Sunglasses At Night - Music
Sunglasses At Night by Corey Hart
Corey Hart
Artist Biography For Corey Hart
Corey Mitchell Hart Born 31 May 1962 In Montreal Canada Is A Canadian Musician. Hart Became An Instant Hit With His Rebellious Looks And His First Album Released In 1983 First Offense Featuring The Hit Song Sunglasses At Night. The Album Sold Well In Both Canada And The United States. The Follow-Up Album Was Boy In The Box In 1985 Another Very Successful Album Featuring The Song Never Surrender Which Would Be His Highest-Charting Single. Hart Would Continue To Record Music But His Commercial Success Was Significantly Reduced After Box. Today Hart Lives In The Bahamas With His Wife Musician Julie Masse And Their Four Children.
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Sunglasses at Night
Corey-Hart - First Offense
The Video Was Directed By Rob Quartly And Won The Juno Award For Best Video In 1984 The First Year The Award Was Presented. The Canadian Music Video Channel MuchMusic Launched That Year. "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 Rose 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".
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 In Popular Culture The Song Is Featured In The 2002 Video Game Grand Theft Auto Vice City 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. The Popular Canadian Teen Drama Degrassi The Next Generation 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 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. Miley Cyrus Sampled The Song In See You Again. 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.
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Biography - Corey Hart
Corey Mitchell Hart Born 31 May 1962 In Montreal Canada Is A Canadian Musician. Hart Became An Instant Hit With His Rebellious Looks And His First Album Released In 1983 First Offense Featuring The Hit Song Sunglasses At Night. The Album Sold Well In Both Canada And The United States. The Follow-Up Album Was Boy In The Box In 1985 Another Very Successful Album Featuring The Song Never Surrender Which Would Be His Highest-Charting Single. Hart Would Continue To Record Music But His Commercial Success Was Significantly Reduced After Box. Today Hart Lives In The Bahamas With His Wife Musician Julie Masse And Their Four Children.
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The video was directed by Rob Quartly and won the Juno Award for Best Video in 1984, the first year the award was presented. The Canadian music video channel MuchMusic launched that year.
"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 rose 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".
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
In popular culture
The song is featured in the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 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.
The popular Canadian teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation, 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
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.
Miley Cyrus sampled the song in See You Again.
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. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.