10.000 Nights of Thunder

"10.000 Nights of Thunder" is the second single by Alphabeat. It was released in the UK as "10,000 Nights" in anticipation of "This Is Alphabeat", the international version of their debut album. It topped the chart in their native Denmark and peaked at number 16 on the UK Singles Chart.

"10.000 Nights of Thunder"
Single by Alphabeat
from the album This Is Alphabeat
Released
  • 15 January 2007 (Denmark)
  • 18 May 2008 (UK)
GenrePop
Length
  • 4:27 (album version)
  • 3:33 (UK radio edit)
LabelCharisma
Songwriter(s)Anders Bønløkke
Producer(s)Rune Westberg
Alphabeat singles chronology
"Fascination"
(2006)		 "10.000 Nights of Thunder"
(2007)		 "Fantastic 6"
(2007)
Alphabeat UK singles chronology
"Fascination"
(2008)		 "10.000 Nights of Thunder"
(2008)		 "Boyfriend"
(2008)
Audio
"10.000 Nights of Thunder" on YouTube

The band played a live semi-acoustic version of the track in Jo Whiley's Live Lounge on BBC Radio 1, together with a cover version of Sam Sparro's "Black and Gold". An instrumental version of the track was used as background music by the BBC during their daily Beijing 2008 Olympics highlights show.

Chart performance

"10.000 Nights of Thunder" peaked in Denmark at number one, where it stayed for one week. In the United Kingdom, the song entered at number 23 on downloads alone, then climbed to number 16 once the physical single was released. On 27 July 2008, the song moved up four places from number 40 to number 36 before dropping out of the top 40.

Weekly charts
Chart (2007–2008) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[1] 6
Denmark (Tracklisten)[2] 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[3] 24
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[4] 61
Scotland (OCC)[5] 10
UK Singles (OCC)[6] 16

Year-end charts
Chart (2008) Position
UK Singles (OCC)[7] 113

References
  1. "Ultratop.be – Alphabeat – Ten Thousand Nights" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  2. "Hitlisten.NU – Alphabeat – Ten Thousand Nights" (in Danish). Tracklisten.
  3. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 38, 2008" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40
  4. "Dutchcharts.nl – Alphabeat – Ten Thousand Nights" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  5. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  6. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  7. "Official Singles Chart 2008" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
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