Date with the Night

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"Date With the Night"
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Single by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
from the album Fever to Tell
ReleasedApril 14, 2003
Recorded Headgear Studio (Brooklyn)
Genre Post-punk [1]
Length2:35
Label Polydor
Songwriters
Producers
Yeah Yeah Yeahs singles chronology
"Machine"
(2002)		"Date With the Night"
(2003)		"Pin"
(2003)
Music video
"Date With The Night" on YouTube

"Date With the Night" is a song by the American indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs and second track on their debut studio album, Fever to Tell (2003). It was released by Polydor Records in April 2003 as the album's lead single. The song was written and composed by the band, with singer and lyricist Karen O describing a sexually charged night. "Date With the Night" peaked at number nineteen on the Scottish singles chart and number sixteen on the United Kingdom singles chart, the band's highest UK entry to date. It received positive reviews from critics for its sound and Karen O's manic vocals.

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Recording

Yeah Yeah Yeahs were formed in 2000, comprised of the lineup Karen O, Nick Zinner and Brian Chase. The band made their recording debut in 2001 with the extended play Yeah Yeah Yeahs, which was named NME 's best track of 2002 and entered three charts worldwide. [2] [3] [4] [5] Positive reviews of their performances led to signing offers from major record labels, which the band ignored in order to maintain creative control of their debut album. [6] "Date With the Night" was written sometime in 2002 and recorded during the Fever to Tell sessions at Headgear Studio in Brooklyn. [7]

Release

"Date With the Night" was released as the first single from Fever to Tell on April 14, 2003 by Polydor Records. It includes the B-sides "Yeah! New York" and "Bang", the latter of which first appeared on their debut EP. [8] The single peaked on the UK singles chart at number sixteen, their highest-peaking single in the United Kingdom, and on the Scottish singles chart at number nineteen. [9]

Reception

"Date With the Night" was positively received by critics. 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." [10] Blender noted that the song had a "disco pulse," [11] and Entertainment Weekly's Emily Wilson called the song "ferocious." [12] Pitchfork praised the song's "stop/start emergency-room shriek." [13] The Guardian noted that "You scarcely notice how mannered the vocals are when there is great music powering away behind" Karen O. [14]

Usage in media

The song is available as a downloadable track for the music video game series Rock Band . [15] The song is also featured on the soundtrack for the British teen soap opera Skins [16] and is used in an episode opening scene in the second season of Netflix's Daredevil . [17] [18]

Music video

The video for "Date With the Night", 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.

Track listing

UK 7-inch single (2003) [8]

  1. "Date With the Night" – 2:35
  2. "Yeah! New York" – 2:05
  3. "Bang" – 3:09

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for "Date With The Night"
Chart (2003)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [19] 16

References

  1. ↑ Bradley, Larry (November 4, 2014). "The 2000s: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Date with the Night". The Alternative Jukebox. Cassell. p. 239. ISBN   978-1-84403-789-6.
  2. ↑ Chester, Tim (November 1, 2011). "What was the best track of 2002?". NME . Archived from the original on January 10, 2026. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Discography Yeah Yeah Yeahs". australian-charts.com. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Discography Yeah Yeah Yeahs". danishcharts.dk. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Discography Yeah Yeah Yeahs". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  6. ↑ Epstein, Dan (April 29, 2018). "Yeah Yeah Yeahs' 'Fever to Tell': 10 things you didn't know". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on July 25, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Yeah Yeah Yeahs Interview". Clash . May 8, 2009. Archived from the original on December 23, 2024. Retrieved December 24, 2025.
  8. 1 2 "Date With the Night! overview". Discogs. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Full Chart History". Official Charts Company . Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  10. ↑ Maginnis, Tom. "Date With the Night single review". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  11. ↑ Tannenbaum, Rob. "Fever to Tell review". Blender. Archived from the original on 23 May 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  12. ↑ Wilson, Emily. "Fever to Tell review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  13. ↑ Carr, Eric. "Fever to Tell review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  14. ↑ Petridis, Alexis. "The Guardian review". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  15. ↑ DLC Week of May 6th – Rock Band – Forums Archived 2008-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ↑ "Skins soundtrack overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  17. ↑ Rivera, Joshua (March 25, 2016). "Daredevil Recap: 20 Questions With a Killer". vulture.com. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  18. ↑ 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.
  19. ↑ "Official Singles Chart on 20/4/2003 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
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