Still Of The Night

"Still of the Night" (also known as "In The Still of the Night") is a single released by Whitesnake, from their hugely successful self titled 1987 album. It reached #16 in the U.K. and #18 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks when it was released on March 9, 1987. In 2009 it was named the 27th best hard rock song of all time by VH1. The song was written by lead singer David Coverdale and guitarist John Sykes, and proved to be one of the band's most popular songs. It combines the blues origins of the band with the more distorted, harder sound driving the song, making for a powerful hard rock song. The current Whitesnake lineup and John Sykes both play the song as their live encore. The song has been cited as sounding similar to Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog", a possible source of inspiration for Coverdale and Sykes. A music video, featuring Coverdale's then future wife Tawny Kitaen, was shot for the song, and it was MTV's most requested video in its first week of release. A cover version of the song is featured in the video game Rock Revolution.

[Verse 1] In the still of the night, I hear the wolf howl, honey Sniffing around your door In the still of the night, I feel my heart beating heavy Telling me I gotta have more In the shadow of night, I see the full moon rise Telling me what's in store My heart start aching, my body start-a shaking And I can't take no more No, no, no [Chorus] Now I just wanna get close to you And taste your love so sweet And I just wanna make love to you Feel your body heat In the still of the night In the still of the night Over here, baby [Verse 2] In the heat of the day, I hang my head down low And hide my face from the sun Through the light of the day until the evening time Waiting for the night to c-c-c-come Ooh, baby [Bridge] In the still of the night In the cool moonlight I feel my heart is aching In the still of the night [Breakdown] Ooh, baby Ooh, babe I can't keep away Closer and closer, need to be closer I can't keep away, can't keep away, can't keep away I can't keep away, no You gotta give me love Got to give me some lovin' everyday Can't keep away [Instrumental Break] Ooh baby, ooh woman Ahh [Guitar Solo] Get over here, babe [Verse 3] In the still of the night, I hear the wolf howl, honey Sniffing around your door In the still of the night, I feel my heart beating heavy Telling me I gotta have more Ooh! Mama [Chorus] Now I just wanna get close to you Taste your love so sweet And I just wanna make love to you Feel your body heat In the still of the night, ooh yeah [Outro] In the still of the night I will be sneaking 'round your door In the still of the night In the still of the night Ain't nothing gonna stop me now Still of the night, still of the night, still of the night Still of the night, still of the night, still of the night Still of the night, still of the night, still of the night ...