"Date With The Night" is the first single from Fever to Tell by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. This single also includes the B-side "Yeah! New York" which can also be found as a bonus track on the UK release of Fever to Tell, and an exclusive remix of "Bang" from their debut EP, Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2001).[2] The single peaked at number sixteen on the UK's official charts.[3] The video, 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. The song is also available as a downloadable track for the music video game series Rock Band.[4] The song is also featured on the soundtrack for the British teen soap opera Skins[5] and is used in an episode opening scene in the second season of Netflix's Daredevil.[6][7]
| "Date With The Night" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Single by Yeah Yeah Yeahs | ||||
| from the album Fever to Tell | ||||
| Released | April 14, 2003 (UK) | |||
| Recorded | Headgear Studio | |||
| Genre | Post-punk[1] | |||
| Length | 2:35 | |||
| Label | Polydor (UK) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | ||||
| Yeah Yeah Yeahs singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Music video | ||||
| "Date With The Night" on YouTube | ||||
Critical reception
edit"Date With the Night" was met with acclaim from music critics upon its release. In a review of the song, 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."[8] Blender noted that the song had a "disco pulse,"[9] while Entertainment Weekly's Emily Wilson called the song "ferocious."[10] Pitchfork praised the song's "stop/start emergency-room shriek."[11] The Guardian's review noted that "You scarcely notice how mannered the vocals are when there is great music powering away behind" Karen O.[12]
Commercial performance
editThe song debuted and peaked on the Official UK Singles Chart on the chart dated April 26, 2003, at number 16.[3] It remains their highest-peaking single in the United Kingdom.[13]
Track listing
editCD & 7" Single[2]
- "Date With The Night"
- "Yeah! New York"
- "Bang by Little Stranger"
Charts
edit| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Singles (OCC)[14] | 16 |
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Date With the Night! overview". Discogs. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ a b ""Date With the Night" chart stats". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ DLC Week of May 6th – Rock Band – Forums Archived 2008-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Skins soundtrack overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ Rivera, Joshua (March 25, 2016). "Daredevil Recap: 20 Questions With a Killer". vulture.com. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Maginnis, Tom. "Date With the Night single review". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ 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) - ^ Wilson, Emily. "Fever to Tell review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ Carr, Eric. "Fever to Tell review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ Petridis, Alexis. "The Guardian review". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ "Yeah Yeah Yeahs full chart history". Official Charts. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 27, 2023.