Faster Than the Speed of Night (song)

"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".

"Faster Than the Speed of Night"
Single by Bonnie Tyler
from the album Faster Than the Speed of Night
B-side"Gonna Get Better"
Released29 April 1983
GenreRock
Length6:45 (album version) 4:42 (single version)
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Jim Steinman
Producer(s)
  • Steinman
  • Jon Jansen
Bonnie Tyler singles chronology
"Take Me Back"
(1983)		 "Faster Than the Speed of Night"
(1983)		 "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?"
(1983)
Music video
"Faster Than the Speed of Night" on YouTube

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]
  1. "Faster Than the Speed of Night" — 3:30
  2. "Gonna Get Better" — 3:06

Charts
Chart (1983) Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA)[2] 17
Norway (VG-lista)[3] 9
UK Singles (OCC)[4] 43

References
  1. Faster Than the Speed of Night (7-inch single). Bonnie Tyler. CBS Records. 1983. TA3338. |access-date= requires |url= (help)CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. "The Irish Charts – All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  3. "Norwegiancharts.com – Bonnie Tyler – Faster Than the Speed of Night". VG-lista. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  4. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.