One Night in Bangkok is a single from British singer Murray Head , released in October 1984 . Extracted from the concept album for the musical Chess , the title is written by Tim Riceand Björn Ulvaeus and composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus , One Night in Bangkok is performed by Head for the verses and by the singer and author. Swedishcomposer Anders Glenmark (en) for the choirs .
Rankings and certifications
Weekly rankings
Classification (1984-1985)
Best
position
South Africa (Springbok Radio) 1
1
Germany ( Media Control AG ) 2
1
Australia (Kent Music Report) 3
1
Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 4
2
Belgium (Flanders Ultratop 50 Singles ) 5
1
Belgium (Flanders VRT Top 30 ) 6
1
Canada ( CHUM ) 7
4
Canada ( Adult Contemporary Tracks ) 8
1
Canada ( Top Singles ) 9
3
Spain ( AFYVE ) 10
1
United States (Billboard Hot 100) 11
3
United States (Cash Box) 12
4
United States (Hot Black Singles) 11
89
United States (Hot Dance / Disco) 11
5
United States (Hot Dance Music / Maxi-Singles Sales) 11
8
Europe ( Eurochart Hot 100 ) 13
1
France ( SNEP ) 14
2
Ireland ( IRMA ) 15
7
Italy ( FIMI ) 16
9
Norway ( VG-lista ) 17
3
New Zealand ( RIANZ ) 18
2
Netherlands ( Nederlandse Top 40 ) 19
2
Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 20
1
Poland (LP3) 21
7
United Kingdom (UK Singles Chart) 22
12
Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) 23
3
Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 24
1
Annual rankings
Classification (1985)
Position
South Africa (Springbok Radio) 25
2
Australia (Kent Music Report) 26
15
Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 27
13
Belgium (Flanders Ultratop 50 ) 28
12
Canada ( Top 100 Singles ) 29
17
United States (Billboard Hot 100) 30
54
United States (Cash Box) 31
42
France ( SNEP ) 32
25
Italy ( FIMI ) 16
42
Netherlands ( Nederlandse Top 40 ) 33
33
Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 34
29
Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 35
8
Certifications
Country
certification
Dated
Sales
Germany ( BVMI ) 36
Gold
1985
250,000
Canada ( CRIA ) 37
Platinum
1 st May 1985
100,000
France ( SNEP ) 38
Money
1984
413,000
Staff
Murray Head: singing
Lasse Wellander: guitar
Rutger Gunnarsson: bass
Björn Jarsson Lindh: flute
Per Lindvall: battery
Anders Glenmark, Karin Glenmark: singers
Benny Andersson and Anders Eljas: Arrangements
Anders Eljas: conducting the orchestra
Engineer: Michael B. Tretow
Production: Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Tim Rice
Notes and references
↑ ( in ) ” South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969-1989 Acts (H) “ [ archive ] , on Rock.co.za (accessed 12 December 2013 )
↑ ( in ) Charts.de – Murray Head – One Night In Bangkok [ archive ] . GfK Entertainment . PhonoNet GmbH. Accessed December 12, 2013.
↑ ( in ) ” Australia No. 1 hits – 1980’s ” [ archive ] , World Charts (accessed12 December 2013 )
↑ ( de ) Austrian-charts.com – Murray Head – One Night In Bangkok [ archive ] . Ö3 Austria Top 40 . Hung Medien. Accessed December 12, 2013.
↑ ( nl ) Ultratop.be – Murray Head – One Night In Bangkok [ archive ] . Ultratop 50 . Ultratop and Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Accessed December 12, 2013.
↑ ( nl ) ” One Night In Bangkok – MURRAY HEAD ” [ archive ] , on Top30-2.radio2.be , VRT (accessed December 12, 2013 ) : “Hoogste notering in of top 30: 1”
↑ ( in ) “CHART NUMBER 1481 – Saturday, May 11, 1985” ( Version of 7 November 2006 on the Internet Archive ) . CHUM (accessed December 12, 2013)
↑ ( en ) RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks [ archive ] . RPM . Library and Archives Canada . Accessed December 12, 2013.
↑ ( en ) RPM Top Singles [ archive ] . RPM . Library and Archives Canada . Accessed December 12, 2013.
↑ ( es ) Fernando Salaverri, Sólo éxitos: año año has, from 1959 to 2002 , Spain, Fundación Autor, SGAE,, 1 e ed. ( ISBN 84-8048-639-2 )
↑ a , b , c and d ( en ) ” Murray Head – Awards ” [ archive ] , on AllMusic(accessed December 12, 2013 )
↑ ( in ) “CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending 11 MAY 1985 ‘ ( release of 18 September 2012 on the Internet Archive ) . Cash Box . (accessed December 12, 2013)
↑ ( in ) “MusicSeek.info – UK, Eurochart, Billboard & Cashbox No.1 Hits” ( June 14, 2006 version on the Internet Archive ) . on MusicSeek.info (accessed June 19, 2014)
↑ Lescharts.com – Murray Head – One Night In Bangkok [ archive ] . SNEP . Hung Medien. Accessed December 12, 2013.
↑ ( in ) ” The Irish Charts – All there is to know ” [ archive ] , Irishcharts.ie (accessed 12 December 2013 )
↑ a and b ( it ) ” I singoli più soldti del 1985 ” [ archive ] , HitParadeItalia.it. Creative Commons (accessed December 12, 2013 )
↑ ( in ) Norwegiancharts.com – Murray Head – One Night In Bangkok [ archive ] . VG-lista . Hung Medien. Accessed December 12, 2013.
↑ ( in ) Charts.org.nz – Murray Head – One Night In Bangkok [ archive ] . RIANZ . Hung Medien. Accessed December 12, 2013.
↑ ( nl ) Nederlandse Top 40 – Murray Head – One Night In Bangkok search results [ archive ] . Nederlandse Top 40 . Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Accessed December 12, 2013.
↑ ( nl ) Dutchcharts.nl – Murray Head – One Night In Bangkok [ archive ] . Single Top 100 . Hung Medien. Accessed December 12, 2013.
↑ ( pl ) ” ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK – Murray Head ” [ archive ] , LP3 (accessed December 6, 2013 )
↑ ( in ) Archive Chart [ archive ] . UK Singles Chart . The Official Charts Company . Accessed December 12, 2013.
↑ ( in ) Swedishcharts.com – Murray Head – One Night In Bangkok [ archive] . Singles Top 60 . Hung Medien. Accessed December 12, 2013.
↑ ( in ) Swisscharts.com – Murray Head – One Night In Bangkok [ archive ] . Schweizer Hitparade . Hung Medien. Accessed December 12, 2013.
↑ ( in ) ” Top 20 Hit Singles of 1985 ” [ archive ] , on Rock.co.za (accessedDecember 12, 2013 )
↑ ( in ) ‘ Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year Charts AMR – 1980s ” [ archive ] , Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien (accessed December 12, 2013 )
↑ ( de ) ” Jahreshitparade 1985 ” [ archive ] , Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien (accessed December 12, 2013 )