Single:
Night Moves entered the Australian singles chart* on 21 March 1977 and peaked at #25.
Album:
The song is on Night Moves which entered the Australian albums chart* on 28 February 1977 and peaked at #13.
Songwriter:
Bob Seger
Producers:
Jack Richardson, Bob Seger, Punch Andrews
Record label of Australian release:
Capitol
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
ALBUM VERSION:
Songfacts:
The phrase “night moves” has a number of meanings, which made it an intriguing song title. It could mean “putting the moves on” a girl in the back seat of a car, but Seger says it also relates to the impromptu parties he and has buddies threw in the fields of Ann Arbor, Michigan, where they would turn on the headlights and dance their “night moves.” They called these gatherings “grassers.”
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/bob-seger/night-moves
Lyrics:
I was a little too tall, could′ve used a few pounds
Tight pants points, hardly renowned
She was a black-haired beauty with big dark eyes
And points of her own, sittin’ way up high
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