paul cotton wrote in the heart of the night.
paul cotton wrote in the heart of the night.
who wrote in the heart of the night?
paul cotton
featuring a lead vocal by its composer paul cotton, "heart of the night" is an evocation of the night life of the city of new orleans. cotton, who was born in alabama but raised in chicago, would state: "i'm just drawn to the south. hey, i spent 25 winters in chicago." cotton had previously focused on new orleans in his song "down in the quarter" introduced on the 1975 poco album "head over heels", and has stated that he wrote "break of hearts", a track from the 1982 poco album "ghost town", as a followup to "heart of the night" (although "break of hearts" contains no regional references).
heart of the night (song)
warner co-wrote "good night" which was chosen by sony records to be the first single for "the x factor australia" season 3 winner reece mastin. "good night" reached #1 in both australia and new zealand, and achieved 5 times platinum accreditation in australia and platinum sales in new zealand. "good night" is the fastest selling digital single by an artist signed to sony music australia in history. she then teamed up with mastin and co-wrote his second single "shut up & kiss me" which reached #2 on the aria singles chart and achieved platinum sales in australia and #1 with gold sales in new zealand. she also co-wrote "set me on fire" which was chosen for season 4 contestant bella ferraro. the single was released in december 2012, and debuted at #36 on the aria singles chart. she co-wrote "freedom" for artist stan walker that was selected for a three-year tv advertising campaign for the salvation army in australia and new zealand. she co-wrote with tina arena for her ninth studio album "reset". the album was released in october 2013, and spent 18 weeks in the aria top 50 including debuting #4. her co-written single "still running" was translated to french for the european release of the album. her song, "once" was recorded by angy for her 2013 album "drama queen". in 2013, she co-wrote the two runner-up singles for "x factor australia" contestants taylor henderson and jai waetford. henderson's single "borrow my heart" debuted at #1 and has achieved double platinum accreditation. waetford's single "your eyes" debuted at #6 and has achieved gold sales. she also co-wrote henderson's second single "when you were mine" which debuted #5 and achieved platinum sales. she co-wrote four tracks on his second studio album "burnt letters", which debuted at #1 on the aria album charts, achieved gold status within a week of its release, and is now certified platinum. the album’s fifth single "brighter days" is now being used as the theme song for the highest rated national morning tv show in australia, "sunrise". in 2014, she co-wrote "stand by you" which was selected as the single for "x factor australia" season 6 winner marlisa punzalan. the track debuted at #2 on the aria singles chart and is currently double platinum. the track also reached #7 in singapore and #21 in new zealand.
hayley warner