 As Gaga performed on The Monster Ball Tour , Garibay started working on the music of the song . After the show was over , Gaga came back to her studio bus and asked him about the progress . Garibay then explained that he had concocted a different kind of music for the song , and played the church @-@ bell inspired music to Gaga . After first hearing it , the singer said that she started to cry , noticing the vastness of the music , and she started writing the lyrics for " Marry the Night " . " Marry the Night " was originally recorded on the Bus Studio in 2010 , but was later mixed at The Mix Room in Burbank , California by Dave Russell , assisted by Paul Pavao . Gaga described the song as a " massive , gas @-@ station , disco record " , and she recorded it immediately after completing the lyrics . According to Garibay , Gaga meditated for a few minutes and then asked him to hand over a recording microphone to her , completing the process within an hour . 
