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Because the Night

"Because the Night"
Because the Night - Patti Smith Group.jpg
Single by Patti Smith Group
from the album Easter
B-side "God Speed"
Released March 2, 1978 (1978-03-02)
Format 7-inch 45 rpm
Recorded Record Plant, New York City, 1977
Genre Rock
Length 3:22
Label Arista
Writer(s) Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith
Producer(s) Jimmy Iovine
Patti Smith singles chronology
"Ask the Angels"
(1977)
"Because the Night"
(1978)
"Privilege (Set Me Free)"
(1978)
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"Because the Night"
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Single by Co.Ro featuring Taleesa
from the album The Album
B-side "It's a Love"
Released 1992
Format CD single, CD maxi
Genre Eurodance
Length 4:32
Label ZYX
Writer(s) Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith
Co.Ro featuring Taleesa singles chronology
"Because the Night"
(1992)
"There's Something Going On"
(1993)
"Because the Night"
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Single by 10,000 Maniacs
from the album MTV Unplugged
B-side "Stockton Gala Days" (Live version)
Released October 28, 1993 (1993-10-28)
Format CD, Cassette
Recorded Sony Music Studios,
April 21, 1993
Genre Alternative rock
Length 3:44
Label Elektra, MTV Networks
Writer(s) Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith
Producer(s) Paul Fox
10,000 Maniacs singles chronology
"Everyday Is Like Sunday"
(1993)
"Because the Night"
(1993)
"More Than This"
(1997)
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"Because the Night"
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Single by Cascada
from the album Perfect Day
Released July 18, 2008 (2008-07-18)
Format CD, CD maxi
Recorded 2008
Genre Eurodance
Length 3:25
Label Zooland
Writer(s) Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith
Producer(s) Yann Pfeiffer, DJ Manian
Cascada singles chronology
"What Do You Want from Me?"
(2008)
"Because the Night"
(2008)
"Faded"
(2008)
"Because the Night"
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Single by Garbage
and Screaming Females
B-side "Love Like Suicide"
Released April 20, 2013 (2013-04-20)
Format 10" Vinyl, digital download
Recorded 2013, EastWest Studio 1, Los Angeles
Genre Alternative rock
Length 4:55
Label STUNVOLUME
Writer(s) Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith
Producer(s) Garbage and Screaming Females
Garbage singles chronology
"Automatic Systematic Habit"
(2012)
"Because the Night"
(2013)
"Girls Talk"
(2014)
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"Because the Night" is a song written by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith that was first released in 1978 as a single off the Patti Smith Group album Easter. It rose to #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, as well as #5 in the United Kingdom, and helped propel sales of Easter to mainstream success—even as Smith was deciding to retire from a life of constant touring. In 1987, the song was ranked #116 on NME magazine's list of "The Top 150 Singles of All Time". It remains one of the best known songs of Smith's catalog.

The song was originally recorded by Bruce Springsteen during sessions for his Darkness on the Edge of Town album. He was not satisfied with it and later declared he already knew he wasn't going to finish it since it was "a[nother] love song"; the Patti Smith Group was working on Easter in the studio next door, with engineer/producer Jimmy Iovine working on both albums. Iovine gave Smith a tape of the song, she recast it, only retaining the chorus "Because the night belongs to lovers", and it was included on Easter, becoming the first single released from that album. Though it was never released on any of Springsteen's studio albums, in concert beginning with his Darkness Tour Springsteen would often perform the song with his own lyrics. The song was first performed live at a Patti Smith concert at CBGB's in New York City on December 30, 1977, with Springsteen joining on vocals and guitar. The only two commercially released recordings of a Springsteen version of the song were in the 1986 box set Live/1975–85, where Smith was listed as co-writer; and the 2010 compilation album The Promise (using the original recording from the Darkness on the Edge of Town sessions, but using Smith's lyrics).


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