Nervous Night
Studio album by
The Hooters
ReleasedMay 6, 1985[1][2]
Recorded1984–1985
StudioRecord Plant Studios, NYC
Studio 4, Philadelphia
GenreRock
Length39:02 (LP)
43:07 (CD and cassette)
Label
ProducerRick Chertoff
The Hooters chronology
Amore
(1983)		 Nervous Night
(1985)		 One Way Home
(1987)
Singles from Nervous Night
  1. "All You Zombies"
    Released: March 1985
  2. "And We Danced"
    Released: August 1985
  3. "Day by Day"
    Released: December 1985
  4. "Where Do the Children Go"
    Released: March 1986[3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Robert ChristgauC+[5]
Rolling Stone(positive)[6]

Nervous Night is the second studio album by American rock band The Hooters, released in May 1985 by Columbia Records and on CBS Records in Europe. The album features two of the band's biggest and best-known hits, "And We Danced" and "Day by Day," as well as the minor hit, "All You Zombies," which was a rerecorded version of a single that had first been released in 1982.

Background

In the summer of 1983, guitarist Eric Bazilian and keyboard player Rob Hyman were invited by their old college friend and bandmate from Baby Grand, Rick Chertoff, to work on the debut album for a newly signed singer to Columbia Records named Cyndi Lauper. This resulted in The Hooters reforming after having broken up several months earlier. Eventually executives at Columbia Records, who were impressed by the over 100,000 copies that the band's independent album Amore had sold, as well as the local Philadelphia fan support (26 million entries in radio station WMMR's contest to win a Hooters show at a local high school) decided on July 26, 1984 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia, to sign The Hooters to a multi-album contract to the company.

On July 13, 1985, The Hooters opened the Philadelphia segment of Live Aid, a concert event to raise funds to benefit Africa. This internationally televised event introduced the band to a global audience that subsequently translated to major commercial success. Their first major overseas tour came later that year when they played throughout Australia.

Different versions of three songs on Nervous Night — "All You Zombies," "Hanging on a Heartbeat," and "Blood from a Stone" — were originally released on The Hooters' independent album release Amore in 1983.[7] "Blood From a Stone" had also been recently covered by Red Rockers and released as a single.[7]

Eric Bazilian told Songfacts that "Day by Day" "was a song that started as an experiment with Rick Chertoff." He added that it took them "2 years whipping it into shape."[8]

Cash Box called the third single "Day by Day" a "straight ahead anthem-like track which chimes with a ringing chorus" that shows of The Hooters' "excellent use of dynamics and innate talent for penning hit songs full of melodic hooks."[9] Billboard said that it has "hard-driving energy and muscular mandolins."[10]

Cash Box said that fourth single "Where Do the Children Go" was a "poignant ballad."[11]

1986 film

An award-winning film starring The Hooters and directed by John Jopson, Nervous Night, was produced by Bell One Productions. Nervous Night was shot on 35mm film and intercuts two separate elements: a concert filmed at the Tower Theater in Philadelphia, and a series of short films, each one starring a different band member.

The VHS release by CBS/Fox Video did not contain the short films; however, portions of the shorts were included in the "Day By Day" music video. MTV aired the version with the short films in the summer of 1986 as part of their Feature Presentation series.[12]

Awards

On October 7, 1994, Nervous Night achieved 2x platinum certification status around the world, selling in excess of 2 million copies in the United States.[13]

On September 5, 1986, The Hooters appeared on the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards, where they were nominated in the category of Best New Artist in a Video for "And We Danced." They performed two songs on the show, "And We Danced" and "Nervous Night."

Rolling Stone named The Hooters the Best New Band of the Year for 1986.

At Billboard's 8th Annual Video Music Conference on November 22, 1986, the film Nervous Night won two awards: Best Concert Performance for the "Where Do the Children Go" video and Best Long-Form Program.

The Hooters also placed in five categories in Billboard's Top 100 of 1986:

  • Top Pop Artist (No. 41)
  • Top Pop Album (No. 23)
  • Top Pop Album Artists/Groups (No. 16)
  • Top Pop Album Artists based on one album (No. 27)
  • Top Pop Singles Artists based on three singles (No. 3)

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."And We Danced"
3:48
2."Day by Day"
3:24
3."All You Zombies"
  • Hyman
  • Bazilian
5:58
4."Don't Take My Car Out Tonight"
  • Hyman
  • Bazilian
  • Chertoff
3:55
5."Nervous Night" (CD and cassette bonus track)
  • Hyman
  • Bazilian
  • Chertoff
3:58
6."Hanging on a Heartbeat"
  • Hyman
  • Bazilian
  • Glenn Goss
  • Jeff Ziv
4:20
7."Where Do the Children Go"
  • Hyman
  • Bazilian
5:29
8."South Ferry Road"
  • Hyman
  • Bazilian
  • Chertoff
3:43
9."She Comes in Colors"Arthur Lee4:12
10."Blood from a Stone"
  • Hyman
  • Bazilian
4:13

Notes

  • The album's title track did not appear on original LP releases of the album, or on the very first CDs.[14] Originally a B-side to the "All You Zombies" single,[15] it was included on all subsequent CD and cassette editions of the album as track 5.[16]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album liner notes.[17]

The Hooters

Additional musicians

Technical

  • Rick Chertoff – producer
  • John Agnello – engineer
  • William Wittman – engineer, mixing (at Atlantic Studios)
  • Carol Cafiero – assistant engineer
  • Dan Nash – assistant engineer
  • Dave Thoener – mixing ("And We Danced") (at Cherokee Studios)
  • George Marino – mastering (at Sterling Sound)
  • Joel Zimmerman – art direction, design
  • Mark Chin – photography
  • Barbara Blair – production design

Charts

Chart (1985) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[18] 12
Australia Kent Music Report[19] 12

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[20] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^
Australia (ARIA)[21] Gold 35,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[22] Gold 7,500^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ Takiff, Jonathan (1985-05-06). "The Hooters Are Cleared For Take-Off". Philadelphia Daily News. And today, The Hooters are dropping an extraordinary calling card on the desks of radio programmers and record merchants nationwide – their own Columbia Records debut album, "Nervous Night."
  2. ↑ Willistein, Paul (1985-04-12). "Philly's Hooters To Release Debut Columbia LP, Single". The Morning Call (Allentown, PA). The album is set to be in the stores May 6.
  3. ↑ "Billboard Database". billboard.elpee.jp. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  4. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r9508
  5. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Nervous Night". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  6. ↑ "The Hooters: Nervous Night : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. 2007-10-01. Archived from the original on 2007-10-01. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  7. 1 2 Willistein, Paul (April 12, 1985). "Philly's Hooters release debut Columbia LP, single". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. p. D4. Archived from the original on November 23, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. ↑ "Day By Day". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
  9. ↑ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. December 7, 1985. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
  10. ↑ "Reviews". Billboard. December 7, 1985. p. 75. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
  11. ↑ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. March 22, 1986. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  12. ↑ "1986 MTV Saturday Promo". Retrieved December 23, 2023 – via YouTube.
  13. ↑ "Nervous Night". RIAA Gold & Platinum. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  14. ↑ "Hooters* – Nervous Night". Discogs. 1985. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  15. ↑ "All You Zombies". 45cat.com. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Nervous Night". 45worlds.com. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  17. ↑ Nervous Night (Media notes). The Hooters. Columbia. 1985.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  18. ↑ "The Hooters – chart history". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on May 9, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  19. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 141. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  20. ↑ "American album certifications – The Hooters – Nervous Night". Recording Industry Association of America. October 7, 1994. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  21. ↑ "Hoot of a Time" (PDF). Cash Box. March 29, 1986. p. 33. Retrieved December 8, 2021 – via World Radio History.
  22. ↑ "New Zealand album certifications – The Hooters – Nervous Night". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
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