Night Out (album)

Night Out
Studio album by Ellen Foley
Released	June 21, 1979
Recorded	1979
Studio	Mediasound, New York City
Genre	Rock
Length	37:24
Label	Cleveland International Epic
Producer	Ian Hunter Mick Ronson
Ellen Foley chronology
Night Out (1979) Spirit of St. Louis (1981)

Night Out is the 1979 debut studio album by Ellen Foley, a long-time backup vocalist for Meat Loaf. Seven of the nine tracks were cover versions of Foley's favorite songs, while two were co-written by Foley, one of which was "We Belong to the Night", which hit #1 in the Netherlands and #31 in Australia around Christmas of 1979. The musicians were mostly from Ian Hunter's touring band for his 1979 album You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic, with the addition of Australian musician Kerryn Tolhurst on slide guitar.

Hunter and ex-Spiders From Mars guitarist Mick Ronson produced the album. Ronson suggested the two Philip Rambow songs and the piano backing for the final track "Don't Let Go", written by Hunter.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"We Belong to the Night"	Ellen Foley, Fred Goodman	5:24
2.	"What's a Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You)" (Timi Yuro cover)	Joy Byers, Clyde Otis	3:47
3.	"Stupid Girl" (Rolling Stones cover)	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	4:09
4.	"Night Out"	Philip Rambow	5:21
5.	"Thunder and Rain" (Graham Parker cover)	Graham Parker	3:04
6.	"Sad Song" (Mark Middler cover)	Mark Middler, Peter Mason	3:31
7.	"Young Lust"	Philip Rambow	5:34
8.	"Hideaway"	Ellen Foley, Fred Goodman	3:50
9.	"Don't Let Go"	Ian Hunter	4:04

Personnel

• Ellen Foley - vocals
• Mick Ronson - guitar, keyboards, percussion, string arrangements, background vocals
• Ian Hunter - keyboards, guitar, percussion
• Martin Briley - bass
• Tom Mandel - keyboards
• Kerryn Tolhurst - slide guitar
• Hilly Michaels - drums
• Rory Dodd - harmony vocals

Technical

• Bob Clearmountain, Harvey Goldberg - engineers
• Benno Friedman - photography