<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> <P> "Nights in White Satin" is a song by the Moody Blues, written and composed by Justin Hayward . It was first featured as the segment "The Night" on the album Days of Future Passed . When first released as a single in 1967, it reached number 19 on the UK Singles Chart and number 103 in the United States in 1968 . It was the first significant chart entry by the band since "Go Now" and its recent lineup change, in which Denny Laine had resigned and both Hayward and John Lodge had joined . </P> <P> When reissued in 1972, in the United States the single hit number two--for two weeks--on the Billboard Hot 100 (behind "I Can See Clearly Now" by Johnny Nash) and hit number one on the Cash Box Top 100 . It earned a gold certification for sales of over a million U.S. copies . It also hit number one in Canada . </P>

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