Date with the Night

{{Infobox song

| name = Date With The Night

| cover = DWTN_single_cover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Yeah Yeah Yeahs

| album = Fever to Tell

| released = April 14, 2003 (UK)

| recorded = Headgear Studio (Brooklyn, New York)

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Post-punk{{cite book|title= The Alternative Jukebox|first=Larry|last=Bradley|date= November 4, 2014|chapter= The 2000s: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Date with the Night|page= 239|publisher=Cassell|isbn=978-1-84403-789-6|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/BBC_Radio_6_Music_s_Alternative_Jukebox.html?id=w_phoAEACAAJ}}

| length = 2:35

| label = Polydor (UK)

| writer =

| producer =

| prev_title = Machine

| prev_year = 2002

| next_title = Pin

| next_year = 2003

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|NGNHQKeoSGY|"Date With The Night"}}}}

}}

"Date With The Night" is the first single from Fever to Tell by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. This single also includes the B-side "Yeah! New York" which can also be found as a bonus track on the UK release of Fever to Tell, and an exclusive remix of "Bang" from their debut EP, Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2001).{{cite web|title=Date With the Night! overview|url=https://www.discogs.com/Yeah-Yeah-Yeahs-Date-With-The-Night/master/33480|website=Discogs|accessdate=19 October 2016}} The single peaked at number sixteen on the UK's official charts. The video, directed by Patrick Daughters, was, supposedly, shot at Bristol University Union's Anson Rooms on Saturday 1 March 2003 but also contains scenes shot at other venues during the same tour, including The Zodiac in Oxford. The song is also available as a downloadable track for the music video game series Rock Band.[http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47631 DLC Week of May 6th – Rock Band – Forums] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505071436/http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47631 |date=2008-05-05 }} The song is also featured on the soundtrack for the British teen soap opera Skins{{cite web|title=Skins soundtrack overview|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/skins-mw0001590354|website=Allmusic|accessdate=19 October 2016}} and is used in an episode opening scene in the second season of Netflix's Daredevil.{{cite web|first=Joshua|last=Rivera|url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/03/daredevil-recap-season-2-episode-6.html|title=Daredevil Recap: 20 Questions With a Killer|website=vulture.com|date=March 25, 2016|accessdate=May 2, 2020}}{{cite web|first=Sean|last=T. Collins|url=https://decider.com/2016/03/25/daredevil-recap-season-2-episode-6-regrets-only/|title='Daredevil' Recap, Season 2, Episode 6: 'Kill Bill' Joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe|website=decider.com|date=March 25, 2016|accessdate=May 2, 2020}}

Critical reception

"Date With the Night" was met with acclaim from music critics upon its release. In a review of the song, Allmusic's Tom Maginnis said that "the band scatter sinewy riffs laced with soiled power chords and volcanic eruptions of white noise with joyous irreverence."{{cite web|last1=Maginnis|first1=Tom|title=Date With the Night single review|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/date-with-the-night-mt0006771467|website=Allmusic|accessdate=19 October 2016}} Blender noted that the song had a "disco pulse,"{{cite web|last1=Tannenbaum |first1=Rob |title=Fever to Tell review |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/new/51171/fever-to-tell.html |website=Blender |accessdate=19 October 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523042837/http://www.blender.com/guide/new/51171/fever-to-tell.html |archivedate=23 May 2009 }} while Entertainment Weekly's Emily Wilson called the song "ferocious."{{cite web|last1=Wilson|first1=Emily|title=Fever to Tell review|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2003/05/02/fever-tell|website=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=19 October 2016}} Pitchfork praised the song's "stop/start emergency-room shriek."{{cite web|last1=Carr|first1=Eric|title=Fever to Tell review|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8888-fever-to-tell/|website=Pitchfork|accessdate=19 October 2016}} The Guardian's review noted that "You scarcely notice how mannered the vocals are when there is great music powering away behind" Karen O.{{cite web|last1=Petridis|first1=Alexis|title=The Guardian review|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/apr/25/artsfeatures.popandrock|website=The Guardian|accessdate=19 October 2016}}

Commercial performance

The song debuted and peaked on the Official UK Singles Chart on the chart dated April 26, 2003, at number 16.{{cite web|title="Date With the Night" chart stats|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/date%20with%20the%20night/|website=Official Charts Company|accessdate=19 October 2016}} It remains their highest-peaking single in the United Kingdom.{{cite web|title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs full chart history|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/11803/yeah-yeah-yeahs/|website=Official Charts|accessdate=19 October 2016}}