Faster Than the Speed of Night (song) explained

Faster Than the Speed of Night
Cover:Bonnie_Tyler_-_Faster_Than_the_Speed_of_Night_single.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Bonnie Tyler
Album:Faster Than the Speed of Night
B-Side:Gonna Get Better
Released:April 1983
Genre:Rock
Length: (album version)
(single version)
Label:Columbia
Prev Title:Take Me Back
Prev Year:1983
Next Title:Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
Next Year:1983

"Faster Than the Speed of Night" is a song by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler and is the second track from her fourth studio album of the same name (1983). It was written and produced by Jim Steinman and released by Columbia Records in 1983. As the second single from Faster Than the Speed of Night, it was the follow-up to "Total Eclipse of the Heart".

Music video

The music video for "Faster Than the Speed of Night" was filmed at Waverly Abbey located in Tilford, England. Tyler's video for "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" was filmed nearby, at the grounds of Waverley Abbey House.

Synopsis

The video opens with Tyler taking a young muscular man to a fantasy video game arcade where they proceed to kiss passionately. The video game titles influence the subsequent fantasy sequences. The man dances energetically in black dance underwear while swinging an electric guitar. Tyler is openly desirous of the "pretty boy"...who's "gotta move faster than the speed of night." Cued by various video game titles, the dancers start fighting using the guitars as swords and jousting on motorcycles. Throughout these scenes are shots of Tyler amongst Gothic ruins as she sings about the man pleasing her and she him. The video ends with the arcade manager kicking Tyler and the boy out of the arcade.

Track listing

7" single[1]
  1. "Faster Than the Speed of Night" — 3:30
  2. "Gonna Get Better" — 3:06

Notes and References

  1. Faster Than the Speed of Night. Bonnie Tyler. 1983. 7-inch single. CBS Records. TA3338.
  2. Web site: The Irish Charts – All there is to know . Irishcharts.ie . 11 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090602061251/http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement . 2 June 2009 .