1972-07-01 2022-01-166U.S. Billboard Hot 100Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - 0-89820-089-X8U.S. Billboard Easy Listening2U.S. Billboard R&B28U.S. Cash Box Top 100http://cashboxmagazine.com/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi Contact Support Cashboxmagazine.com 18 May 20236 Year-end charts Chart (1972)RankCanada 77U.S. Billboard Hot 100https://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1972.htm Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972 | Music Outfitters Musicoutfitters.com 18 May 2023 7 June 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230607221812/https://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1972.htm dead31U.S. Cash Box https://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1972YESP.html Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1972 Tropicalglen.com 18 May 202328 Certifications United States Platinum single Fifth Dimension Last Night I Didn't Get to Sleep at All 24 October 2023 1972 1991 true Other versions Vikki Carr on her 1972 album, The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face).Vikki Carr, The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face), AllMusic, Retrieved December 23, 2013 Johnny Mathis on his 1972 album, The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face).Johnny Mathis, The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face), AllMusic, Retrieved December 23, 2013 The Reels on their 1982 album, Beautiful.The Reels, Beautiful, Discogs.com, Retrieved December 23, 2013 Guys 'n' DollsGuys 'n' Dolls, Singles, AllMusic, Retrieved December 23, 2013 References Category:1972 singles Category:1972 songs Category:The 5th Dimension songs Category:Bell Records singles Category:Song recordings produced by Bones Howe Category:Songs written by Tony Macaulay