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"After Midnight"
Song

"After Midnight" is a song written and produced by the American pop punk band Blink-182, is the second single from their sixth album Neighborhoods.[1] The song debuted on English radio station BBC Radio 1 at the Zane Lowe's program on September 6, 2011. On October 22 the song entered to the Alternative Songs chart at number 39.[2]

History

"After Midnight" was one of four new songs birthed from a last-minute writing session after the band canceled their European tour in early 2011. The band said that "After Midnight" is like most of the old songs of the band, referring to the speed with which it was created, they said that creating this song was easier than the others.[3] Tom DeLonge described the song as "our new I Miss You". The song was originally titled "Travis Beat", for being Travis Barker's favorite song, it was created based on a beat that Travis composed a day working in the studio. Mark Hoppus said: {{citation}}: Empty citation (help)

As same as "I Miss You" lyrics were composed by Mark Hoppus that wrote the chorus and Tom DeLonge the verses, lyrics were written separately, according to the band they didn't necessarily know what the other was writing about, but it fit together pretty well. Tom DeLonge commented on an interview with MTV: "What's cool about this song and 'I Miss You,' when Mark and I both write lyrics in different places, they come together and they're both about the same thing. We end up writing super romantic songs. And I think it worked out really good on this one".[3] "After Midnight" was played for the first time on the Honda Civic Tour along with "Ghost On The Dancefloor" before the release of the album.[4] The first time the song was played live on TV was on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show on October 3, 2011.[5] And on December 8 the band presented on the Conan O'Brien show where they played the song.[6]

Release

Mark Hoppus made an announcement via Twitter and on Blink-182's Facebook that a new song of the album called "After Midnight" would debut on Radio 1 for England and on the official web page for the rest of the world. It premiered on the Zane Lowe's program on September 6 at 7:45 p.m. . The same day the band launched a minigame on a web page called get182.com, and consisted to get the number 182 to download the song.

Reception

Critical response

The song got positive feedback from music critics. Some of them cataloging it as one of their best songs. Tom Goodwyn from the British magazine NME said that this song is one of the best from this album, A lovely subtle love song and the lightest moment on Neighborhoods. "We'll stagger home after midnight, sleep arm in arm in the stairwell" croons Mark Hoppus over a gentle riff. Whoever fancies themselves as the new John Hughes should be locking this down for the big kissing scene at the end of their new flick now.[7] Consequence of Sound's web critic Chris Coplan said the song is "decidedly epic with an intimate touch, an effort that highlights each member’s strengths, Tom DeLonge’s romantic verses, Mark Hoppus’ grand chorus, and Travis Barker’s bangin’ drum skills, to make for one fairly anthemic effort".[8] SPIN's critic Marc Hogan said: "It's a bittersweet midtempo rocker, and the most contemplative of the new songs Blink has unveiled so far. 'These nights go on and on' goes the chorus, perfect for bored teenagers shouting outside car windows".[9] Thomas Nassiff from AbsolutePunk said: "After Midnight" is instantly a classic Blink-182 song.[10] Scott Heisel from the US magazine Alternative Press wrote: "Is one of the finest moments of Blink's career, a song so simple, catchy and geniune that it's amazing it took them nearly two decades to write it".[11]

Commercial success

On October 15 before "After Midnight" was a single, it debuted at number 52 on Bilboard's Hot Digital Songs and on Hot 100 at number 88. On October 22 the song debuted at number 39 on Billboard's Alternative Songs.

Music video

On November 30, 2011 started the filming of the video in Tustin, California, with Isaac Rentz directing. Hoppus stated: "We wanted it to be something different than just a bunch of people having fun and having a party; we wanted it to be a little darker, a little more troubled, and Isaac's treatment did that ... We went through probably 30 different treatments for this video, and a lot of them were great, and a lot of them weren't so great but Isaac's stuck out as a really cool idea".[12] The video premiered December 24, 2011.[13]

Charts

Chart (2011–12) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Active Rock)[14] 16
Canada (Canadian Alternative Chart)[15] 17
US Billboard Hot 100[16] 88
US Alternative Songs (Billboard) 7
US Rock Songs (Billboard) 20

Personnel

Blink-182

References

  1. ^ "Blink-182 choose After Midnight as the second single from Neighborhoods". Retrieved September 10, 2011. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |cite= (help)
  2. ^ "Alternative Songs — Week of January 01, 2005". Billboard. Retrieved October 26, 2011. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |cite= (help)
  3. ^ a b James Montgomery (december 7, 2011). "Blink-182's 'After Midnight' An 'Homage' To 'I Miss You'". Retrieved december 10, 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |cite= (help)
  4. ^ Tyler Common (August 6, 2011). "Blink-182 perform two new songs, "After Midnight" and "Ghost On The Dancefloor"". Retrieved October 15, 2011. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |cite= (help)
  5. ^ V182 (october 4, 2011). "Blink-182 performs 'Up All Night' and 'After Midnight' on Jimmy Kimmel Live". Retrieved 8 de octubre 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |cite= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Bryne Yancey (december 9, 2011). "Watch blink-182 perform "After Midnight" on Conan". Alternative Press. Retrieved december 10, 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |cite= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ Tom Goodwyn (september 9, 2011). "After Midnight - First Listen Blink 182, 'Neighborhoods'". NME. Retrieved september 10, 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |cite= (help)
  8. ^ Chris Coplan (september 6, 2011). "Check Out: Blink-182 – "After Midnight"". Retrieved september 20, 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |cite= (help)
  9. ^ Marc Hogan (september 7, 2011). "Blink-182 Leak Bittersweet New Song". SPIN. Retrieved september 20, 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |cite= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ Thomas Nassiff (september 19, 2011). "Blink-182: Neighborhoods — After Midnight". AbsolutePunk. Retrieved october 17, 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |cite= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ Scott Heisel (september 27, 2011). "Neighborhoods from Blink-182". Alternative Press. Retrieved october 17, 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |cite= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ James Montgomery (december 6, 2011). "Blink-182's 'After Midnight' Video 'A Little Darker'". MTV. Retrieved december 8, 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |cite= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=2561062
  14. ^ http://canadianrockalt.blogspot.com/2012/01/alternative-rock-january-24-2012.html
  15. ^ http://canadianrockalt.blogspot.com/2012/01/active-rock-january-10-2012.html
  16. ^ Grein, Paul (July 27, 2011). "Week Ending July 17, 2011. Songs: Bad Meets Bruno". Yahoo! Music. Yahoo! Inc. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
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