Sunglasses At Night

"Sunglasses at Night" is the platinum-selling song recorded by Corey Hart. It was the first single to be released off his debut album, 1983's First Offense, and rose to #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is considered by many to be a classic of 1980s New Romantic music, combining synthesizer pop, obscure lyrics and an almost Gothic ambiance in a hypnotic epic. The original lyrics for the song were about a totalitarian society that made everyone wear their sunglasses at night; however under pressure from Hart's record company to make something more marketable, the song was altered to be more "romantic". The video, however, reflects the original vision of a police state, with scenes of Hart, sans-sunglasses, being strong-armed by police officers and paraded past various citizens wearing their regulation shades. Near the end of the video, Hart is brought to the office of a female police officer, played by Laurie Brown, who later became the host of The NewMusic as well as a VJ on MuchMusic In popular culture The song is featured in the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City as part of the New Wave radio station Wave 103. The song made #50 in VH1's 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs of all Time. The song also made #23 in Blender magazine's 50 Worst Songs Ever. The popular Canadian teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation, which is known for naming each episode after an '80s hit song, named an episode after this song. The episode faced the issue of addiction to gambling. In the song "Nappy Heads - (Remix)" from Fugees album Blunted on Reality, Wyclef sings "I wear my sunglasses at night, to spy on my girlfriend.." at 4:12 and 4:22 This song is played in the now infamous Youtube video, "My New Haircut". Ludacris sampled the song in his new mixtape 'The Preview', hosted by DJ Drama, on a song titled 'Secret Song' featuring Tity Boi. Miley Cyrus sampled the song in See You Again. Cover versions Tiga The song was covered in electro style by Tiga and Zyntherius in 2001, The Federation In 2006 it was covered by rap group The Federation with rappers E-40 and Keak Da Sneak, retitled as "I Wear My Stunna Glasses at Night", a reference to the popularity of "Stunna Shades" within the hyphy movement. D.J. Size In 2007 another cover was made after this song by Dj Size feat. J. Lourenzo. Francis Soto In 2007 covered his Song was made after this song by Francis Soto as nu metal Version. Cheekyboy/Laptop punk In 2007 Cheekyboy a mashup artist from the UK released an extremely popular mashup / remix of Justin Timberlake's Sexyback using elements of this song.

[Verse 1] I wear my sunglasses at night So I can, so I can Watch you weave then breathe your story lines And I wear my sunglasses at night So I can, so I can Keep track of the visions in my eyes [Pre-Chorus] While she's deceiving me It cuts my security Has she got control of me? I turn to her and say [Chorus] Don't switch the blade on the guy in shades, oh no Don't masquerade with the guy in shades, oh no I can't believe it 'Cause you got it made with the guy in shades, oh no [Verse 2] And I wear my sunglasses at night So I can, so I can Forget my name while you collect your claim And I wear my sunglasses at night So I can, so I can See the light that's right before my eyes [Pre-Chorus] While she's deceiving me She cuts my security She got control of me I turn to her and say [Chorus] Don't switch the blade on the guy in shades, oh no Don't masquerade with the guy in shades, oh no I can't believe it 'Cause you got it made with the guy in shades, oh no [Guitar solo] [Pre-Chorus] She's deceiving me Cuts my security Has she got control of me? I turn to her and say [Chorus] Don't switch the blade on the guy in shades, oh no Don't masquerade with the guy in shades, oh no I can't believe it Don't be afraid of the guy in shades, oh no It can't escape you 'Cause you got it made with the guy in shades, oh no [Bridge] I said I wear my sunglasses at night I wear my sunglasses at night I wear my sunglasses at night I say to you now I wear my sunglasses at night I wear my sunglasses at night I wear my sunglasses at night I cry to you I wear my sunglasses at night I wear my sunglasses at night