"Night" is a rock composition written by Bruce Springsteen during the Born to Run album sessions in 1974-1975 and released on that album in 1975 on Columbia Records. The song captures the tension between daytime blue-collar drudgery and the exhilaration of nighttime escape, channeling themes of fast cars, highway freedom, and romantic pursuit that run throughout Springsteen's early work. The arrangement employs a dense, Phil Spector-inspired Wall of Sound production style, with overlapping instruments creating a thick orchestral wash where individual parts blend into a driving, immersive texture. A prominent bass line anchors the propulsive rhythm, while layered guitars, piano, and Clarence Clemons's tenor saxophone contribute to the song's relentless forward momentum. Clemons's saxophone work is a defining element of the track, with two distinct solo passages that punctuate the composition's narrative arc from confinement to liberation. Though never released as a lead single, "Night" became a cult favorite among E Street Band devotees and served as a frequent concert opener during the 1976-1977 tours and again during the 2007-2008 Magic Tour. It was issued as the B-side to "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" in Europe in 1979. The song occupies a place among Springsteen's deep cuts that prefigure his later, more sustained explorations of working-class life on albums like Darkness on the Edge of Town and The River.
