"Somewhere in the Night" is a popular ballad written by Richard Kerr

Richard Kerr (songwriter)

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 and Will Jennings

Will Jennings

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. Introduced in 1975 on Kim Carnes

Kim Carnes

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' eponymous album

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 and covered on the Yvonne Elliman

Yvonne Elliman

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 album Rising Sun, "Somewhere in the Night" charted for Batdorf & Rodney at #69 (#24 A/C

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) in the autumn of 1975 before being issued as the second single from Helen Reddy

Helen Reddy

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's No Way to Treat a Lady album and as such reaching #19 (#2 A/C

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) in February of 1976; Reddy's version also reached #27 in New Zealand the same month. Barry Manilow

Barry Manilow

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 recorded "Somewhere in the Night" for his 1978 album Even Now from which it was issued as the fourth single charting in December that year. His version went on to reach a #9 peak in early-1979.

There are two earlier songs entitled "Somewhere in the Night": a Mack Gordon

Mack Gordon

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/Josef Myrow

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 composition introduced by Vivian Blaine

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 in the 1946 film musical

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 Three Little Girls in Blue which has been recorded by Ella Fitzgerald

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, Grant Green

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, Joni James

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, Carly Simon

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 and Frank Sinatra

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; and a Billy May

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/Milt Raskin

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 composition which as recorded by Teri Thornton

Teri Thornton

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 served as theme song for the TV show Naked City

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. Thornton's signature tune, this "Somewhere in the Night" was also recorded by Vikki Carr

Vikki Carr

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, Gloria Lynne

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 and Marlena Shaw

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There is also a song called "Somewhere in the Night", performed and written by actor Scott Bakula

Scott Bakula

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 on the hit TV show Quantum Leap. "Somewhere in the Night" is featured in episode #045, "Piano Man". It also appears in the Quantum Leap soundtrack album, rounded out with a bridge, rock orchestration, and backup singers.