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“Because the Night” was first written by Bruce Springsteen during his "Darkness on the Edge of Town" sessions but he was convinced by Patti Smith’s engineer (Jimmy Iovine) to give the song to her. Patti Smith finished the song and put it on her Iovine-produced album Easter in 1978.
This song being later versionated by different artists like Springsteen himself, Keel, 10,000_Maniacs, R.E.M., U2 and Garbage among others.
The best version for me is with Bruce Spingsteen and U2 in the 25th Anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at Madison Square Garden in New York on October 30, 2009

Genres: Rock music

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rock and roll hall of fame (organization)

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U2 with Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith - Because the Night

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Live from the 25th Anniversary Rock and roll Hall of Fame concert!

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Patricia Lee Smith was born in December, 1946.

She is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and visual artist who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement.

Nicknamed "the godmother of punk", she brought a feminist and intellectual point of view to punk music and became one of the most influential artists in the world rock music.

She´s currently 71 years old and lives in New York City.

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The band was formed in 1974 by Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye and Jack Petruzzelli but currently it´s formed by 2 members more, Tony Shanahan and Jay Dee Daugherty.

Band members
Current

Patti Smith – vocals, guitar (1974–1979, 1988, 1996–present)
Lenny Kaye – guitar (1974–1979, 1996–present)
Jack Petruzzelli – guitar (2006–present)
Tony Shanahan – bass, keyboards (1996–present)
Jay Dee Daugherty – drums (1975–1979, 1988, 1996–present)

Former

Richard Sohl – keyboards (1974–1977, 1979, 1988; died 1990)
Ivan Kral – bass (1975–1979)
Bruce Brody – keyboards (1977–1978)
Fred "Sonic" Smith – guitar (1988; died 1994)
Kasim Sulton – bass (1988)
Oliver Ray – guitar (1996–2005)

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Take me now baby here as I am
Pull me close, try and understand
Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe
Love is a banquet on which we feed

Come on now try and understand
The way I feel when I'm in your hands
Take my hand come undercover
They can't hurt you now,
Can't hurt you now, can't hurt you now
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to lust
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us

Have I doubt when I'm alone
Love is a ring, the telephone
Love is an angel disguised as lust
Here in our bed until the morning comes
Come on now try and understand
The way I feel under your command
Take my hand as the sun descends
They can't touch you now,
Can't touch you now, can't touch you now
Because the night belongs to lovers...

With love we sleep
With doubt the vicious circle
Turn and burns
Without you I cannot live
Forgive, the yearning burning
I believe it's time, too real to feel
So touch me now, touch me now, touch me now
Because the night belongs to lovers...

Because tonight there are two lovers
If we believe in the night we trust
Because tonight there are two lovers...

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This is my first lyric video hope you like it :)

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Setting
Bruce Springsteen, in a very black moment of his career, didn´t know how to finish the lyrics and passed it to Patty Smith, that according to legend, re-wrote the song while waiting for a phone call from her new boyfriend, the musician Fred "Sonic" Smith, with whom got married  in Detroit in 1980. They had a son, Jackson, and a daughter, Jesse. Her husband died of a heart attack in November, 1994.

Meaning
Everyone has ever spent nights without their loved one and missed them. This song describes the feelings of love at a distance.

Message
The message is a mixture of love, desire and lust from a clearly feminine vision.

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This song didn´t have a great impact on society but Patty Smith did have it with her lyrics and her image revolutionizing the role of women in rock, thanks to that androgynous image far from any feminine stereotype created by a patriarchal society.

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yearning: miss with sadness
disguised: change the appearance
lust: very strong sexual desire
doubt: to be uncertain

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https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0139056

RESOURCES
http://www.pattismith.net/intro.html

https://www.biography.com/people/patti-smith-9487150

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patti_Smith

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pattismith/becausethenight.html

https://www.ft.com/content/ef3ba7a0-84a7-11e6-8897-2359a58ac7a5

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1028