Track 3 of Darkness On The Edge Of Town, 1978.
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- Darkness On The Edge Of Town (1978)
- Bruce Springsteen: vocals, guitar
- Roy Bittan: piano, backing vocals
- Clarence Clemons: percussion, backing vocals
- Danny Federici: organ, glockenspiel
- Garry Tallent: bass
- Steven Van Zandt: guitar, backing vocals
- Max Weinberg: drums
Released on Darkness On The Edge Of Town (1978).
Live versions are available on the following 18 official live downloads:
- 2024-06-14 Cívitas Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain
- 2024-03-28 Chase Center, San Francisco, CA
- 2023-09-03 MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
- 2023-05-09 RDS Arena, Dublin, Ireland
- 2017-01-30 Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- 2016-08-23 MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
- 2016-07-05 Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, Italy
- 2016-06-27 Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden
- 2016-06-03 Ricoh Arena, Coventry, England
- 2014-05-13 Times Union Center, Albany, NY
- 2014-02-19 AllPhones Arena, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 2014-01-29 Bellville Velodrome, Cape Town, South Africa
- 2013-07-24 First Direct Arena, Leeds, England
- 2012-11-12 Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, MN
- 2012-07-05 Palais Omnisports De Paris-Bercy, Paris, France
- 2009-10-14 Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA
- 1977-02-08 Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY
- 1977-02-07 Palace Theatre, Albany, NY
One of these recordings is also available on the playlists The Live Series: Songs From Around The World (2019) and The Darkness Tour '78 (2023).
SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT - V1a | 5:06 | DDOC / UP / DDO / LUTHER |
SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT - V1b | 5:05 | DO-3 / UP / AM |
SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT - V1c | 5:05 | ODM / HOD / UP / AM |
SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT - V1d | 5:11 | DARKNESS / PROMISE: DELUXE |
SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT - V2 | 4:38 | DO-2 / GT / LUTHER / LM-2 / SOTE |
Note: "Something In The Night" was written in 1976, rehearsed in the barn at Bruce's new rental in Holmdel, New Jersey, and premiered live on August 1, 1976. It was played extensively during the Lawsuit Tour 1976–1977, which gave Springsteen opportunities to revise lyrics and modify arrangements. The tour featured a full-time horn section, the Miami Horns, and they were also used in several arrangements. When the Darkness sessions began on June 1, 1977, several cuts of "Something In The Night" were recorded that evening, and the album take was chosen from these. According to Sony logs, there were two subsequent recording sessions on June 14 and 16, and that was it, until mixing sessions began in 1978. There are five circulating versions, four of which which are based on the June 1 take, and one, that could have been recorded on any of the June dates. Godfatherecords release G.R. BOX 01, 'The Unbroken Promise: Lighting Up The Darkness Sessions', a 6 CD compilation of outtakes from the Darkness sessions, describes in its extensive liner notes that "Something In The Night" appears in three versions, with one version recorded in June–July 1977 at Atlantic Studios and two during September–October 1977. Unfortunately, the Sony logs specify only three days in 1977 when sessions were held. The final notation is mix take #42 (V2d), from February 27, 1978, was pressed to metal acetate on April 12, 1978, and became track three on Darkness On The Edge of Town.
Studio Sessions: Darkness On the Edge of Town
Something In The Night |
Hmmm
Woahhh
Woahhh
Woahhh
Woahhh
Woahhh
Well I'm riding down Kingsley figuring I'll get a drink
Well I turn the radio up loud so I don't have to think at all
And I take her to the floor looking for a moment when the world seems right
And I tear into the guts, hmmm, of something in the night
Well you're born with nothing, and better off that way
Soon as you've got something they send someone to try and take it away
Well you can ride this road 'till dawn without another human being in sight
Yeah just kids wasted on, hmmm, something in the night
Woah nothing is forgotten or forgiven, when it's your last time around, hm
And I got stuff running 'round my head that I just can't live down
When we found the things we loved, they were crushed and dying in the dirt
We tried to pick up the pieces, and get away without getting hurt
But they caught us at the state line, and burned our cars in one last fight
And left us running burned and blind, hmmm, chasing something in the night
Woahhh
Woahhh
Woahhh
Woah yeah
Woahhh
So!
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