While the original '' Night and Day '' took a satirical look at the downfalls of city life through songs such as " TV Age " , " Cancer " and " Real Men " , '' Night and Day II '' focuses primarily on the dark side of inner city living ( the song , " Happyland " , for instance , is about the 1990 arson fire at Happy Land Social Club in the Bronx that killed 87 people ) as seen though the eyes of a cynical New Yorker , as Jackson lived in New York at the time
1990 arson fire
Happy Land fire
Night and Day II