Deeper Than the Night

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{{Infobox song

| name = Deeper Than the Night

| cover = Deeper_Than_the_Night_-_Olivia_Newton-John.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Olivia Newton-John

| album = Totally Hot

| B-side = Please Don't Keep Me Waiting

| released = April 1979 (US)
June 1979 (UK){{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1979/Music-Week-1979-06-02.pdf|title=Music Week|page=48}}

| recorded = 1978

| studio =

| genre = Pop, post-disco

| length = 3:35

| label = MCA Records

| writer = Tom Snow, Johnny Vastano

| producer = John Farrar

| prev_title = A Little More Love

| prev_year = 1978

| next_title = Totally Hot

| next_year = 1979

}}

"Deeper Than the Night" is a song by Olivia Newton-John. It was released as the second US single from Newton-John's tenth studio album, Totally Hot.

Record World said that it "features a wailing guitar line and a strong rock beat."{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=14 April 1979|accessdate=2023-02-11|title=Hits of the Week|page=1|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/79/RW-1979-04-14.pdf}}

The song reached No. 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 18 in Canada. On the adult contemporary charts it was a bigger hit, reaching No. 4 and No. 7 in those countries, respectively. It was also a minor hit in both the UK and Australia.

Track listing and formats

All tracks produced by John Farrar.

  • Australian 7-inch vinyl single (Interfusion Records)

:A. "Deeper Than the Night" (Snow, Vastano) – 3:35

:B. "Please Don't Keep Me Waiting" (Joe Falsia, Stephen Sinclair) – 5:48

:A. "Deeper Than the Night" (Snow, Vastano) – 3:35

:B. "Please Don't Keep Me Waiting" (Falsia, Sinclair) – 5:48

:A. "Deeper Than the Night" (Snow, Vastano) – 3:35

:B. "Please Don't Keep Me Waiting" (Falsia, Sinclair) – 5:48

Charts

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= Weekly charts =

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Chart (1979)

!Peak
position

Australian (Kent Music Report){{Cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, NSW|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=217}}

| style="text-align:center;"|74

Canada Top Singles (RPM)

| style="text-align:center;"|18

Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM){{Cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4498&URLjpg=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f4/nlc008388.4498.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4498|title=Image : RPM Weekly|date=17 July 2013|website=Bac-lac.gc.ca|access-date=23 April 2021}}

| style="text-align:center;"|7

UK Singles (OCC)

| style="text-align:center;"|64

US Billboard Hot 100Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002

| style="text-align:center;"|11

US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)

| style="text-align:center;"|4

US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)

| style="text-align:center;"|87

US Cashbox Top 100

| style="text-align:center;"|19

Quebec (ADISQ){{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151129063315/http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Anglo-Allophone/Anglo-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf|url=http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Anglo-Allophone/Anglo-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf|title=Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec|publisher=BAnQ|date=16 June 1979|access-date=21 June 2025|archive-date=29 November 2015|language=fr|url-status=dead}}

|align="center"|35

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= Year-end charts =

class="wikitable"
Chart (1979)

! style="text-align:center;"|Rank

Canada Top Singles (RPM){{Cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6855b&URLjpg=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f4/nlc008388.6855b.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6855b|title=Image : RPM Weekly|via=Library and Archives Canada|date=17 July 2013|website=Bac-lac.gc.ca|access-date=23 April 2021}}

| style="text-align:center;"|129

US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual){{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |date=1999 |title=Pop Annual |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |publisher=Record Research Inc. |isbn=0-89820-142-X}}

| style="text-align:center;"|85

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References

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