WCSX Classic Cuts : Shadows of the Night
WCSX Classic Cuts
Pat Benatar: “Shadows of the Night”
The Hook: Her first AOR radio hit, she remembers what it was like hearing it over the airwaves for the first time.
Album: Get Nervous
Year: 1982
Writers: D.L. Byron, added lyrics by Myron Grombacher and Pat Benatar (and, one guesses, Rachel Sweet)
Stats: Peaked at number-13 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Background: Pat Benatar tells us that when she thinks about “Shadows of the Night” she recalls a funny situation having to do with its songwriting credits.
Pat Benatar on a funny thing that happened having to do with the songwriting credits on “Shadows of the Night.” OC:…extremely pissed. :30
“DL Byron had submitted this song and he neglected to ever tell us that he re-wrote some of the lyrics and it was really Rachel Sweet’s song. So when we got it we thought, ‘Aah, you know what, we don’t like some of these verses’ and we talked to the publishers and Myron and I said, ‘You know what, we’d like to change some of it.’ And he said, ‘Oh, no problem.’ When we put the writing credits on the record he never told us that Rachel’s lyrics were still on there. Now the song said, ‘DL Byron, additional lyrics Pat Benatar and Myron Grombacher.’ So, of course, she got extremely pissed.”
