| "History is Made at Night" | ||||
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| Single by Smash cast feat. Megan Hilty & Will Chase[1] | ||||
| from the album The Music of Smash, Bombshell | ||||
| Released | March 12, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2012 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 4:19 (Album Version) [2] | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman | |||
| Producer(s) | Marc Shaiman | |||
| Smash cast singles chronology | ||||
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"History Is Made at Night" is an original song introduced in the fourth episode of the first season of the musical TV series Smash, entitled "The Cost of Art". It was written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman,[3] but within the show's universe, it was written by the songwriting team of Tom Levitt (Christian Borle) and Julia Houston (Debra Messing) for their Marilyn Monroe musical Bombshell.
The song is a duet sung by Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio. Besides "The Cost of Art", the song is performed various times throughout Season 1, most notably between Ivy Lynn (Megan Hilty) and Michael Swift (Will Chase) in the sixth episode of the season, entitled "Chemistry." The song is also performed as part of a medley in the seventh episode of the season "The Workshop" and Ivy and Dennis begin to sing it in the thirteenth episode "Tech" before they get cut off by a lighting issue.
The song is featured as a track on the cast albums The Music of Smash and Bombshell. The version on the released track is by Megan Hilty and Will Chase, as seen in episode 6.
The song is also covered by the UK band Steps on their album Light Up the World.