"All Night Long" is a song by British rock band

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. It was released as a single in 1980 from the band's fourth album '' Down to Earth'' and became their second top 10 hit in the UK, peaking at number 5 in the

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. It was the second single sung by

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for the band and his last, who along with drummer

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, left after the

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festival in August 1980.

Reception

In his review for ''

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'', Simon Ludgate says that "this is a real corker. Completely over the top, stupid lyrics, Cozy Powell bashes away in what sounds like a large biscuit tin and I love it" and "imperative to play it loud and jump up and down, preferably smashing yourself over the head with a metal tea tray at the same time." The song also came in for some criticism due to its overtly sexist lyrics. This prompted a double-page spread on sexism in music in a '' Sounds'' issue that September. In an issue released a month later, Blackmore appeared on the front cover dressed in

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s and

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, with the headline "Blackmore in new 'Black Stockings' Sexism Outrage", and this was likely a

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. He did say of the song's criticism:

Weiss Heim

The non-album

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, "Weiss Heim" is an instrumental song, recorded in January 1980 at

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. The name, meaning 'white home' in German (although grammatically wrong as the adjective lacks declension - correct would be "Weisses Heim"), comes from a

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Blackmore had given his house he was living in at the time.

Track listings

7" UK: # "All Night Long" – 3:50 # "Weiss Heim" – 5:07 7" US: # "All Night Long" – 3:49 # "Danger Zone" – 4:30 7" Netherlands: # "All Night Long" – 3:49 # "No Time To Lose" – 3:41

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References

{{authority control 1979 songs 1979 singles Polydor Records singles Rainbow (rock band) songs Songs written by Ritchie Blackmore Songs written by Roger Glover Song recordings produced by Roger Glover