Nite Flights (song) explained

Nite Flights
Artist:The Walker Brothers
Album:Nite Flights
Released:July 1978
Recorded:February 1978
Studio:Scorpio Sound, London
Genre:Art rock, pop, rock
Length:4:25
Label:GTO
Producer:Scott Walker and Dave MacRae

"Nite Flights" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Scott Walker under his given name Scott Engel. It was first recorded and released by Walker's pop group The Walker Brothers as the title track of their final album, 1978's Nite Flights.

Personnel

David Bowie version

"Nite Flights" was first covered by the English musician David Bowie in 1993 for his album Black Tie White Noise. Along with all the other songs on Black Tie White Noise, this version uses heavy electronic sounds, including electronic drums and multiple synthesizers.

Bowie remarked that he was introduced to Scott Walker when he dated one of Walker's ex-girlfriends. Reportedly, she enjoyed Walker's music more than Bowie's, and played Walker's albums constantly.[1]

A live performance of the song from a 1995 show during Bowie's Outside Tour was included on the release Ouvrez le Chien (Live Dallas 95) (2020).

Versions

The Fatima Mansions cover

Nite Flights
Type:single
Artist:The Fatima Mansions
Album:Lost in the Former West
Released:1994
Recorded:1994
Genre:Art rock
Length:3:52
Label:Kitchenware, Radioactive
Producer:Jerry Harrison, Ralph Jezzard
Prev Title:The Loyaliser
Prev Year:1994

"Nite Flights" was recorded by the art rock group The Fatima Mansions in 1994 for their album Lost in the Former West. It was also released as a single on UK Radioactive/Kitchenware the same year. The single also included a remix of the song by The Blood Of The Lamb titled "It's So Cold.... I Think".

Track listing

Other sources

Notes and References

  1. [Scott Walker: 30 Century Man]
  2. Web site: Fatima Mansions . TrouserPress.com . 2016-08-03.