"Set the Night to Music" is a song written by Diane Warren and recorded by Starship for their LP, No Protection (1987). It became a major hit for Roberta Flack in 1991. Starship's original version became a Top 10 hit on the U.S. BillboardAdult Contemporary chart, reaching number nine in the spring of 1988,[1] and also charted minorly in Canada.[2] The song appeared at the end credits of the 1988 fantasy-comedy film Vice Versa starring Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage.
Cash Box said of the Starship version that "punctuated by lush strings and acoustic guitars, it's as warm and appealing a ballad as they have ever put on record."[3]
Flack's rendition reached number six on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number nine in Canada[4]; it was her final charting Billboard Hot 100 hit. The song was a bigger Adult Contemporary hit, reaching number two in the U.S. and number one in Canada.[5]
