Het is een nacht... (Levensecht)
{{Short description|1995 debut single by Guus Meeuwis}}
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| cover = Cover Het is een Nacht.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Guus Meeuwis
| album = Verbazing
| B-side = Het is een nacht... (Levensecht) (Live)
| released = July 29, 1995
| recorded = 1994
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| genre = Pop
| length = 3:45
| label = XPLO
| writer = Guus Meeuwis
| producer = Ad Kraamer
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"Het is een nacht... (Levensecht)" (English: "It is a Night... (Lifelike)") is the debut single by Dutch artist Guus Meeuwis. The song was produced by Ad Kraamer and written by Meeuwis. It was released in 1995 as the lead single from Meeuwis's debut studio album Verbazing.
Meeuwis wrote the song after a romantic weekend with his girlfriend Valérie Gregoire in Bruges. In 1994, Meeuwis and a couple of friends entered a talent competition (the AHC-Studentensongfestival) in Leiden with this song and won. As a result, the group was offered a recording contract by Willem van Schijndel, under the name "Guus Meeuwis & Vagant".{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=guus meeuwis|bio=true}} |title=Guus Meeuwis biography |work=www.billboard.com |accessdate=27 September 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://guusmeeuwis.showbiznewz.nl/index.php?pagina=personen&subpagina=biografie&pid=996 |title=Guus Meeuwis biography |language=Dutch |work=guusmeeuwis.showbiznewz.nl |accessdate=26 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403000106/http://guusmeeuwis.showbiznewz.nl/index.php?pagina=personen&subpagina=biografie&pid=996 |archivedate=3 April 2012 }}
The song became a huge hit in The Netherlands and Belgium and reached the peak position in both the Dutch and Belgian charts. It spent seven weeks at number one in the Dutch Top 40 and eight weeks at number one in the Mega Single Top 100 and the Ultratop 50.{{cite web |url= https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/14c0c/Guus-Meeuwis-&-Vagant-Het-is-een-nacht...-(Levensecht) |title=Ultratop 50 |language=Dutch |work=www.ultratop.be |accessdate=24 September 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Guus+Meeuwis+%26+Vagant&titel=Het+is+een+nacht%2E%2E%2E+%28Levensecht%29&cat=s |title=Mega Single Top 100 |language=Dutch |work=dutchcharts.nl |accessdate=24 September 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.top40.nl/bundle.aspx?bundle_id=136424&tid=1&jaar=1995&maand=9&week=39 |title=Top 40 |language=Dutch |work=www.top40.nl |accessdate=24 September 2011}} More than 250,000 copies were sold.
Charts
=Weekly charts=
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!Chart (1995–1996) !Peak |
| {{singlechart|Flanders|1|artist=Guus Meeuwis & Vagant|song=Het is een nacht... (Levensecht)|accessdate=1 July 2020}} |
| {{singlechart|Dutch40|1|year=1995|week=32|accessdate=1 July 2020}} |
| {{singlechart|Dutch100|1|artist=Guus Meeuwis & Vagant|song=Het is een nacht... (Levensecht)|accessdate=1 July 2020}} |
=Year-end charts=
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!Chart (1995) !Position |
| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1995|title=Jaaroverzichten 1995|publisher=Ultratop|accessdate=1 July 2020}}
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| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1995|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1995|publisher=Dutch Top 40|accessdate=1 July 2020}}
|align="center"|1 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1995&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1995|website=dutchcharts.nl|accessdate=1 July 2020}}
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=Decade-end charts=
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!Chart (1990–1999) !Position |
| scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop Flanders){{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612145841/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/ultratop_nineties_500.asp?page=1|archive-date=12 June 2018|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/ultratop_nineties_500.asp?page=1|title=Ultratop Nineties 500: 1-50|language=nl|website=Ultratop|access-date=5 May 2022}}
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The Baseballs cover
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| name = This is a Night
(Het is een nacht)
| cover = Cover Het is een Nacht (This is a Night).jpg
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| type = single
| artist = The Baseballs featuring Guus Meeuwis
| album = Strings 'n' Stripes
| released = May 23, 2011
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| genre = Rock 'n roll
| length = 3:07
| label = Warner Music Group
| writer = Guus Meeuwis
| producer = JMC Music
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"Het is een nacht... (Levensecht)" was covered by the rockabilly cover band, The Baseballs, in 2011, under the name "This is a Night (Het is een nacht)", featuring vocals by Meeuwis. The lyrics were partially translated into English. The single is included on the Dutch version of The Baseballs' album Strings 'n' Stripes, as well on a special edition of Meeuwis's album Armen open. The song reached the 69th position in the Mega Single Top 100.
=Charts=
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!Chart (2011) !Peak |
| Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100){{cite web |url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Baseballs+feat%2E+Guus+Meeuwis&titel=This+Is+A+Night+-+Het+is+een+nacht&cat=s |title=Mega Single Top 100 |language=Dutch |work=dutchcharts.nl |accessdate=25 September 2011}}
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