Track Name
The Strokes
Is This It
Last Nite
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"Last Nite" is a song written and composed by frontman Julian Casablancas of the American garage rock band The Strokes. It was a moderate hit for the group on the UK Singles Chart in 2001. The song was covered by pop music singer Vitamin C in 2003, who had a minor hit with her version on the UK Singles Chart. There have also been several other covers of this song, including a version by The Detroit Cobras.

The song "Last Nite" was first recorded by the Strokes and released as the second single from the band's debut studio album, Is This It, in November 2001. The track was produced by Gordon Raphael and was issued on RCA Records with the song "When It Started" as the b-side.

The band were originally unwilling to appear in a music video, but eventually agreed to a simple format, performing the song live on a brightly lit stage. The resulting video, filmed with simple panning shots and few edits, was directed by Roman Coppola. One minute into the song, singer Julian Casablancas throws his microphone stand, as it was a spear, off camera; the move would later be referenced in the music video for "Under Cover of Darkness", released 10 years later in 2011 on their album Angles. As the song progresses, Casablancas' vocal becomes increasingly distorted as he sings ever closer into the microphone. On two occasions he dramatically throws the microphone to the ground. Following his solo, guitarist Albert Hammond, Jr., walking backwards into the drum podium, accidentally pushes one of drummer Fabrizio Moretti's overhead microphones which falls onto the drum kit. Moretti tries to hit it away with his drumstick, yet it topples onto the other overhead and both crash to the ground. The video, including the accident, is parodied in the music video for Sum 41's "Still Waiting".


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Indie

Mood
Enlightened

Style
Rock/Pop

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Roman Coppola

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