Lene Lovich - The Night (Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons Cover)

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Available on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/2CpaS6Ea0WYZg9r9yAU49q
Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/flex/1023010680
and Deezer:
https://www.deezer.com/us/album/10895318

From '' Flex ''
Label: Stiff Records – SEEZ 19
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: Jan 18, 1980

Tracklist
A1 Bird Song
A2 What Will I Do Without You
Written-By – Judge Smith
A3 Angels
A4 The Night
Written-By – Al Ruzicka, Bob Gaudio
A5 You Can't Kill Me
Written-By – Judge Smith
B1 Egghead
B2 Wonderful One
B3 Monkey Talk
B4 Joan
B5 The Freeze

Written-By – Lene Lovich (tracks: A1, A3, B1 to B5), Les Chappell (tracks: A1, A3, B1 to B5)

Vocals, Saxophone, Backing Vocals – Lene Lovich
Guitar, Synthesizer, Backing Vocals – Les Chappell
Keyboards – Nick Plytas
Keyboards, Backing Vocals – Dean Klevatt
Drums, Backing Vocals – Justin Hildreth
Bass, Backing Vocals – Mark Heyward-Chaplin
Vocals [Additional] – Judge Smith
Backing Vocals – Roger Bechirian

Cover – C-More-Tone Studios
Photography By – Brian Griffin

Engineer – Peter Bord

Producer – Alan Winstanley, Lene Lovich, Les Chappell, Roger Bechirian

Notes
Variant 2 comes with two record company stickers on front cover: one is a British flag which reads "From Britain" and the other one is a round white sticker which reads "Pay No More Than ₤3.99" (probably copies intended for export)

Recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Holland.

Printed inner sleeve with artwork and credits.

© 2007 Oval Sounds LLP
℗ 2007 Oval Sounds LLP

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"The Night" is a song by Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons that was originally released in 1972. Although it failed to chart when first released, it became a popular track on the northern soul circuit, which led to a successful UK re-release in the spring of 1975, when it reached no. 7 on the Official Chart.

The song sees Frankie Valli pleading with a girl that he admires to resist the advances of another guy. The album version features the group singing the opening two lines "Beware of his promise, believe what I say" before Valli joins in. The original US single version has Valli singing those first two lines, the 1975 UK release features the album version.

Valli cited this song as an example of a song that should have been a big hit on first release, but didn't chart due to poor promotion by the MoWest label.

The song was covered by Lene Lovich in 1979, by Intastella in 1995, by Soft Cell in 2002 ("The Night" was due to be their second single in 1981 but instead they opted for "Tainted Love") and Klaxons in 2007. Pulp recorded a version live in Paris for a France Inter radio station Black Session on 17 November 1992.

The song is considered a "Northern Soul" classic due to its heavy bass production and strong beat, as well as the fact that it did not succeed commercially. Far Out critic Tom Taylor rated it as the number 90 most underrated song of the 1970s, saying it has "one of the greatest bass sounds you will ever hear" and that "the social club sentiments are ushered in for a song that uniquely couples the club scene with some sort of proto-hip hop production."

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Lyrics

Beware, of their promise
believe, what I say
Before, I go forever
Be sure of what you say.

So they paint a pretty picture
And they tell you that they need you
And they cover you with flowers
And they always keep you dreaming,
They always keep you dreaming
You wont have a lonely hour
If the day could last forever
You might like your ivory tower.

But the night begins to turn your head around
And you know you're going to lose more than you've found
Yes the night begins to turn your head around
Around.

Beware, of their promise
believe, what I say
Before, I, I go forever
Be sure of what you say.

And the words may come to easy
If you don't believe I'm leaving
If you find it come to quickly
If you really think they love you.

If you really thought they loved you
You would give your love so sweetly
If the day could last forever
You might fall in love completely.

But the night begins to turn your head around
And you know you're going to lose more than you've found
Yes the night begins to turn your head around
Around.

But the night begins to turn your head around
And you know you're going to lose more than you've found
Yes the night begins to turn your head around
Around.

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