Australian singles chart:
Because the Night entered the Kent Music Report on 15 May 1978 and peaked at #15. The song was #88 on the Top 100 of 1978.
Album:
The song is on Easter which entered the Kent Music Report album charts on 1 May 1978 and peaked at #11.
Songwriters:
Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith
Producer:
Jimmy Iovine
Record label of Australian release:
Arista
Songfacts:
Despite her large cult following and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame career (she was inducted in 2007), Because the Night was Patti Smith’s only hit, making it an anomaly in her discography, which was aimed at a far more narrow audience.
For many not familiar with Smith’s career or the history of punk, this is the only recognisable song of hers.
Bruce Springsteen started writing this song in 1976. The song lay dormant until Springsteen’s producer, Jimmy Iovine, convinced him to give a copy to Patti Smith, who eventually got around to filling in the verses and recording the song. Iovine was also producing Smith’s Easter album and convinced her to record it for the set.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/patti-smith/because-the-night
Lyrics:
Take me now, baby, here as I am
Pull me close, try and understand
Desire is hunger, is the fire I breathe
Love is a banquet on which we feed
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