Where Were You Last Night (song)

"Where Were You Last Night"
Single by Ankie Bagger
from the album Where Were You Last Night
Released	October 1989 (1989-10)
Recorded	1989
Genre	dance-pop Hi-NRG
Length	4:08
Label	Sonet
Songwriter(s)	Norell Oson Bard
Producer(s)	Ola Håkansson Anders Hansson Tim Norell
Music video
"Where Were You Last Night" on YouTube

"Where Were You Last Night" is a single by Swedish singer Ankie Bagger from the 1989 album Where Were You Last Night. Written by Norell Oson Bard, the single was released in October 1989 by Sonet Records. The song entered Swedish Trackslistan on 11 November 1989 and stayed on the chart for 6 weeks peaking at #4.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Norell Oson Bard

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Where Were You Last Night" (Remix)	7:46
2.	"Where Were You Last Night" (7" Version)	4:08
3.	"Where Were You Last Night" (Singback Version)	4:08

Charts

Chart (1989–1990)	Peak position
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[1]	72
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[2]	13

Wink version

"Yoru ni Hagurete (Where Were You Last Night)"
Single by Wink
from the album Crescent
Language	Japanese
English title	Where Were You Last Night
B-side	"Omoide made Soba ni Ite (Welcome To The Edge)"
Released	4 July 1990 (1990-07-04)
Recorded	1990
Genre	J-pop dance-pop
Length	4:25
Label	Polystar
Composer(s)	Norell Oson Bard
Lyricist(s)	Neko Oikawa
Producer(s)	Haruo Mizuhashi
Wink singles chronology
"Sexy Music" (1990) "Yoru ni Hagurete (Where Were You Last Night)" (1990) "New Moon ni Aimashou" (1990)
Music video
"Yoru ni Hagurete (Where Were You Last Night)" on YouTube

"Where Were You Last Night" was covered in Japanese by the idol duo Wink as "Yoru ni Hagurete (Where Were You Last Night)" (夜にはぐれて 〜Where Were You Last Night〜). Released on 4 July 1990 by Polystar Records, it was their eighth single, with Japanese lyrics written by Neko Oikawa. The B-side is a Japanese-language cover of Billie Hughes' "Welcome to the Edge".^[3]

Prior to the release of the single, Wink member Sachiko Suzuki was sidelined with acute hepatitis. Shoko Aida performed the song alone during TV appearances while Suzuki spent two weeks to recover.

The single peaked at No. 2 on Oricon's singles chart. It sold over 291,000 copies and was certified Gold by the RIAJ.^[4][5]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Neko Oikawa; all music is arranged by Satoshi Kadokura.

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Yoru ni Hagurete (Where Were You Last Night)" ((夜にはぐれて 〜Where Were You Last Night〜))	Norell Oson Bard	4:25
2.	"Omoide made Soba ni Ite (Welcome to the Edge)" ((想い出までそばにいて (Welcome To The Edge), "I'll Stay by Your Side Until You Remember (Welcome to the Edge)"))	Billie Hughes Roxanne Seeman Dominic Messinger	5:06

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart[4]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart[4]	33

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[6]	Gold	200,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Other versions

• Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish covered the song on their Wish I Had an Angel single.^[7]

References

1. "Ankie Bagger – Where Were You Last Night" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
2. "Ankie Bagger – Where Were You Last Night". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
3. Eye-ai: A Magazine on Japanese Culture and Entertainment -1992 179-201 p22 "A collection of 16 of their singles such as "Ai ga Tomaranai," "One Night Heaven," "Sabishi Nettaigyo," "Sexy Music," "Namida wo Misenai de" and "Sugar Baby Love." "Quiet Life" Takeuchi Mariya AMTM-4141,
4. "夜にはぐれて | WINK". Oricon. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
5. "Wink(シングル)". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
6. "Japanese single certifications – Wink – 夜にはぐれて Where Were You Last Night" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 22 July 2021. Select 1990年7月 on the drop-down menu
7. "Nightwish - Wish I Had an Angel". Discogs. Retrieved 14 March 2020.

External links

Ankie Bagger version

• "Where Were You Last Night" at Discogs (list of releases)

Wink version

• "Yoru ni Hagurete (Where Were You Last Night)" at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
• "Yoru ni Hagurete (Where Were You Last Night)" at Discogs