All Night with Me
{{Infobox song
| name = All Night with Me
| cover = All Night with Me by Laura Branigan US vinyl.png
| alt =
| caption = Side A of US single
| type = single
| artist = Laura Branigan
| album = Branigan
| B-side = I Wish We Could Be Alone
| released = March 1982{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/nc490624us |title=Laura Branigan - All Night With Me / I Wish We Could Be Alone - Atlantic - USA - 4023 |publisher=45cat |date=2016-08-26 |access-date=2018-04-05}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 3:52
| label = Atlantic
| writer = Chris Montan
| producer = Jack White
| prev_title = Tell Him
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = Gloria
| next_year = 1982
}}
"All Night with Me" is a song by the American pop singer Laura Branigan, released in 1982 as the lead single from her debut studio album Branigan. It was written by Chris Montan and produced by Jack White.{{cite web|author=Bryan Buss |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/branigan-mw0000649919 |title=Branigan - Laura Branigan | Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2018-04-05}} "All Night with Me" was released in the United States and Germany, and reached No. 69 on the US Billboard Hot 100.{{cite web|author=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/laura-branigan/chart-history/hsi/ |title=Laura Branigan All Night With Me Chart History |publisher=Billboard |access-date=2018-04-05}}
Branigan's debut single, "All Night with Me" preceded her US No. 2 hit "Gloria".{{cite web|url=http://www.laurabranigan.com/introduction.htm |title=Introduction |publisher=Laurabranigan.com |access-date=2018-04-05}} In Germany, Branigan promoting the single by performing it on the TV music show Disco.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-C3pdGIqDk |title=Laura Branigan - All Night With Me - Disco (1982) |publisher=YouTube |date=2013-01-19 |access-date=2018-04-05}}
Critical reception
Upon release, Cash Box described the song as a "seductive plea" and later in 1983 referred to it as an "overlooked single".Cash Box newspaper - May 8, 1982 - New faces to watch - page 8Cash Box newspaper - March 12, 1983 - Reviews: singles - page 8 In a review of the album, Stereo Review commented "only "All Night with Me" rises above the level of mediocrity".{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=olQJAQAAMAAJ&q=%22been+given+to+work+with+(only+All+Night+with+Me+%22 |title=Stereo Review - Google Books |date=2010-05-24 |access-date=2018-04-05}} In a retrospective review, Bryan Buss of AllMusic was critical of the song, describing it as an "over-synthesized and borderline-boring ballad", which along with the album track "Lovin' You Baby", "are so mediocre, the album would be stronger if they had simply been omitted".
Track listing
;7" single
- "All Night with Me" - 3:52
- "I Wish We Could Be Alone" - 3:18
;7" single (US promo)
- "All Night with Me" - 3:50
- "All Night with Me" - 3:50
Chart performance
Personnel
- Laura Branigan - vocals
- Jack White - producer
- Greg Mathieson - arranger, co-producer
- Juergen Koppers - mixing, recorded by
- John Kovarek - recorded by
- Brian Gardner - mastering
Other versions
Songwriter Chris Montan - who had played keyboards and guitar in Karla Bonoff's touring band 1977-79 - introduced "All Night With Me" on his 1980 album Any Minute Now.Lafayette Journal Courier 2 November 1980 "Listening on Records" by Frank Arganbright p.D-4 Also in 1980 Maxine Nightingale recorded the song for her album Bittersweet from which it was issued as a single.Cashbox Vol 42 #24 (25 November 1980) "Reviews - Singles" p.11