 Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the song a positive review , saying it " glistens with a neon pulse " . Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine named " Marry the Night " a stand @-@ out track on the album and called it " a worthy successor to ' Dance in the Dark ' " . BBC Music 's Mark Savage called " Marry the Night " as perfect as " a straightforward fist @-@ pumping entry into a colossus can be . " Christian Blauvelt of Entertainment Weekly compared the song with the work of Italian record producer Giorgio Moroder . Caryn Ganz of Spin was impressed with the track , calling it a " four @-@ on @-@ the @-@ floor banger . " Tim Jonze of The Guardian compared the chorus of the song " It 's My Life " by Dr Alban and felt that it was easily forgotten compared to some of the bigger dance songs on the album . Rolling Stone 's was impressed with the fact that " Marry the Night " just seemed to get " bigger , and bigger " to her , while listing pop and glam metal and artists like Pat Benatar , Bonnie Tyler and Bon Jovi as its influences . According to Kitty Empire of The Observer , " ' Marry the Night ' , is a <unk> carpe [ <unk> ] affair which draws on hi @-@ NRG club @-@ pop for its modus operandi . " 
