Date with the Night
"Date with the Night" is the first single from Fever to Tell by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. This single also includes the B-side "Yeah! New York" which can also be found as a bonus track on the UK release of Fever to Tell, and an exclusive remix of "Bang" from their debut EP, Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2001).[1] The single peaked at number sixteen on the UK's official charts.[2] The video, directed by Patrick Daughters, was, supposedly, shot at Bristol University Union's Anson Rooms on Saturday 1 March 2003 but also contains scenes shot at other venues during the same tour, including The Zodiac in Oxford. The song is also available as a downloadable track for the music video game series Rock Band.[3] The song was also featured on the soundtrack for the British teen soap opera Skins[4] and was used in an episode opening scene in the second season of Netflix's Daredevil.[5][6]
"Date with the Night" | ||||
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Single by Yeah Yeah Yeahs | ||||
from the album Fever to Tell | ||||
Released | April 14, 2003 (UK) | |||
Recorded | Headgear Studio | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 2:35 | |||
Label | Polydor (UK) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Brian Chase, Karen Lee Orzolek, Nick Zinner | |||
Producer(s) | David Andrew Sitek Yeah Yeah Yeahs | |||
Yeah Yeah Yeahs singles chronology | ||||
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Critical reception
"Date With the Night" was met with acclaim from music critics upon its release. In a review of the song, Allmusic's Tom Maginnis said that "the band scatter sinewy riffs laced with soiled power chords and volcanic eruptions of white noise with joyous irreverence."[7] Blender noted that the song had a "disco pulse,"[8] while Entertainment Weekly's Emily Wilson called the song "ferocious."[9] Pitchfork praised the song's "stop/start emergency-room shriek."[10] The Guardian's review noted that "You scarcely notice how mannered the vocals are when there is great music powering away behind" Karen O.[11]
Commercial Performance
The song debuted and peaked on the Official UK Singles Chart on the chart dated April 26, 2003, at number 16.[2] It remains their highest-peaking single in the UK.[12]
References
- "Date With the Night! overview". Discogs. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ""Date With the Night" chart stats". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- DLC Week of May 6th - Rock Band - Forums Archived 2008-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
- "Skins soundtrack overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- Rivera, Joshua (March 25, 2016). "Daredevil Recap: 20 Questions With a Killer". vulture.com. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
- T. Collins, Sean (March 25, 2016). "'Daredevil' Recap, Season 2, Episode 6: 'Kill Bill' Joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe". decider.com. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
- Maginnis, Tom. "Date With the Night single review". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- Tannenbaum, Rob. "Fever to Tell review". Blender. Archived from the original on 23 May 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- Wilson, Emily. "Fever to Tell review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- Carr, Eric. "Fever to Tell review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- Petridis, Alexis. "The Guardian review". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- "Yeah Yeah Yeahs full chart history". Official Charts. Retrieved 19 October 2016.