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Night Time (song)

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"Night Time"
Single by The Strangeloves
from the album I Want Candy
B-side"Rhythm of Love"
ReleasedDecember 1965 (U.S.)
GenreGarage rock[1]
Length2:29
LabelBang
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)The Strangeloves
The Strangeloves singles chronology
"Cara-Lin"
(1965)
"Night Time"
(1965)
"Hide and Seek"
(1966)

"Night Time" is a song written and originally recorded by the Strangeloves in 1965. It was written by Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein and Richard Gottehrer, and is a track from their I Want Candy LP.

The song reached No. 30 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 21 on the Cash Box Top 100. It did not chart internationally except briefly in Australia.

Chart history

Chart (1966) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 98
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2] 30
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [3] 21

Cover versions

"Night Time" was covered by Dr. Feelgood on their 1978 album Private Practice[4], by The J. Geils Band on their 1980 album Love Stinks[5], by George Thorogood and the Destroyers on their 1980 album More George Thorogood and the Destroyers[6], and by Bauhaus in a 1983 BBC session, later released on the 1989 album Swing the Heartache: The BBC Sessions [7].

References

  1. ^ Planer, Lindsay. "Night Time review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2021-07-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  3. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, February 26, 1965". Tropicalglen.com. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Dr. Feelgood – Private Practice". Discogs. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  5. ^ "The J. Geils Band – Love Stinks". Discogs. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  6. ^ "George Thorogood & The Destroyers – More George Thorogood And The Destroyers". Discogs. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Bauhaus - Swing the Heartache: The BBC Sessions". Discogs. Retrieved 21 Oct 2021.