Nightshift
Commodores
1985
Earliest retained annual association for this catalog identity; original release year not independently established.
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More by this artistEditorial Motown-family recording selection; not an official all-time chart.
Release: 1985
Release: 1985Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The original studio recording was released in 1985 and belongs to the original Nightshift program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue.
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Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1985.html, 1985.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Nightshift - original licensed album program
The original 1985 program identifies the selected Commodores performances. Only original program membership and corroborated year are used. Isolated inherited track dates, later anthologies, extended mixes and live versions do not replace the original release event.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
Tribute to late R&B singers Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson.
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1985.html, song-list position 31
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual identity reconciliation, not audio-fingerprint or exact-pressing verification. Version labels are catalog safeguards.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1985 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
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