<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing this file? See media help . </Td> </Tr> <P> Shear's original version of "All Through the Night" is set in the key of F major, and proceeds at a tempo of approximately 96 beats per minute . For her cover version, Lauper transposed the key up a minor third to A-flat major, and kept the tempo at the same 96 beats per minute as the original . The song is set in common time . Lauper's voice spans an octave and a fourth between G and D ♭ . Jules Shear himself makes a guest appearance on Lauper's version, singing a wordless falsetto melody near the end, as well as the lower harmony in the choruses . The chorus was unintentionally altered by Lauper from the Shear version when she heard the upper harmony vocal and thought it was the lead vocal . Lyrically, "All Through the Night" addresses the same concept of love and its tug at heart - strings as was emphasized by Lauper's previous single, "Time After Time ." </P> <P> Reception for the song was mostly positive . Don McLeese of the Chicago Sun - Times said that the song was the one that "showed her impressive range to best advantage ." The Philadelphia Inquirer said that she had a "strong voice" in the song . However, another Philadelphia Inquirer review said that the song was "a not terribly good version of Jules Shear's terribly good (song)." Richard Harrington of The Washington Post believed that it was her most reflective song . Kevin East of Sensible Sound said that the song was "a heavy, melancholy tune ." Leslie Gray Streeter of the Palm Beach Post said that the song was "lovely" and "delicate ." Even Shear himself was a fan of Lauper's version, saying "The Cyndi Lauper thing where she did' All Through the Night,' that was great because she did it so differently than the way I did . I liked that, too ." However, the St. Petersburg Times did not like the song, saying that it was a "pedestrian filler number" on the album . </P> <P> Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic said that the song was a part of the side that he calls the very best of the album . He also says that the side is "so strong that it makes the remaining tracks--all enjoyable, but rather pedestrian--charming by their association with songs so brilliantly alive", and that it was "astonishing in its consistency ." Kurt Loder of Rolling Stone said that Lauper "does an almost tasteful reading" of the song . Sal Cinquemani of Slant magazine said that the song emerged as one of "the greatest pop masterpieces of the' 80s ." </P>

All through the night sleeping at last meaning