{{Infobox song | name = Wonderful Night | cover = Wonderful Night.png | alt = | type = single | artist = Fatboy Slim featuring Lateef | album = Palookaville | released = {{Start date|2004|11|29}} | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = * Alternative hip hop * big beat | length = 4:46<ref>{{cite web|title="Wonderful Night" single overview|url=https://www.discogs.com/Fatboy-Slim-Wonderful-Night/master/73765|website=Discogs|accessdate=23 October 2016}}</ref> | label = Skint | writer = * Norman Cook * Lateef Daumont | producer = Fatboy Slim | chronology = Fatboy Slim | prev_title = Slash Dot Dash | prev_year = 2004 | next_title = The Joker | next_year = 2005 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Lateef the Truthspeaker | type = single | title = Wonderful Night | year = 2004 | next_title = That Old Pair of Jeans | next_year = 2006 }} {{Audio sample | type = single | file = Wonderful Night.ogg }} }}
"'''Wonderful Night'''" is a song by English big beat musician Fatboy Slim, released as a single from his album ''Palookaville''.<ref name="am1">{{cite web|title=Wonderful Night overview|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/wonderful-night-mt0008076303|website=Allmusic|accessdate=23 October 2016}}</ref> It features vocalist Lateef the Truthspeaker, credited mononymously as Lateef on the single release.<ref name="ws">{{cite web|title=Wonderful Night overview|url=http://www.whosampled.com/Fatboy-Slim/Wonderful-Night/|website=WhoSampled|accessdate=23 October 2016}}</ref> The song is often played at Staples Center immediately after Los Angeles Clippers home wins and at Madison Square Garden during the second half of New York Knicks games. A shortened version of the song also appears on the video game ''Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2''. The song was edited for radio due to the brief coarse language used in the middle of the song.
==Critical reception== The song garnered mostly positive reviews from music critics. David Jeffries of Allmusic felt the song was one of the highlights of the album.<ref name="am">{{cite web|title=Palookaville review|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/palookaville-mw0000715668|website=Allmusic|accessdate=23 October 2016}}</ref> Pitchfork's Johnny Loftus called the song's rhythm "concise," also praising Lateef's performance.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Loftus|first1=Johnny|title=Fatboy Slim Palookaville review|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/3011-palookaville/|website=Pitchfork|accessdate=23 October 2016}}</ref> Rolling Stone's review of "Palookaville" called the song "groovy."<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Sinagra|first1=Laura|title=Fatboy Slim: Palookaville review|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/palookaville-20040922|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=22 September 2004|accessdate=23 October 2016}}</ref>
==Music video== A music video for the song was released; it features tuxedo-clad dancers in and around an old-fashioned casino following a singer that turns into a werewolf.<ref name="mv">{{cite web|title=Music video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IK7dr2nk5o |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/1IK7dr2nk5o |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|website=YouTube|accessdate=23 October 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
==Use in media== The song is featured in Robots,<ref>{{cite web|title=Robots soundtrack track list|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/robots-original-soundtrack-mw0000261873|website=Allmusic|accessdate=23 October 2016}}</ref> Just My Luck and Flushed Away<ref>{{cite web|title=Flushed Away soundtrack track list|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/flushed-away-mw0000735273|website=Allmusic|accessdate=23 October 2016}}</ref>
The song was mashed with Here Comes Santa Claus in a J. C. Penney Christmas commercial in 2006.<ref>{{cite AV media |url-status = live |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/izfY5BP2wTU |archive-date = 2021-12-11| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izfY5BP2wTU |title = JCPenny "Unwrap the Magic" (2006) |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
The Song was featured in ''Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2'' for the PlayStation 2, September 27, 2005.
The Song was featured in ''Castle'' episode Home is Where the Heart Stops aired April 20, 2009.
The Song was featured in ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' episode Hand-to-Hand aired April 6, 2010
== Track listing ==
{{Track listing | title1 = Wonderful Night (Album Version) | length1 = 4:49 | title2 = Wonderful Night (Trash Remix) | length2 = 4:48 | title3 = Wonderful Night (Wonderful Nightclub Remix) | length3 = 6:36 | title4 = Wonderful Night (Chief Xcel World Wide Remix) | length4 = 3:48 | title5 = Wonderful Night | note5 = video }}
== Charts == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2004) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Scotland|65|date=20010429|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 5, 2004}} |- ! scope="row"| UK Singles Chart<ref name="oc">{{cite web|title=Wonderful Night chart history|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/wonderful%20night/|website=Official Charts|accessdate=23 October 2016}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|51 |- {{single chart|UKdance|12|date=20041205|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 5, 2004}} |}
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