Nights Of Pleasure

Recorded in 1986 in England for Loose Ends’ Zagora sessions, with the band working with producer Nick Martinelli. The single was issued from the album on Virgin and reflects the group’s mid-1980s Philadelphia-influenced R&B production style. Released in November 1986, it followed the band’s earlier UK and U.S. R&B chart success and became the group’s third UK Top 40 hit from Zagora. It reached No. 42 on the Official Singles Chart and No. 58 on the U.S. Hot Black Singles chart. The track remained part of the catalog that introduced Loose Ends’ sleek British R&B sound to later listeners, and it has since been repeatedly sampled and referenced in hip-hop and funk-leaning productions. Its continued presence in reissue, chart, and sample-database coverage has kept it in circulation well beyond its original run.