Nightshift/Partying Their Way Into Heaven

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The Commodore's 1985 “Nightshift” from the album "Nightshift" released on Motown. Written by Walter Orange, Dennis Lambert, and Franne Gold and produced by Dennis Lambert.

Personel:

The Commodores

• William King - keyboards, backing vocals
• Ronald LaPread – bass, backing vocals
• J. D. Nicholas – lead vocals, backing vocals
• Walter Orange drums, lead vocals, backing vocals
• Milan Williams - keyboards

Additional Musicians:

• Peter Wolf - arrangements

Cover:

Performed by Jonathan Horton

Intro Music:

"Shithouse" 2010 release from "A Collection of Songs for the Kings". Written by Josh Bond. Produced by Frank Charlton.

Other Artists Mentioned:

The Offspring “Separated”

The Offspring “Fly for a White Guy”

The Offspring “She Don’t Ea t Meat, But She Sure Likes to Bone”

Sam Cooke “Chain Gang”

James Baskett “Zip a Dee Doo Dah”

Song of the South

Splash Mountain

Ron Wood

Little Feat “Willin’”

Leadbelly “Take This Hammer”

The Felice Brothers

Bruce Springstein “The Seeger Sessions”

Doc Watson

The Grateful Dead “Workingman’s Dead”

The Grateful Dead “Easy Wind”

Dire Straits “Money for Nothing”

Sting

Mark Pnopfler

The Pretenders “Back on the Chain Gang”

Lee Dorsey “Working in a Coal Mine”

Roy Orbison “Working for the Man”

Johnny Paycheck “Take This Job and Shove It”

Glen Campbell “Wichita Lineman”

Prince

The Bangles “Manic Monday”

The Mamas and the Papas “Monday Monday”

Loverboy “Working for the Weekend”

Tina Turner

McDonald’s

Pearl Jam “Ten”

Barnes and Noble

Tower Records

Simmons Catfish

Prince Charles

Marvin Gaye

Jackie Wilson “Your Love (Higher and Higher)”

Henry Winkler

Michael Keaton

Righteous Brothers “Rock n Roll Heaven”

Jimi Hendrix

Janis Joplin

Chet Baker

Homer Simpson

Bart Simpson

Nile Rogers

Daft Punk “Get Lucky”

Berlin “Take My Breath Away”

The Jackson 5 “I Want You Back”

Bruce Springstein “I’m On Fire”

Pink Floyd “Echos”

Lionel Richie “Hello”

Dan Auerbach

Ron Howard

Eddie Money “Tow Tickets To Paradise”

Motown

Robert Bradley’s Blackwater Surprise “Remember”

Sam Cooke

Otis Redding

Cyndi Lauper “Time After Time”

Lionel Richie “Easy Like a Sunday Morning”

Bobby Brown

Michael Jackson

Quincy Jones

Lionel Richie “Sail On Down the Line”

The Commodores “Machine Gun”

Jerry Garcia

REO Speedwagon

Eric Clapton

Living Color

Eddie Murphy

Lionel Richie “Three Times a Lady”

The Groove Council

Matthew Rudd