Bring On The Night (song)
| "Bring On The Night" | |
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| Recorded by The Police | |
| Released: | 1979-10-02 |
| Recorded: | 1979 |
| Length: | 4:15 |
| Album(s): | Reggatta de Blanc |
| Label(s): | A&M |
| Writer(s): | Sting |
| Producer(s): | Stewart Copeland, Sting, Andy Summers, Nigel Gray |
| Studio(s): | Surrey Sound Studios |
| Released as single? | NO |
"Bring On The Night" is a song written by Sting and recorded by The Police in 1979.
Contents
About the song
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Personnel
- Sting - bass, vocals, guitar solo
- Andy Summers - guitar
- Stewart Copeland - drums
Release History
Albums
Bring On The Night appears on the following album releases<ref>ThePolice.com. UltraStar Entertainment LLC. 21 April 2008.
| Cover art | Album title | Release date | Release country |
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Reggatta de Blanc | 1979-10-02 | United Kingdom |
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Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings | 1993-09-30 | United Kingdom |
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The Police Live! | 1995-06-13 | United Kingdom |
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The Police | 2007-06-11 | United States |
Video
"Bring On The Night" appears on the following video and dvd releases:
| Cover art | Video title | Release date | Release country |
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Around the World | 1983-02-01 | United Kingdom |
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Outlandos to Synchronicities: A History of The Police Live! | 1995-05-01 | United Kingdom |
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Live Ghost In The Machine | 2001-10-01 | Japan |
Lyrics
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The afternoon has gently passed me by The evening spreads itself against the sky Waiting for tomorrow, just another day God bid yesterday good-bye Bring on the night I couldn't spend another hour of daylight Bring on the night I couldn't stand another hour of daylight The future is but a question mark Hangs above my head, there in the dark Can't see for the brightness is staring me blind God bid yesterday good-bye Bring on the night I couldn't spend another hour of daylight Bring on the night I couldn't stand another hour of daylight I couldn't spend another hour of daylight I couldn't stand another hour of daylightQuotations and trivia
* 'Lyrics, 10/07:<ref>ThePolice.com. UltraStar Entertainment LLC. 21 April 2008. <http://www.thepolice.com/discog/?v=so&a=2&id=106>.</ref>*L'Historia Bandido, '81:<ref>ThePolice.com. UltraStar Entertainment LLC. 21 April 2008. <http://www.thepolice.com/discog/?v=so&a=2&id=106>.</ref>"This was another guitar riff I was deeply proud of but unable to find a home for. The dog was hopelessly resigned about his walk this time as well, so the song ended up as another one about longing. The second line was shamelessly lifted from T.S. Eliot's 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock'. What was it Eliot said? "Bad Poets borrow, good poets steal"?"
*The Independent, 9/93:<ref>ThePolice.com. UltraStar Entertainment LLC. 21 April 2008. <http://www.thepolice.com/discog/?v=so&a=2&id=106>.</ref>"'Bring On The Night' was originally called 'Carrion Prince'. I got the title from a Ted Hughes poem called 'King Of Carrion'. It was about Pontius Pilate and so was the song originally. Now it's about Gary Gilmore! I didn't realise it until I read 'The Executioner's Song' by Norman Mailer, the story of Gary Gilmore. 'Bring on the night / I couldn't stand another hour of daylight.' Gilmore's death wish. This very abstract thing I wrote fits this incredible true story. I sing it with him in mind and it's got to be the theme song if they ever make a movie of his life."
*'Bring On The Night' Album Liner Notes, '86:<ref>ThePolice.com. UltraStar Entertainment LLC. 21 April 2008. <http://www.thepolice.com/discog/?v=so&a=2&id=106>.</ref>"I had read 'The Executioner's Song' by Norman Mailer, and I was struck by the darkness of that character, Gary Gilmore. The Adverts had done that song 'Gary Gilmore's Eyes' - I still perform it on stage and use it as a springboard for a piano solo. I was off and on as a personality at that time. The seven years of the Police really were the best years of my life and the worst. I was at the top of the tree, but at the same time my marriage (to the actress Frances Tomelty) was breaking up. Then I had to go through the bullshit business of fame, wondering whether it was real. The songs reflected this: there'd be the happy go lucky pop stuff and then occasionally something darker."
*Andy Summers: Guitar Magazine, 3/80:<ref>ThePolice.com. UltraStar Entertainment LLC. 21 April 2008. <http://www.thepolice.com/discog/?v=so&a=2&id=106>.</ref>"'Bring On The Night', recorded by the Police in '78, was written almost three years earlier, or at least adapted from a song that was written at that time. I see no reason why songs shouldn't be rifled and developed to produce something new. If I can borrow from T.S. Eliot, I can certainly borrow from myself."
*On Gustavo Cerati's version of 'Bring On The Night'... Le Clarin, 10/99:<ref>ThePolice.com. UltraStar Entertainment LLC. 21 April 2008. <http://www.thepolice.com/discog/?v=so&a=2&id=106>.</ref>"When I use my fingers I play more with the flesh of the fingers than the nails. It's much more a rhythmic thing than classical guitar style. There is one number, 'Bring On The Night', which is all classical arpeggios up and down the fingerboard, through a flanger. When you're playing it at 2,000 watts through the PA it sounds great."
"I think that's a good record and that particular song is very good. It is flattering that other people take your music and reinterpret it. I don't complain about that. Even though they make different decisions from yours. That makes it good."
Alternative and cover versions
Cover versions
Cover versions of Bring On The Night appear on the following album releases:
| Cover art | Artist | Album title | Release date | Release country |
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Gustavo Cerati, Andy Summers | Outlandos d'Americas | 1998 | Europe |
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Bim Sherman | Reggatta Mondatta Volume II | 1998-06-30 | ?? |
