Heatwave was founded by Johnnie Wilder, an American serviceman based in West Germany, who stayed on there after his discharge. He sang in local clubs until he moved to the UK and met Rod Temperton through an ad in the paper. Calling themselves the Chicago Heatwave, they recruited Johnnie's brother, Keith and signed with GTO records in 1976. They went into the studio that fall with producer Barry Blue but their first two singles tanked. The third single went on to become an iconic disco anthem, "Boogie Nights". It became their debut single in the US peaking at #2 early in 1977. The song that kept them out of the #1 spot? The Debbie Boone schmaltzfest "You Light Up My Life" which ended up holding on to the top spot for ten weeks. Their follow up became an R&B classic, "Always and Forever" and peaked at #18. Writer and keyboardist Rod Temperton continued to write songs, giving Heatwave on more top ten single, "The Groove Line" in 1978. Temperton went on to write hit songs for Michael Jackson. "Boogie Nights" lived on in the 90's as the title of the Mark Wahlberg movie of the same name about the rise of pornography. However, the song did not appear in the movie. This version is pretty faithful to the original, just a few production touches to change it up a little...