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- For the Frank Sinatra album, see Strangers in the Night (Frank Sinatra album).
- For the live album by UFO, see Strangers in the Night (UFO album).
"Strangers in the Night" is a song made famous by Frank Sinatra, who recorded it in 1966. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
The English lyrics were written by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder.
There are two origins of the music:
- Ivo Robić - composed it for the music festival in Split, Croatia. Robić later sang it also in German - "Fremde in der Nacht" - and Croatian - "Stranci u Noći".
- Bert Kaempfert made a thorough adaptation and an arrangement of the piece.
Cover Versions
- Cake covered this song for the Stubbs the Zombie in "Rebel Without a Pulse" videogame soundtrack.
- José Feliciano covered this song as "Extraños En La Noche" on the album Sombras... Una Voz, Una Guitarra in 1967.
Preceded by"Paperback Writer" by The Beatles | Billboard Hot 100 number one single July 2, 1966 |
Succeeded by"Hanky Panky" by Tommy James & the Shondells |
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