Remember That Night is a live concert recording of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's solo concerts at the Royal Albert Hall on 29, 30 & 31 May 2006 as part of his On an Island Tour. The title is taken from a line in the song "On an Island". It has been released on both DVD and Blu-ray formats. The DVD version came out 17 September 2007 in the UK, Europe and Australia, and on 18 September 2007 in the US and Canada.[1] The Blu-ray version was released on 20 November 2007.

Remember That Night
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Released17 September 2007 (UK/Europe)
18 September 2007 (US)
RecordedLondon, England, 29, 30 & 31 May 2006
GenreProgressive rock
Length313 min.
LabelDavid Gilmour Music Ltd.
DirectorDavid Mallet
ProducerDavid Gilmour
David Gilmour video chronology
David Gilmour in Concert
(2002)
Remember That Night
(2007)
Live in Gdansk
(2008)
Singles from Remember That Night
  1. "Arnold Layne"
    Released: 26 December 2006

The DVD has subtitles for spoken portions of the DVD in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Track listing

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Disc 1

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The main concert at the Royal Albert Hall. These are the songs:

  1. "Speak to Me"
  2. "Breathe"
  3. "Time"
  4. "Breathe (Reprise)"
  5. "Castellorizon"
  6. "On an Island" (with David Crosby and Graham Nash)
  7. "The Blue" (with David Crosby and Graham Nash)
  8. "Red Sky at Night"
  9. "This Heaven"
  10. "Then I Close My Eyes" (with Robert Wyatt)
  11. "Smile"
  12. "Take a Breath"
  13. "A Pocketful of Stones"
  14. "Where We Start"
  15. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-2, 4-5)" (with David Crosby and Graham Nash)
  16. "Fat Old Sun"
  17. "Coming Back to Life"
  18. "High Hopes"
  19. "Echoes"
  20. "Wish You Were Here"
  21. "Find the Cost of Freedom" (with David Crosby and Graham Nash)
  22. "Arnold Layne" (with David Bowie)
  23. "Comfortably Numb" (with David Bowie)

The footage is from his concerts at the Royal Albert Hall on 29, 30 & 31 May 2006.

Disc 2

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This disc contains the following bonus features:

Easter Eggs

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There are at least three hidden videos (or "Easter Eggs") on Disc 2 of the DVD, they are as follows:

  • An acoustic version of "Echoes" which plays after the "Dark Globe" track (it will show if you fast forward past Dark Globe). This only plays if "Dark Globe" is selected from the menu and will not play while using the "Play All" function.
  • A short video of David Gilmour playing the cümbüş, to view this watch the Main Menu of the DVD and wait about 25 seconds for a firework to appear, use your DVD remote to quickly select the firework (using the enter button), this will play the video.
  • "On an Island" dance remix video is available on the "Royal Albert Hall" sub-menu of the DVD, which includes bonus tracks from the Albert Hall, again wait about 20 seconds for a firework to play then select it with your DVD remote.

In addition to these, there are several small videos with further information and interviews in the documentaries, which will play if you press the enter button while the "Wireman" is shown in the window.

Publicity

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Cinema broadcasts

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The UK/Europe premiere took place at the Leicester Square Odeon on 6 September 2007. It was transmitted live by satellite to various European cinemas. The North American premiere took place on 15 September 2007.

Television broadcasts

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BBC One aired an hour of footage from the main concert on 8 September 2007, repeated on 25 May 2008 on BBC Four. This included the tracks:

  1. "Speak to Me"
  2. "On an Island"
  3. "This Heaven"
  4. "Smile"
  5. "The Blue"
  6. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
  7. "Fat Old Sun"
  8. "Coming Back to Life"
  9. "Arnold Layne"
  10. "Find the Cost of Freedom"
  11. "Wish You Were Here"

Live single

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As part of the build-up to the release of the DVD, a two-track single was released as a download via the iTunes Store with the tracks "Wish You Were Here" and "The Blue" taken from the DVD.

Personnel

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Guests

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  • David Bowie – lead vocals on "Arnold Layne" and "Comfortably Numb"
  • David Crosby and Graham Nash – backing vocals on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", "On An Island", and "The Blue"; harmonised lead vocals on "Find the Cost of Freedom".
  • Robert Wyattcornet on "Then I Close My Eyes"

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart performance for Remember That Night
Chart (2007–2017) Peak
position
Argentine Music DVD (CAPIF)[2] 9
Australian Music DVD (ARIA)[3] 2
Austrian Music DVD (Ö3 Austria)[4] 1
Belgian Music DVD (Ultratop Flanders)[citation needed] 1
Belgian Music DVD (Ultratop Wallonia)[citation needed] 1
Danish Music DVD (Hitlisten)[5] 1
Dutch Music DVD (MegaCharts)[6] 2
Finnish Music DVD (Suomen virallinen lista)[7] 4
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] 9
Greek Music DVD (IFPI)[citation needed] 3
Irish Music DVD (IRMA)[9] 2
Italian Music DVD (FIMI)[10] 2
New Zealand Music DVD (RMNZ)[11] 1
Norwegian Music DVD (VG-lista)[12] 1
Portuguese Music DVD (AFP)[13] 1
Spanish Music DVD (PROMUSICAE)[14] 6
Swedish Music DVD (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 1
Swiss Music DVD (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 3
UK Music Videos (OCC)[17] 1
US Music Videos (Billboard)[18] 2

Certifications

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Sales certifications for Remember That Night
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[19] Platinum 8,000^
Australia (ARIA)[20] Gold 7,500^
Canada (Music Canada)[21] 2× Platinum 20,000^
France (SNEP)[22] Platinum 20,000*
Germany (BVMI)[23] Gold 25,000^
Italy 15,000[24]
New Zealand (RMNZ)[25] Platinum 5,000^
Portugal (AFP)[26] Gold 4,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[27] Platinum 50,000^
United States (RIAA)[28] Platinum 100,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  2. ^ "Estadísticas – Ranking Venta Mayorista de DVDs" (in Spanish). Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. Archived from the original on 13 December 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  3. ^ "The ARIA Report – Top 40 Music DVD" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Austria Top 40 – Musik-DVD Top 10 – 28.09.2007" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Hitlisten.NU – Musik DVD Top-10" (in Danish). Hitlisten. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Dutch DVD Music Top 30 – 06/10/2007" (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Suomen virallinen lista – Musiikki DVD:t 39/2007" (in Finnish). The Official Finnish Charts. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
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  9. ^ "Top 10 Music DVDs – Week ending 27th September 2007". Irish Recorded Music Association. Archived from the original on 2 October 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  10. ^ "DVD: Classifica settimanale WK 42 (dal 12.10.2007 al 18.10.2007)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  11. ^ "The Official New Zealand Music Chart – Top 10 Music DVDs". Recorded Music NZ. 1 October 2007. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  12. ^ "VG-lista – DVD Audio uke 10, 2009" (in Norwegian). VG-lista. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Top 30 DVD's Musicais – Semana 40 de 2007" (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Archived from the original on 20 November 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Top 20 DVD Musical: Week 38, 2007" (in Spanish). Top 20 DVD Musical. PROMUSICAE. Select Year: 2007, Week as Semana: 38, Then click on "Search Charts". Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Veckolista DVD Album – Vecka 39, 2007" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  16. ^ "David Gilmour – Remember That Night: Live At The Royal Albert Hall (DVD)" (in German). Swiss Hitparade. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  17. ^ "Official Music Video Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  18. ^ "Chart History – David Gilmour". Billboard. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  19. ^ "Estadísticas – Discos de Oro y Platino" (in Spanish). Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. Archived from the original on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
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  22. ^ "Les DVD Musicaux Certifiés "Platine" en SNEP" (in French). Institut français d'opinion publique. Archived from the original on 7 October 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
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