Expert: Sebastini - 2/4/2008

Question
hi sebastini....

i was just wonderin' whether you could help me finally get the title of this jazz song, i think....the chorus music goes like this somewhat.... "flying through the night, across the citylights...to the blah blah blah, nightbird...tantanan tanan...." then piano enters....this is a popular jazzy music coz ive heard it many many times, and its still being played, unfortunately i dont know its title....i hope you can help me....and also i think those were the only lyrics for that jazzy song....its mostly played in piano....

Answer
hey oliver, your search for this song ends here. you were looking for the song "Nightbird" by the British jazz-funk band Shakatak, who after after a string of top-20 hits in the UK, went on to score unprecedented international success with the release of the widely popular hit "Nightbird" in 1982. Being a major international act, the success of the release gave them the number-one jazz album slot in Japan, and attracted interest across Europe and South America. With a string of jazz-based albums, Shakatak remained active in the concert circuit and still released an album in 2007.

NIGHTBIRD..
flyin through the night
floating on a wind
to the city lights
night birds
with the love they bring

flyin through the night
floating on a wind
to the city lights
night birds
with the love they bring

slowing they decend
through the darkened sky
to the night again
night birds
kiss the day goodbye.

flyin through the night
floating on a wind
to the city lights
night birds
with the love they bring

slowing they decend
through the darkened sky
to the night again
night birds
kiss the day goodbye.