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Give Me the Night is een nummer van de Amerikaanse zanger George Benson uit 1980. Het is de eerste single van zijn gelijknamige 17e studioalbum.

In dit nummer kijkt Benson uit naar een avondje uit in de stad. De avond is stijlvol, met wijn, dans en muziek. Daarnaast hangt er liefde in de lucht, dus een beetje romantiek is er ook bij. Patti Austin is op de plaat te horen als achtergrondzangeres. "Give Me the Night" werd Bensons grootste hit. Het nummer bereikte de 4e positie in de Amerikaanse Billboard Hot 100. In de Nederlandse Top 40 werd de 8e positie gehaald, en in de Vlaamse Radio 2 Top 30 de 11e.

"Give Me the Night" is a song recorded by American jazz and R&B musician George Benson, released in June 1980 by Warner Bros. as the first single from his 18th studio album of the same title (1980). It was written by Heatwave's keyboard player Rod Temperton and produced by Quincy Jones. Patti Austin provides the backing and scat vocals that are heard throughout, and one of Benson's fellow jazz guitarists, Lee Ritenour, also performs on the track.

The song was a commercial success, and was Benson's first single to hit number one on the US Billboard Soul Singles chart, where it spent three weeks. It also peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it his most successful pop entry. It also peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot Disco Singles chart and at number seven in the UK Singles Chart, where it ties with "In Your Eyes" as his highest charting single.

In 2021, Chris Molanphy listed the song as an example of the retrospectively named music genre yacht rock.