<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> <P> "Because the Night" is a song written by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith that was first released in 1978 as a single off the Patti Smith Group album Easter . It rose to number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, as well as number five in the United Kingdom, and helped propel sales of Easter to mainstream success--even as Smith was deciding to retire from a life of constant touring . In 1987, the song was ranked number 116 on NME magazine's list of "The Top 150 Singles of All Time". It remains one of the best - known songs of Smith's catalog . </P> <P> The song was originally recorded by Bruce Springsteen during sessions for his Darkness on the Edge of Town album . He was not satisfied with the song and later declared he already knew he wasn't going to finish it since it was "a (nother) love song"; the Patti Smith Group was working on Easter in the studio next door, with engineer / producer Jimmy Iovine working on both albums . Iovine gave Smith a tape of the song, she recast it, and it was included on Easter, becoming the first single released from that album . </P>

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