 " Marry the Night " was written by Lady Gaga and Fernando Garibay while on the road for The Monster Ball Tour , and was produced by both . It was first mentioned by Gaga as a track from her album , Born This Way , Ryan Seacrest 's radio show , where she described it as one of her favorite songs from the album . Gaga and Garibay had worked previously on the song " Dance in the Dark " ( 2009 ) , from Gaga 's previous release , The Fame Monster . Before starting work on " Marry the Night " , Gaga listened to " Dance in the Dark " and decided she wanted to top that song 's energy with her new collaboration with Garibay . " I remember being backstage and hearing the concert start , so I go out there and hear ' Dance in the Dark ' open up the whole concert , and I wanted to outdo that feeling . I wanted to outdo that moment that opens up the show . I 'm just that way . " 
