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Night and Day by Joe Jackson
Night and Day is an album by Joe Jackson, released in 1982. 5 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 51 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Steppin' Out”, on 32 lists with a best position of #66.
Night and Day, Joe Jackson's fifth studio album, came out on A&M on 25 June 1982, produced by David Kershenbaum with Blue Rock Studio in the credits. The new wave hitmaker of Look Sharp! had moved on by now: this is Jackson in his jazz-pop tailoring, tipping his hat to the wit and style of Cole Porter and, between the lines, to New York City itself. "Real Men" nods sideways at the city's early-'80s gay culture.
It's a sleek, nocturnal record with a big-city glow, and "Steppin' Out" is its glittering front door, a single that earned Grammy nominations for Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male. "Breaking Us in Two" followed it onto the charts. The album went top five in both Britain and America, the only Jackson studio set to manage that, and has sold more than a million copies. He came back to it with Night and Day II in October 2000.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Night and Day on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steppin' Out | 32 | #66 | – | 1982–2026 | |
| 2 | Another World | 8 | #874 | – | 1999–2024 | |
| 3 | Breaking Us In Two | 7 | #468 | – | 2002–2024 | |
| 4 | Chinatown | 2 | #365 | – | 2002–2003 | |
| 5 | Cancer | 2 | #1191 | – | 2002–2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.