Endless Night (Graham Parker song)
"Endless Night" is a song written by rock musician Graham Parker and performed by Graham Parker and the Rumour for their 1980 studio album The Up Escalator. Originally written for the 1980 film Cruising, "Endless Night" features lyrics about aging in rock 'n' roll. The song notably featured backing vocals from musician and Parker fan Bruce Springsteen. "Endless Night" was released as a single in Germany and Australia. It has since seen praise from critics, who name it a highlight of The Up Escalator. Background and lyrics "Endless Night" was one of two songs originally written by Parker for Squeezing Out Sparks producer Jack Nitzsche to use in the soundtrack for the 1980 movie Cruising, alongside "Devil's Sidewalk". Ultimately, legal issues prevented Nitzsche from using the songs and both songs were instead included on The Up Escalator. Parker said, "I kept playing those songs and I kept thinking they were alright you know. So I'm glad I got them back." Lyrically, "Endless Night" tackles the effects of aging in the rock music industry. Geoffrey Himes of The Washington Post noted that the song "sums up the dilemma of aging rock-'n'-roll radicals" and grapples "with the problem of how to preserve