Sunglasses at Night

Sunglasses at Night

"Sunglasses at Night" is the platinum-selling song recorded by Corey Hart. It was the first single to be released off his debut album, 1983's "First Offense", and became the lead hit single, rising to #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is considered by many to be a classic of 1980s New Romantic music, combining synthesizer pop, obscure lyrics and an almost Gothic ambiance in a hypnotic epic.

The original lyrics for the song were about a totalitarian society that made everyone wear their sunglasses at night; however under pressure from Hart's record company to make something more marketable, the song was altered to be more "romantic". fact|date=June 2007

The video, however, reflects the original vision of a police state, with scenes of Hart, sans-sunglasses, being strong-armed by police officers and paraded past various citizens wearing their regulation shades. Near the end of the video, Hart is brought to the office of a female police officer, played by Laurie Brown, who later became the host of The NewMusic as well as a VJ on MuchMusic. [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0114064/ Laurie Brown ] ]

In popular culture

The song is featured in the 2002 video game "" as part of the New Wave radio station Wave 103.

The song made #50 in VH1's 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs of all Time.

The song also made #23 in "Blender" magazine's 50 Worst Songs Ever. [ [http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=819 Run for Your Life! It's the 50 Worst Songs Ever!] from "Blender.com"]

The popular Canadian teen drama "", which is known for naming each episode after an '80s hit song, named an episode after this song. The episode faced the issue of addiction to gambling.

In the song "Nappy Heads - (Remix)" from "Fugees" album "Blunted on Reality", "Wyclef" sings "I wear my sunglasses at night, to spy on my girlfriend.." at 4:12 and 4:22 [ [http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.684175&variant=play Free Music: Blunted on Reality by Fugees - Rhapsody Online ] ]

This song is played in the now infamous Youtube video, "My New Haircut".

Ludacris sampled the song in his new mixtape 'The Preview', hosted by DJ Drama, on a song titled 'Secret Song' featuring Tity Boi.

It is sampled in the song Blinded by the Sun by Gym Class Heroes.

It was the plate appearance music during the 2008 MLB All-Star Game for Milwaukee Brewers outfielder also named Corey Hart.

Cover versions

Tiga

The song was covered in electro style by Tiga and Zyntherius in 2001,

The Federation

In 2006 it was covered by rap group The Federation with rappers E-40 and Keak Da Sneak, retitled as "I Wear My Stunna Glasses at Night", a reference to the popularity of "Stunna Shades" within the hyphy movement.

D.J. Size

In 2007 another cover was made after this song by Dj Size feat. J. Lourenzo.

Francis Soto

In 2007 covered his Song was made after this song by Francis Soto as nu metal Version.

Cheekyboy/Laptop punk

In 2007 Cheekyboy a mashup artist from the UK released an extremely popular mashup / remix of Justin Timberlake's Sexyback using elements of this song.

Miley Cyrus

The Miley Cyrus song See You Again is a reworking of "Sunglasses At Night".

References


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