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'"Hollywood Nights"' is a song written and recorded by American rock artist Bob Seger. It was released in 1978 as the second single from his album, 'Stranger in Town'.

Background



Seger said "The chorus just came into my head; I was driving around in the Hollywood Hills, and I started singing 'Hollywood nights/Hollywood hills/Above all the lights/Hollywood nights.' I went back to my rented house, and there was a 'Time' with Cheryl Tiegs on the cover...I said 'Let's write a song about a guy from the Midwest who runs into someone like this and gets caught up in the whole bizarro thing.'"

Seger also said that "Hollywood Nights" was the closest he has had to a song coming to him in a dream, similar to how Keith Richards described the riff to "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" coming to him in a dream. Seger said:

Personnel



Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Seger's 1994 'Greatest Hits' compilation.

'The Silver Bullet Band'

*Bob Seger lead vocals, guitar

*Chris Campbell bass

*David Teegarden drums, percussion

'Additional musicians'

*Bill Payne piano, organ

*Julia Waters, Luther Waters, Maxine Waters, Oren Waters background vocals

Reception



'Billboard Magazine' described "Hollywood Nights" as "a gut crunching rocker with all the stops pulled out" and described Seger's vocal performance as "absolutely demonic." 'Cash Box' called it "a solid rocker about a Hollywood romance" with "a commanding beat, piano fills, driving guitar work and excellent lead and backing vocals." 'Cash Box' also said that "Hollywood Nights" is "what Seger is all about."

Chart performance



The single edit of "Hollywood Nights" reached No. 12 on the US 'Billboard' Hot 100 chart. In the UK, the full five-minute version was released as a single on black and silver vinyl, and gave him his chart debut at No. 42. A live version from the in-concert album 'Nine Tonight' in 1981 was issued in the UK as a single and charted at No. 49, while a reissue of the original version in 1995 charted at No. 52.

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References



Category:1978 singles

Category:Bob Seger songs

Category:Songs written by Bob Seger

Category:Capitol Records singles

Category:1978 songs

Category:Songs about Los Angeles

Category:Hollywood, Los Angeles in fiction

Category:Song recordings produced by Bob Seger

Category:Song recordings produced by Punch Andrews


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