Night Spots

"Night Spots"
Song by The Cars
from the album Candy-O
Released	June 13, 1979
Recorded	1979 at Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles
Genre	New wave, hard rock
Length	3:15
Label	Elektra
Songwriter(s)	Ric Ocasek
Producer(s)	Roy Thomas Baker
Candy-O track listing
11 tracks Side one "Let's Go" "Since I Held You" "It's All I Can Do" "Double Life" "Shoo Be Doo" "Candy-O" Side two "Night Spots" "You Can't Hold on Too Long" "Lust for Kicks" "Got a Lot on My Head" "Dangerous Type"

"Night Spots" is a 1979 song by The Cars from their second studio album, Candy-O. It was written by Ric Ocasek.

Background

"Night Spots" was a leftover from The Cars' first album, The Cars. The original version, recorded around the time of The Cars, according to the Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology liner notes, "has a sinister, stripped-down feel that anticipates the more experimental direction of later Cars music." This version remained unreleased until it appeared on the Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology compilation album.

Reception

"Night Spots" has generally received positive reception. AllMusic critic said that the band "rocks out on ... 'Night Spots'", and in the Billboard review of Candy-O, "Night Spots" was noted as one of the "best cuts". Rolling Stone critic Tom Carson said, "In 'Nightspots,' Greg Hawkes' synthesizer jabs and jumps like the flashing lights on a rainy, late-night highway, and the tune's hopped-up rhythms and stuttering singing have a tense, jittery momentum that's exactly right."

Covers

• The Cautions covered "Night Spots" for the tribute album Substitution Mass Confusion: A Tribute to The Cars.
• Johny Dey covered the song for the tribute album Just What We Needed: A Tribute To The Cars.

External links

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu5xiqx6Fsc