Night Spots

"Night Spots" was a leftover from The Cars' first album, The Cars.[1] The original version, recorded around the time of The Cars, according to the Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology liner notes, "has a sinister, stripped-down feel that anticipates the more experimental direction of later Cars music."[1] This version remained unreleased until it appeared on the Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology compilation album.[1]

"Night Spots" has generally received positive reception. AllMusic critic said that the band "rocks out on ... 'Night Spots'", and in the Billboard review of Candy-O, "Night Spots" was noted as one of the "best cuts".[2][3] Rolling Stone critic Tom Carson said, "In 'Nightspots,' Greg Hawkes' synthesizer jabs and jumps like the flashing lights on a rainy, late-night highway, and the tune's hopped-up rhythms and stuttering singing have a tense, jittery momentum that's exactly right."[3]

• The Cautions covered "Night Spots" for the tribute album Substitution Mass Confusion: A Tribute to The Cars.
• Johny Dey covered the song for the tribute album Just What We Needed: A Tribute To The Cars.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu5xiqx6Fsc
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics