"Sunglasses at Night" is a song by Canadian singer Corey Hart. It was released in January 1984 as the first single from his debut album, 1984's First Offense, and became a hit single in the United States, rising to number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1984. The song combines an unflagging synthesizer hook, characteristic arpeggio, rock guitar and cryptic lyrics. AllMusic has since described it as "an instant classic with its distinctive melody and catchy chorus."
According to co-producer Phil Chapman, the recording sessions for the album took place in a studio whose air conditioning/heating vents were directly above the mixing console. Air from the vents blew directly into the faces of the control room personnel, so they often wore sunglasses in order to protect their eyes. Hart, working on a new song, began to improvise lyrics that included the line "I wear my sunglasses at night."
Video Sunglasses at Night
Composition
The song is performed in the key of B? minor in common time with a tempo of 127 beats per minute. Hart's vocals span from F4 to A?5.
Maps Sunglasses at Night
Music video
The music video, directed by Rob Quartly, shot at the Don Jail in Toronto, reflects the vision of a "fashion" police state, with scenes of Hart in a prison cell, without sunglasses, being strong-armed by police officers and paraded past various citizens wearing their regulation shades. Near the end of the video, Hart is taken to the office of a female police officer (who releases Hart in the song's end), played by Laurie Brown, who later became the host of The NewMusic as well as a VJ on MuchMusic. This video uses the shorter single version instead of the longer album version.
"Sunglasses At Night" has most recently been featured in the Netflix series Stranger Things and also appears on the Sony Music soundtrack that features songs that were used in seasons 1 and 2.
Charts
Cover versions
Considered as one of the new wave influenced classics of the early 1980s the tune inspired several artists and remixers especially from Europe as there are:
- 2001: Tiga feat. Zyntherius
- 2008: VooDoo & Serano
- 2009: Skepta
- 2010: The Megas
- 2013: Arsis, Blind Passengers
- 2015: the Local Band
- 2016: Bodybangers
References
External links
- Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
Source of article : Wikipedia
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