Children of the Night (Richard Marx song)

"Children of the Night" is a song written and recorded by Richard Marx, issued as the fifth and final single from his second album Repeat Offender.[2] The song peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990,[3] and was written in support of the suburban Los Angeles (Van Nuys)-based organization for runaways.[4][5][6]

"Children of the Night"
Single by Richard Marx
from the album Repeat Offender
B-side"Real World"[1]
Released1990
Recorded1989
GenreSoft rock
Length4:43 (album version)
4:10 (single version)
Songwriter(s)Richard Marx
Producer(s)
Richard Marx singles chronology
"Too Late to Say Goodbye"
(1990)		 "Children of the Night"
(1990)		 "Keep Coming Back"
(1991)

Composition

In a 2018 interview with Songfacts, Marx said:

I was in a hotel room on tour, and I was watching 60 Minutes. There was a piece on this woman, Dr. Lois Lee, who created the Children Of The Night foundation, and I was just riveted by the story. The next day, I had my manager reach out to Dr. Lee. We got on the phone, and I said, "I want to help. I also think that there is a song here. But I can't remotely write this without really researching it." So, when I got off the road, she connected me with three or four of the kids that had been sheltered by the foundation, and had been on the streets - had been prostitutes, drug addicts, in rehab - and had their lives together. I spent a couple of days just hanging out with these kids, and they were very generous with telling me what their lives had been like. So, I wrote the lyric based upon the conversations I had with these kids. And immediately, I knew the only right thing to do was to make all of the proceeds from the song go to the foundation. Luckily, the song was a pretty big hit, and the money generated from it built a whole new shelter in Los Angeles, and I continue to support them to this day.[7]

Track listing

All songs written Richard Marx and produced by Marx and David Cole.

  1. "Children of the Night" – 4:10
  2. "Real World" [Live at The Palace Theatre] – 4:12

Chart positions

Weekly charts
Chart (1990) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] 13
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[3] 6

Year-end charts
Chart (1990) Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[8] 44

References
  1. Richard Marx - Children of the Night Vinyl Records, CDs and LPs. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
  2. Richard Marx - Children Of The Night at Discogs. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
  3. Children of the Night — Richard Marx | Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
  4. "Richard Marx". MTV Artists. 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
  5. Amy Dulebohn (September 23, 2011). "Singer, songwriter and producer Richard Marx to perform acoustic show at Weinberg". The Herald-Mail. Hagerstown, Maryland. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
  6. "Richard Marx coming to Kirtland Oct. 15". Petoskey News-Review. Petoskey, Michigan. October 4, 2011. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
  7. "Richard Marx - There's a Song Here". Songfacts. June 20, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  8. "Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1990". RPM. Retrieved November 26, 2017.


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