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Because The Night
Composer: Bruce Springsteen / Patti Smith

Because The Night was performed by Billy & The Kids in 2023.

The song was first recorded by Bruce Springsteen in 1977 with undeveloped lyrics. Springsteen was not intending to use the song on his next album so it was passed on, with the assistance of Jimmy Iovine, to Patti Smith. Patti Smith wrote the lyrics for the song and recorded it in late 1977. It was first released on the Easter album and on a single.



Patti Smith

This list is not intended to be comprehensive.

no info Easter, Patti Smith Group, 1978
no info Single (Because The Night / God Speed), Patti Smith Group, 1978
no info Gold Plated Shining Stars, Various Artists, 1978
info Arista AOR Sampler, Various Artists, 1978
no info Circuit Breaker, Various Artists, 1979
no info That Summer!, Various Artists, 1979
no info Trauma, Various Artists, 1979
no info Single (Because The Night / Gloria / In Excelsis Deo), Patti Smith Group, 1983
info Reelin' in the Years, Vol. 1, Various Artists, 1983
no info Single (Because The Night / So You Want To Be (A Rock 'n' Roll Star)), Patti Smith Group, 1984
no info American Dreams, Various Artists, 1985
info Arista's Greatest Hits: Portrait Of A Decade 1975-1985, 1985
no info Women Of Rock, Various Artists, 1986
no info Cover Me, Various Artists, 1986
no info Single (Because The Night / Frederick / Gloria / In Excelsis Deo), Patti Smith Group, 1988
info Sounds of the Seventies: 1978, Various Artists, 1990
info Arista: A 15 Year History of Rock, Various Artists, 1991
no info Those Rocking '70s, Various Artists, 1991
info Classic Rock Box: WNEW-FM 25th Anniversary Box, Various Artists, 1992
no info Sedated In The Eighties No. 2, Various Artists, 1994
no info The Patti Smith Masters, Patti Smith, 1996
info Arista: The First 20 Years, Various Artists, 1996?
no info Modern Rock The 70's, Various Artists, 1999
no info Entertainment Weekly: The Greatest Hits 1978, Various Artists, 2000
no info 25 Years Of #1 Hits: Arista Records 25th Anniversary Celebration, Various Artists, 2000
no info Clive Davis: The Arista Years, Various Artists, 2000
info Land (1975-2002), Patti Smith, 2002
info Ultimate Seventies (10 CD set), Various Artists, 2003
info Ultimate Seventies (15 CD set), Various Artists, 2003
info Ultimate Rock Ballads Collection, Various Artists, 2004
info A Home at the End of the World Soundtrack, Various Artists, 2004
no info The Old Grey Whistle Test: The Complete Collection, Various Artists, 2006
info Absolute Hits: Driving Rock Ballads, Various Artists, 2007
info 100 Hits: Pop, Various Artists, 2008
info The Power of Love, Various Artists, 2008
no info The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concerts, Various Artists (Crosby, Stills & Nash), 2010
info Essential: The Power Of Rock, Various Artists, 2010
info Haynes Dad: Ultimate Guide to Rock, Various Artists, 2010
no info Outside Society, Patti Smith, 2011
info Made in America: 20 Classic All-American Anthems, Various Artists, 2011
info Pure... America, Various Artists, 2011
info Pure... Drive, Various Artists, 2011
no info Live At Montreux 2005, Patti Smith, 2012
info Rock Heroes, Various Artists, 2012
no info A MusiCares Tribute To Bruce Springsteen, Various Artists, 2014
no info She Rocks: The '80s Wave Of Women Rockers, Various Artists, 2014
no info Everybody Wants Some!! Music From The Motion Picture, Various Artists, 2016

Bruce Springsteen

This list is not intended to be comprehensive.

no info Live 1975-85, Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band, 1986
no info 12 promo (Fire / Fire / Because The Night / Seeds), Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band, 1987
no info The Promise, Bruce Springsteen, 2010
no info The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story, Bruce Springsteen, 2010
no info Single (Save My Love / Because The Night), Bruce Springsteen, 2010
no info Springsteen & I, Bruce Springsteen, 2018
Because The Night can also be found on many officially released Bruce Springsteen convert recordings.


Other recordings

This list is not intended to be comprehensive.

no info Sway, Mighty Pope, 1979
no info Single (Sweet Blindness / Because The Night), Mighty Pope, 1979
no info Eye Of The Tiger, Tiger Tiger, 1980
no info The Final Frontier, Keel, 1986
no info Single (Because The Night / Rock And Roll Animal), Keel, 1986
no info 12" Single (Because The Night / The Final Frontier / Rock And Roll Animal), Keel, 1986
no info Single (Because the Night / Because the Night / It's A Love / Because the Night), CO.RO, 1992
no info MTV Unplugged, 10,000 Maniacs, 1993
no info Single (Because the Night / Stockton Gala Days), 10,000 Maniacs, 1993
no info D.J.'s Dance Club, Various Artists (CO.RO), 1995
no info Live Adventures of the Waterboys, The Waterboys, 1998
no info Campfire Songs, 10,000 Maniacs, 2004
no info Time Capsule Filmed 1982-1993 (DVD), 10,000 Maniacs, 2004
no info Greetings From The East Coast, Various Artists (10,000 Maniacs), 2005
no info The Sunday Scheme, Redefined, 2006
no info Live Acoustic (DVD), Nils Lofgren & Friends, 2006
no info RK, Ron Keel, 2007
no info The Ultimate Video Collection, Ron Keel, 2007
no info Perfect Day, Cascada, 2007
no info Single (Because the Night (various mixes), Cascada, 2008
no info Patti LuPone at Les Mouches, Patti LuPone, 2008
no info Single (Love Like Suicide), Garbage / Screaming Females, 2013
no info Ten Years, Screaming Females, 2015
no info The Cover Up, The Protomen, 2015
no info Playing Favorites, 10,000 Maniacs, 2016
no info Live at the Belly Up, 10,000 Maniacs, 2017
no info Halloween Live At Disney Institute, 10,000 Maniacs, 2017
no info Singles Too, Screaming Females, 2019
no info Horror Show, The Midnight, 2020
no info SQS, Vol. 1, Sweet Lizzy Project, 2021

 
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