Black Night

"Black Night" is a song by British hard rock band Deep Purple, first released as a single in June 1970 and later included on the 25th Anniversary version of their 1970 album, In Rock. The song became a hit following its release, peaking at No. 2 on UK charts, and to this day remains Deep Purple's highest charting UK single. It topped the charts in Switzerland, and is one of only two singles from the band to chart in Ireland, peaking at No. 4, thus making it the group's only Irish Top 10 hit. It was also the first single penned by the band.

Writing process and recording

Once In Rock had been completed, EMI asked for a suitable single to be recorded to help promote the album. Though Roger Glover claims that Ricky Nelson's 1962 hard rocking arrangement of the George Gershwin song, "Summertime", was the basis for the Mk II Deep Purple single "Black Night", it is also similar to Blues Magoos's 1966 psychedelic hit song "(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet". In the BBC documentary Heavy Metal Britannia, keyboardist Jon Lord supports Glover's statement about the song's origin, stating "Black Night was nicked from the bass line in Ricky Nelson's Summertime" and then proceeds to play the bassline riff on his grand piano.

Fright Night (album)

Fright Night is the first studio album by power metal band Stratovarius, released in May 1989 through Columbia Records; a remastered edition was reissued in 1993.

Critical reception

Antti J. Ravelin at AllMusic gave Fright Night 2.5 stars out of 5, describing it as lacking variety and criticising the band for not playing particularly well together. He nonetheless recommended the album for fans of 1980s heavy metal and rock, saying that it was an important part of Stratovarius' discography.

Track listing

All music composed by Timo Tolkki.

Personnel

  • Timo Tolkkivocals, guitar, production
  • Antti Ikonen – keyboard, production
  • Tuomo Lassiladrums, production
  • Jyrki Lentonen – bass, production
  • Make Törrönen – engineering
  • Mika Jussila – remastering (reissue)
  • References

    External links

  • Fright Night at stratovarius.com
  • Black Night (Charles Brown song)

    "Black Night" is a 1951 song by Charles Brown. The single was the second of two chart entries to make it to number one on the U.S. R&B chart.

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    Black Night

    by: Arch Of Hell

    Walk around in the midnight
    And heard the voices
    Beyond the downstreet
    Lamps are shining like a candle
    In my hearth
    Started war in my mind
    Enemy
    Am I let´s stop this fight
    C´mon c´mon die
    Bad ages are coming
    My faith is falling
    Down!
    Malice... in my blind eyes
    You can not see in his night
    Cuzi!
    One night,
    I wanna know
    How it became the black night
    Never mind, never know
    But must be left behind
    One night,
    One day
    My life is in the other side
    Never mind, never know
    I have to stay, stay surive
    Why can´t you see?
    My world in agony
    One night, I wanna know
    How it became the black night
    Never mind, never know
    But must be leave behind...
    And rise confused aims
    That should have never been born
    My mind has been crucified
    Can´t you see
    Can´t you see
    My world in agony
    My world in agony
    My world in agony
    Night´s shadows are screaming
    And I despite me!
    One night, I wanna know
    How it became the black night
    Never mind, never know




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