Nights In White Satin
The Moody Blues
- Key
- E minor
- Camelot
- 9A
- BPM
- 101.5
Key confidence medium · relative G major (9B) · BPM confidence medium · double-time 202.9 · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13
The tempo changes across the track. The BPM above is the strongest single reading.
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As of 2026-10-24, "Nights In White Satin" by The Moody Blues has charted in 9 markets across 2 platforms, peaking at #5 (GR) on the Rotation chart. Measured from the full recording, it reads E minor (9A).
- Markets
- 9
- First seen
- 2026-08-17
- Latest chart date
- 2026-10-24
- Peak
- #5 gr
Started in 2 markets, now in 9.
Momentum
This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.
Why it's here
The 1972 single release of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. [1] Mike Pinder's Mellotron produced the orchestral-sounding textures in the main body of the song, a sound that came to define the band's signature style. [2] The song's spoken-word coda, "Late Lament," was written by drummer Graeme Edge and recited by keyboardist Mike Pinder. [3]
In culture
Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.
- Covered Alain Bashungsource
- Covered Bettye LaVettesource
- Covered Billie Davissource
- Covered Glenn Hughessource
- Covered Goosesource
- Written by Justin Haywardsource
- Covered London Symphony Orchestrasource
- Covered October Noir feat. Denis Paunasource
- Covered Ramsey Lewissource
- Covered Royal Philharmonic Orchestrasource
- Covered The Ed Palermo Big Bandsource
- Covered The Shadowssource
- Covered Tina Arenasource
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- Greecegr · shazam#5#5#5
- Germanyde · shazam · 1 city#26#20#26
- Israelil · deezer#70#70—
- Denmarkdk · shazam#183#141#183
- Norwayno · shazam · 1 city#18#15#18
- Italyit · shazam#186#131#186
- United Kingdomgb · shazam#197#154#197
- Swedense · shazam#197#197—
Worldwide feeds · not markets
A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- World feedworld · shazam#95#61#95
City pickups
City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.
- de 1 city · best #20 berlin
- no 1 city · best #16 oslo
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Editions
No published edition carries this song yet. Every edition it appears in will be listed here and stay listed: an edition is immutable, so a citation to one never rots.
Identity
- ISRC
- GBA176700080
- Slug
- the-moody-blues__nights-in-white-satin
- Sources
- deezer, shazam
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Every source whose chart has ever carried this song.
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