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When The Night Comes | ||||||||||||
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| Recording Artist: | Joe Cocker | ||||||||||||
| Writers: | Jim Vallance Bryan Adams Diane Warren |
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| Date Written: | April 1987 / Los Angeles and Vancouver | ||||||||||||
| Albums: | One Night
Of Sin (1989) Joe Cocker Live (1990) Best Of Joe Cocker (1993) Long Voyage Home (1995) Greatest Hits (1999) Classic Cocker (EMI Records, August 28, 2007) |
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| Spotify Streams: | 10,673,892 - as of November 2024 | ||||||||||||
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| Charts: | #6 - Billboard Album Rock Tracks Chart / 1989 (16 weeks on the chart) #7 - Switzerland (2 weeks on the chart) #11 - Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart / 1989 (20 weeks on the chart) #65 - UK BBC Chart (6 weeks on the chart) / January 1990 |
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| Awards: | 1986 - BMI (Broadcast Music Inc.) Citation of Achievement for U.S. radio airplay | ||||||||||||
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| Charts: | Joe Cocker: vocal Jeff Levine: acoustic piano Chris Stainton: organ Phil Grande: guitar, guitar solo Bryan Adams: rhythm guitar T. M. Stevens: bass David Beal: drums, percussion Tawatha Agee: backing vocals Curtis King: backing vocals Vaneese Thomas: backing vocals Produced by Charlie Midnight. Co-produced by John Rollo. Recorded by John Rollo at Atlantic Studios (New York) and House of Music (West Orange, NJ). Assistant Engineers – Danny Grigsby, Lolly Grodner, Vicki Nemarich and Mike Weisinger. Mixed by John Rollo at Sigma Sound Studios (New York). Remixed by Chris Lord-Alge. Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk (New York). |
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I thought producer Charlie Midnight did a superb job recording the track for Joe Cocker. I particularly like the backing vocals ... and of course, Joe's lead vocal is exceptional. But most of all, I like Joe's scream before the last chorus: |
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Bryan and I recorded a very concise demo of the song which we sent to
Joe and his producer. Not only did they do a
great job of replicating our arrangement, this is one of the rare instances
(in my experience) where the finished product was actually better than
the demo! Thank you Joe, thank you Charlie! |
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Diane Warren is one of the most successful songwriters
in the history of popular music, having written chart-topping songs for
Toni Braxton (Unbreak My Heart), Trisha Yearwood (How Do I Live), Aerosmith
(I Don't Want To Miss A Thing), and countless others. Collectively Diane's songs have sold more than 150-million copies! Even though Diane and I are credited as co-writers on "When The Night Comes", we've never actually met. |
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| Lyrics: | Hold on I'll be back for you it won't be long But for now there's somethin' out there callin' me So take me down that lonesome road Point me east and let me go This suitcase weighs me down with memories I just wanna be the one you run to I just wanna be the one you come to I just wanna be there with someone When the night comes Let's put all our cares behind us And go where they'll never find us I just wanna be there beside you When the night comes When the night comes Two spirits in the night We could leave before the morning light When there's nothin' left to lose There's nothin' left to fear So meet me on the edge of town Won't keep you waitin' - I'll be 'round Then you and I, we'll just roll right outa here I just wanna be the one you run to I just wanna be the one you come to I just wanna be there with someone When the night comes Let's put all our cares behind us And go where they'll never find us I just wanna be there beside you When the night comes When the night comes I know there'll be a time for you and I Just take my hand and run away Pick up all the pieces of this shattered dream We're gonna make it our's someday That's when we're comin' back - comin' back to stay I just wanna be the one you run to I just wanna be the one you come to I just wanna be there with someone When the night comes Let's put all our cares behind us And go where they'll never find us I just wanna be there beside you When the night comes When the night comes |
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