It is based on "Leyenda" by the classical composer Isaac Albéniz and features vocals by American vocalist Plavka, with lyrics by Nosie Katzmann.

The flamenco-styled riff in the song is played by duo member Jam El Mar, who was trained as a classical guitarist.

German electronic music duo Jam & Spoon was formed in 1991 in Frankfurt,[6] consisting of composers and producers Rolf Ellmer (a.k.a.

They had their first hit with the 1992 song "Stella", which was widely played, remixed and bootlegged in the dance club community for years after its release.

[7] Mark Spoon looked into his notebook and found the number to American singer Plavka who he met at the first Love Parade.

"[8] German songwriter and producer Nosie Katzmann wrote the lyrics for the song and Jam & Spoon called Plavka and invited her to their studio in Frankfurt.

I really hated to play the song for the record company, and a week before it came out I thought for sure it would be a flop because the label people just didn't hear the hit in it.

Barry Walters from The Advocate wrote that the song "distills Jam & Spoon's most accessible aspects into one flawlessly girly flamenco-style hi-NRG anthem.

"[14] In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton wrote, "It's combination of a brilliant pop tune and rampant flamenco rhythms should be enough to make it the biggest hit of the next few months.

"[17] The magazine's Jennifer Nine declared it as "another soon-to-be-everywhere groove thing from top German dancemeisters", remarking the "sparkly flamenco guitar intro" and vocalist Plavka looking "kinda handbag-Ofra Haza on the sleeve".

[18] Pan-European magazine Music & Media commented, "This fast but mellow house track with ambient works so well that it should go a long way to establish this well-reputed remix and production duo as artists in their own right.

"[19] Columnist Maria Jimenez described it as "alluring, yet highly commercial", adding that "this club track is poised for international success.

[21] Wendi Cermak from The Network Forty stated, "This is signature Jam & Spoon with its ethereal trance/ambient electronic rhythms, light female vocals and their excellent guitar work on the intro".

[22] Rupert Howe from NME found that the "disposable Euro-pap" of 'Right in the Night' "measures up a mere hair's breadth away from Culture Beat.

[24] Andrew Perry from Select viewed it as "a single which is not so much commercial as almost spitefully dreadful, riding on a daft hi-NRG beat, a female vocal from the deepest fetid pit of '80s soul and what sounds like a sample of classical rock bores Sky".