Faster Than the Speed of Night (song)
"Faster Than the Speed of Night" | ||||
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Single by Bonnie Tyler | ||||
from the album Faster Than the Speed of Night | ||||
B-side | "Gonna Get Better" | |||
Released | 29 April 1983 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 6:45 (album version) 4:42 (single version) | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jim Steinman | |||
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Music video | ||||
"Faster Than the Speed of Night" on YouTube |
"Faster Than the Speed of Night" is a song by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler and is the third track from her fourth studio album of the same name (1983). It was written and produced by Jim Steinman and released by Columbia Records in 1983. As the third single from Faster Than the Speed of Night, it followed "Take Me Back" and "Total Eclipse of the Heart".
Music Video[]
The music video for "Faster Than the Speed of Night" was filmed at Waverly Abbey located in Tilford, England. Tyler's video for "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" was filmed nearby, at the grounds of Waverley Abbey House.
Synopsis[]
Tyler plays an older woman kissing a young muscular man in a fantasy-scape of old-Gothic style ruins and a fantasy video game arcade. The video game titles influence the subsequent fantasy sequences. The man dancing energetically in black dance underwear swinging an electric guitar. Tyler is openly desirous of the "pretty boy"...who's "gotta move faster than the speed of night." Cued by various video game titles, the dancers start fighting using the guitars as swords and then are jousting on motorcycles. Tyler sings about the man pleasing her and she him. There are bonfires, more dancers, and then the arcade manager kicks Tyler and the boy out of the arcade mid-embrace.
Track listing[]
- 7" single[1]
- "Faster Than the Speed of Night" — 3:30
- "Gonna Get Better" — 3:06
Charts[]
Chart (1983) | Peak position |
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Ireland (IRMA)[2] | 17 |
Norway (VG-lista)[3] | 9 |
UK Singles (OCC)[4] | 43 |
References[]
- ^ Faster Than the Speed of Night (7-inch single). Bonnie Tyler. CBS Records. 1983. TA3338.
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(help)CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "The Irish Charts – All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Bonnie Tyler – Faster Than the Speed of Night". VG-lista. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- 1983 singles
- 1983 songs
- Bonnie Tyler songs
- Songs written by Jim Steinman
- Song recordings produced by Jim Steinman
- Columbia Records singles