"Because the Night" is a song written by who, and Patti Smith?
Because the Night "Because the Night" is a song written by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith that was first released in 1978 as a single off the Patti Smith Group album "Easter". It rose to number 13 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, as well as number five in the United Kingdom, and helped propel sales of "Easter" to mainstream success—even as Smith was deciding to retire from a life of constant touring. In 1987, the song was ranked number 116 on "NME" magazine's list of "The Top 150 Singles of All Time". It remains one of the best-known songs of Smith's catalog.
No Night So Long (song) "No Night So Long" is the title track of a 1980 album by Dionne Warwick, written by Richard Kerr and Will Jennings. "No Night So Long" peaked at number twenty-three on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and spent three weeks at number one on the adult contemporary chart. It was Warwick's third number one on the AC chart.