| "Rock the Night" | ||||
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| Single by Europe | ||||
| from the album On The Loose | ||||
| B-side | "Seven Doors Hotel (re-recorded version)" | |||
| Released | March 1985 | |||
| Genre | Glam metal, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 4:03 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Joey Tempest | |||
| Producer(s) | Europe | |||
| Europe singles chronology | ||||
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| Single by Europe | ||||
| from the album The Final Countdown | ||||
| B-side | "Seven Doors Hotel (re-recorded version)" | |||
| Released | November 1986
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| Length | 4:03 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Joey Tempest | |||
| Producer(s) | Kevin Elson | |||
| Europe singles chronology | ||||
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| "Rock the Night" on YouTube | ||||
"Rock the Night" is a song by Swedish rock band Europe, released as a single in 1986. The song was written by vocalist Joey Tempest in 1984 and premiered on the band's Wings of Tomorrow tour the same year.[2]
The song was released in two different versions, just more than a year and a half apart from each other- in 1985 as a single from the soundtrack to the Swedish film On the Loose, and in 1986 as the second international single from the album The Final Countdown.[3] The original 1985 release has a rawer, more metallic hard rock sound than the more polished version released from The Final Countdown the following year. The B-side for both releases was a 1985 re-recording of the band's debut single, "Seven Doors Hotel".
The 1986 release became a Top 10 hit in France, Germany, Holland, Spain, Belgium, Ireland and Switzerland, and peaked at #12 on the UK Singles Chart and #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States in 1987.
The song was included in the 2007 film Hot Rod and the European version of the Nintendo DS game Guitar Hero: On Tour.[4]
- ^ "Europe singles".
- ^ Tengner, Anders; Michael Johansson (1987). Europe - den stora rockdrömmen (in Swedish). Wiken. ISBN 91-7024-408-1.
- ^ 1982–1992 (CD booklet). Europe. Epic Records. 1993. EPC 473589-1.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Bramwell, Tom (26 June 2008). "Guitar Hero: On Tour European track list". Eurogamer. Retrieved 26 June 2008.