{{short description|Single by Disturbed}} {{Infobox song | name = The Night | cover = ThenightDisturbedSingle.png | alt = | type = single | artist = Disturbed | album = Indestructible | released = March 31, 2009 | recorded = February 2007{{snd}}January 2008 at Groovemaster Studios in Chicago, Illinois | studio = | venue = | genre = Heavy metal | length = 4:46 | label = Reprise | writer = {{hlist|Dan Donegan|Mike Wengren|David Draiman}} | producer = Dan Donegan | prev_title = Indestructible | prev_year = 2008 | next_title = Another Way to Die | next_year = 2010 }}
"'''The Night'''" is a song by American heavy metal band Disturbed. It was released on 31 March 2009, as the fourth single from their studio album, ''Indestructible''. The song was the first from ''Indestructible'' to be completed musically. It is lyrically meant to portray the night as a living entity.<ref name="indestructible DVD"/> Musically, "The Night" is dark and textural.<ref name="indestructible DVD"/> Disturbed guitarist Dan Donegan was almost universally praised for his work on this song, specifically during the guitar solo.<ref name="metaleater"/><ref name="sputnikmusicreview"/> A music video to correspond with the song was filmed in January 2009<ref name="thenight"/> and later released in late March 2009.<ref name="blabbermouthnightvideo"/>
==Recording and production== "The Night" was the first song from ''Indestructible'' to be completed musically. Disturbed vocalist David Draiman composed the vocal melody line for the song in just three days. Draiman later explained, "The instrumentation was so cool and so dark and textural that I right away kind of jumped into it."<ref name="indestructible DVD">{{cite AV media notes|title=The Making of Indestructible|orig-year=2008|others=Rafa Alcantara|type=booklet|publisher=Twentyfourcore Productions|year=2008}}</ref> This caused Draiman to tentatively call the record ''The Night''.<ref name="indestructible DVD"/>
==Musical style and lyrical themes== Vocalist David Draiman said that, lyrically, "The Night" is meant to, "portray the night almost as like a living entity that sets you free. You're enveloped by it, and masked by it."<ref name="indestructible DVD"/> 411mania writer Dan Marsicano claims that, musically, "The Night" is an "epic-sounding track that has one of the best solos that Donegan has ever done and a catchy chorus."<ref name="411mania">{{cite web|title=411mania review|url=http://www.411mania.com/music/album_reviews/76871|year=2008|access-date=2009-05-21|publisher=411mania|first=Dan|last=Marsicano|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604105444/http://www.411mania.com/music/album_reviews/76871|archive-date=2008-06-04}}</ref>
Artistdirect writer Paul Gargano compares "The Night" to American thrash metal band Metallica's fourth album, ''...And Justice for All'', claiming that Disturbed guitarist Dan Donegan, "[emerges] loud and clearly as a guitar hero for the modern day as the bottom end crushes through the darkness with a conviction that is not only catchy, but comforting."<ref name="artistdirect">{{cite web|title=Artistdirect review|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,4658406,00.html|first=Paul|last=Gargano|date=2008-06-11|access-date=2009-05-22|publisher=Artistdirect}}</ref>
PopMatters writer Andrew Blackie claims that the song is "one rare moment of spontaneity on ''Indestructible''," because "drums and guitars pummel through conflicting times." Blackie then dismisses this idea, explaining "This ... suggests a climate of turmoil, one that ... fails to materialize here."<ref name="popmattersreview">{{cite web|title=PopMatters review|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/59407/disturbed-indestructible/|year=2008|access-date=2009-05-21|publisher=PopMatters|first=Andrew|last=Blackie}}</ref> The guitar solo in "The Night" was almost universally noted, as well.<ref name="metaleater">{{cite web|title=Metaleater review|url=http://www.metaleater.com/albumreviews-disturbed2008.php|year=2008|access-date=2009-05-21|publisher=Metaleater|first=Chris|last=Akin|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609042022/http://www.metaleater.com/albumreviews-disturbed2008.php|archive-date=2008-06-09}}</ref><ref name="sputnikmusicreview">{{cite web|title=Sputnik Music review|url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review_25845|date=2008-06-02|access-date=2009-05-21|author=Jom|publisher=Sputnik Music}}</ref>
==Music video== The music video corresponding with "The Night" was filmed in January 2009, directed by Nobles Jones,<ref name="thenight">{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=108748|title=Disturbed frontman talks engagement, next single|date=2008-11-12|access-date=2009-05-21|publisher=Blabbermouth.net}}</ref> and then released in late March 2009.<ref name="blabbermouthnightvideo">{{cite web|title=Disturbed: 'The Night' video posted online|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=117218|date=2009-03-31|access-date=2009-05-21|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525205252/https://www.webcitation.org/66jH9tO49?url=http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx%3Fmode=Article|archive-date=2024-05-25}}</ref> Jones was inspired by science fiction/horror films such as ''Alien'' and ''The Thing'', and the result was "fitting for the track's dark guitar tones and brooding vocal melodies."<ref name="blabbermouthnightvideo"/>
The music video takes place in a car garage where Disturbed is performing and vocalist David Draiman is sitting in front of a car, singing. Several times throughout the music video, a dark entity is shown moving behind Draiman, or materializing around other objects. Eventually, a security officer notices via a security camera that the dark entity is materializing around the car, with Draiman no longer there. The officer heads to the car, and investigates it. The band is then shown taking a lift out of the garage, while the officer is still investigating. The dark entity attacks the officer as the band leaves the garage.
==Chart positions== {| class="wikitable" !Chart (2009) !Position |- |Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks<ref name="charthistory">{{cite web|title=Disturbed: Chart history - Singles|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=disturbed|chart=all}}|year=2008|access-date=2009-05-21|publisher=Billboard.com}}</ref> |align="center"|2 |- |Hot Modern Rock Tracks<ref name="chistory">{{cite web|title=Disturbed charts allmusic|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1382607|pure_url=yes}}|access-date=2009-05-21|publisher=Allmusic}}</ref> |align="center"|18 |- |Rock Songs |align="center"|8 |}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|title=The Night|artist=Disturbed|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2008|certyear=2024}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=The Night|artist=Disturbed|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2008|certyear=2025}} {{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
==Personnel== * Dan Donegan – guitar, producer, electronics * David Draiman – lead vocals, backing vocals, co-producer * Mike Wengren – drums, co-producer * John Moyer – bass guitar, backing vocals * Neal Avron – mixing * David Finch – artwork
==References== {{Reflist}}
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