Because the Night

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rock song song

"Because the Night" is a rock song co-written by Patti Smith and Bruce Springsteen that became one of Smith's signature hits and a classic of 1970s rock music.

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Because the Night canonical 4

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rock song ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Easter ⓘ
associatedWithArtist Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
Patti Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
bSide God Speed ⓘ
chartPositionIrishSinglesChart 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 5 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 13 ⓘ
composer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
countryOfRelease United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decade 1970s ⓘ
describedAs classic of 1970s rock music ⓘ
format 7-inch single ⓘ
genre rock ⓘ
hasCoverVersionBy 10,000 Maniacs ⓘ
Cascada ⓘ
Co.Ro. ⓘ
Garbage ⓘ
hasMusicalFeature anthemic chorus ⓘ
prominent guitar riff ⓘ
includedInList classic rock radio staples ⓘ
includedOnLiveAlbum MTV Unplugged ⓘ
surface form: MTV Unplugged (10,000 Maniacs album)
language English ⓘ
length 3:23 ⓘ
liveCoverNotableBy 10,000 Maniacs ⓘ
lyricalTheme desire ⓘ
love ⓘ
nighttime longing ⓘ
notableFor becoming Patti Smith's commercial breakthrough single ⓘ
frequent inclusion in Patti Smith's live performances ⓘ
originalIntendedAlbum Darkness on the Edge of Town ⓘ
originallyDevelopedFor Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
performer Patti Smith Group ⓘ
producer Jimmy Iovine ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1977 ⓘ
recordLabel Arista Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1978-03-02 ⓘ
releaseYear 1978 ⓘ
signatureSongOf Patti Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
tempo mid-tempo ⓘ
title Because the Night self-link ⓘ
trackOnAlbum Easter ⓘ
vocalist Patti Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
writer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
Patti Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Patti Smith → notableWork → Because the Night ⓘ
Live/1975–85 → includesSong → Because the Night ⓘ
Patti Smith Group → notableSong → Because the Night ⓘ
Because the Night → title → Because the Night self-link ⓘ