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{{Infobox song
| name          = Jason
| type          = Song
| artist        = [[The Midnight]] featuring [[Nikki Flores]]
| album        = [[Endless Summer]]
| released      = {{start date|2016|8|5}}
| length        = {{duration|m=5|s=31}}
| label        = The Midnight Music
| writer        = * [[Tim McEwan]]
* [[Tyler Lyle]]
* Nikki Flores
| producer      = Tim McEwan
| tracks  = {{Hidden
| title        =
| text        = Endless Summer
# "[[Endless Summer (song)|Endless Summer]]"
# "[[Sunset]]"
# "[[Daytona]]"
# "[[Jason]]"
# "[[Synthetic]]"
# "[[The Equaliser (Not Alone)]]"
# "[[The Comeback Kid]]"
# "[[Vampires]]"
# "[[Crockett's Revenge]]"
# "[[Nighthawks]]"
# "[[Lonely City]]"
# "[[Memories]]"
}}
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}}
'''Jason'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2016 |title=Jason (feat. Nikki Flores) {{!}} The Midnight |url=https://themidnight.bandcamp.com/track/jason-feat-nikki-flores |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021215622/https://themidnight.bandcamp.com/track/jason-feat-nikki-flores |archive-date=October 21, 2021 |access-date=April 4, 2022 |website=Bandcamp}}</ref> is a song by [[The Midnight]] featuring [[Nikki Flores]]. It is the fourth track from their album [[Endless Summer]].
'''Jason'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2016 |title=Jason (feat. Nikki Flores) {{!}} The Midnight |url=https://themidnight.bandcamp.com/track/jason-feat-nikki-flores |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021215622/https://themidnight.bandcamp.com/track/jason-feat-nikki-flores |archive-date=October 21, 2021 |access-date=April 4, 2022 |website=Bandcamp}}</ref> is a song by [[The Midnight]] featuring [[Nikki Flores]]. It is the fourth track from their album [[Endless Summer]].
== Track info ==
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The song was written by band members [[Tim McEwan]] and [[Tyler Lyle]] alongside [[Nikki Flores]] and produced by McEwan. It has a running time of five minutes and thirty-one seconds and is in the key of [[wikipedia:F major|F major]]. The saxophone on ''Jason'' was performed by [[Thomas Edinger]].


McEwan has said that the drums in ''Jason'' are &quot;a clear homage to [[wikipedia:Maniac (Michael Sembello song)|Maniac]] by [[wikipedia:Michael Sembello|Michael Sembello]].&quot;<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 4, 2018 |title=We are The Midnight. Ask us anything. : outrun |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/outrun/comments/89rc79/we_are_the_midnight_ask_us_anything/dwt2a7d |website=Reddit}}</ref>
The song was written by band members [[Tim McEwan]] and [[Tyler Lyle]] alongside [[Nikki Flores]] and produced by McEwan. It has a running time of five minutes and 31 seconds and is in the key of [[wikipedia:F major|F major]]. The saxophone on ''Jason'' was performed by [[Thomas Edinger]].
 
McEwan has said that the drums in ''Jason'' are &quot;a clear homage to [[wikipedia:Maniac (Michael Sembello song)|Maniac]] by [[wikipedia:Michael Sembello|Michael Sembello]].&quot;<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 4, 2018 |title=We are The Midnight. Ask us anything. : outrun |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/outrun/comments/89rc79/we_are_the_midnight_ask_us_anything/dwt2a7d |archive-url=https://archive.ph/g4U5Z |archive-date=May 1, 2024 |access-date=May 1, 2024 |website=Reddit}}</ref>
 
== Demo version ==
== Demo version ==
An early demo of ''Jason'' was released as a prize during the [[Fall 2020 ARG]]. Titled ''Jason (The Equalizer early demo)'', the most noticeable difference heard compared to the final version is the backing track being recycled into the song [[The Equaliser (Not Alone)]]. At some point, a new track was composed for ''Jason''. The only vocals in the demo are by Nikki Flores, with the first verse and chorus being sung twice. Her vocal track is unchanged between versions.


An early [[demos|demo]] of ''Jason'' was released as a prize during the [[1991 ARG|Fall 2020 alternate reality game (ARG)]]. Titled ''Jason (The Equalizer early demo)'', the most noticeable difference heard compared to the final version is the backing track being recycled into the song [[The Equaliser (Not Alone)]]. At some point, a new track was composed for ''Jason''. The only vocals in the demo are by Nikki Flores, with the first verse and chorus being sung twice. Her vocal track is unchanged between versions.
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== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==
 
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== Official versions ==
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== References ==
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Latest revision as of 11:11, 1 May 2024

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"Jason"
Song by The Midnight featuring Nikki Flores
from the album Endless Summer
ReleasedAugust 5, 2016 (2016-08-05)
Length5:31
LabelThe Midnight Music
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Tim McEwan
Endless Summer track listing

Endless Summer

  1. "Endless Summer"
  2. "Sunset"
  3. "Daytona"
  4. "Jason"
  5. "Synthetic"
  6. "The Equaliser (Not Alone)"
  7. "The Comeback Kid"
  8. "Vampires"
  9. "Crockett's Revenge"
  10. "Nighthawks"
  11. "Lonely City"
  12. "Memories"

Jason[1] is a song by The Midnight featuring Nikki Flores. It is the fourth track from their album Endless Summer.

The song was written by band members Tim McEwan and Tyler Lyle alongside Nikki Flores and produced by McEwan. It has a running time of five minutes and 31 seconds and is in the key of F major. The saxophone on Jason was performed by Thomas Edinger.

McEwan has said that the drums in Jason are "a clear homage to Maniac by Michael Sembello."[2]

Demo version

An early demo of Jason was released as a prize during the Fall 2020 ARG. Titled Jason (The Equalizer early demo), the most noticeable difference heard compared to the final version is the backing track being recycled into the song The Equaliser (Not Alone). At some point, a new track was composed for Jason. The only vocals in the demo are by Nikki Flores, with the first verse and chorus being sung twice. Her vocal track is unchanged between versions.

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Lyrics

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[keep on running]

He comes alive in metropolis lights when the musics way too loud
Deep in the night it's easy to hide and he's got it all figured out
White satellites getting lost in his eyes but to him she's just another girl
Roll with the tide like the wind and the sky and he'll only let you down

Oooh Jason
Tell me what you're chasin'
Because the night will never give you what you want
Oooh Jason
And if you can't escape it
I hope you find whatever you've been looking for

Where do you go in a town full of ghosts and everybody knows your name
And all the homecoming queens in the small town scenes they'll offer you a place to stay
Some want forever instead of whenever when they're naked in the light
It's a strange little potion but sometimes the motion almost makes you feel alive

Oooh Jason
Tell me what you're chasin'
Because the night will never give you what you want
Oooh Jason
And if you can't escape it
I hope you find whatever you've been looking for

And I'm gonna keep on running

Lyrics source[1]

Official versions

Jason

from Endless Summer

Jason (instrumental)

from Endless Summer (the instrumentals)

Jason (eleven​.​five 'Leftfield' Remix)

from The Midnight Remixed

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jason (feat. Nikki Flores) | The Midnight". Bandcamp. August 5, 2016. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  2. ↑ "We are The Midnight. Ask us anything. : outrun". Reddit. April 4, 2018. Archived from the original on May 1, 2024. Retrieved May 1, 2024.

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