The single includes a cover of Patti Smith Group's "Because the Night".

"God Speed", by Patti Smith, the B-side of the single "Because the Night"

Because the Night is a crime fiction novel written by James Ellroy.

Patti Smith Group - "Because the Night"

Garbage and Screaming Females - "Because the Night"

Patti Smith Group - "Because The Night"

Corona - Because the Night (High Quality)

It was followed by Because the Night (1984) and Suicide Hill (1985).

In 1978 he worked together with Patti Smith, who had a hit with Springsteens song Because the Night.

"Patti, you got famous before me," he half-moped and half-teased when "Because the Night," her only genuine hit single, went Top 20 in 1978.