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Prom Night

"Prom Night"
Single by The Midnight
from the album Monsters
Released	June 24, 2020 (2020-06-24)
Length	5:02
Label	Counter Records
Songwriter(s)	Tim McEwan Tyler Lyle
Producer(s)	Tim McEwan
Monsters track listing
Monsters "1991 (intro)" "America Online" "Dance With Somebody" "Seventeen" "Dream Away" "The Search for Ecco" "Prom Night" "Fire In The Sky" "Monsters" "Helvetica" "Brooklyn" "Deep Blue" "Night Skies" "City Dreams (interlude)" "Last Train"
The Midnight singles chronology
Dance With Somebody (2020) Prom Night (2020) Neon Medusa (2021)

Prom Night is a song by The Midnight. It is the fourth and final single and seventh track from their album Monsters. The single was released on June 24, 2020.

The song was written by band members Tim McEwan and Tyler Lyle and produced by McEwan. The guitar on Prom Night was performed by Izzy Fontaine. It has a running time of five minutes and two seconds and is in the key of C major.

Prom Night promotional poster

On Twitter, Lyle commented on the lyrics of Prom Night:

Even writing it, the line “pretty girl’s hand” struck me as too conventional and not universal enough BUT. that was my own prom experience. 11th grade. Allyson in a pink dress with pink gloves. We started the night friends but I held that pink gloved hand- yes I did.

During an interview with Magnetic Magazine, the band further elaborated on the song:

Tim: As a Scandinavian, this is a strictly American thing and I was inspired by the movies I watched as a kid that all depicted prom as this coming of age thing that everything led up to. I wanted the track to feel like it could play at the end credits of a film like The Breakfast Club.

Tyler:

Senior Prom 2004

She was a cheerleader. I was a nerd with a lisp on the debate team who had never been kissed. Against all odds, when I asked her to go to prom, she said yes.

The afternoon of the dance, we were walking, side by side in the early evening light, talking about nothing in particular. We’d become better friends in the weeks leading up to prom. She wore a pink silk dress with long pink gloves that went almost to her elbows. Suddenly I felt something new. She looked at me, and I noticed her looking. Her eyes were fixed. She had a curious smile. I noticed our hands were almost touching. In that moment, I felt abject terror; like the world was opening up to swallow me whole, like I was about to jump off of a cliff into nothing. I saw the window closing on the moment, took a big breath, and against all odds, moved my fingers towards hers, she moved hers towards mine. All of a sudden, there we were, in a miracle of a moment, suspended in bliss. She became my first girlfriend.

And yet, time takes no prisoners.

David Foster Wallace says that every love story is a ghost story too. If I can forget how that relationship ended, and forget the string of love and loss over the next decade; if I can trim the footage just right, the memory still plays like a love story, forever in bloom, suspended, impossibly holding that pink gloved hand. And, if I really focus, I can balance myself in that moment, standing between two worlds, with that interior voice imploring me, “hey. idiot. hold her hand.” Some ghost stories are love stories too.

Prom Playlister

To promote the release of Prom Night, The Midnight released a tool on their website called the Prom Playlister. A user can enter their name and the month/year they went to prom to generate a playlist of 40 songs with custom artwork featuring the person's name and songs that were popular at the time of the date entered. The playlist will also include the singles that were released from Monsters and can be exported to Spotify or Apple Music.

Prom Playlister poster from Twitter

Example output

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tim McEwan and Tyler Lyle.

Prom Night

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Prom Night"	5:02
2.	"Dance With Somebody"	4:17
3.	"Deep Blue"	3:57
4.	"America Online"	5:49
Total length:		19:05

Lyrics

There’s an open road
And now an open door
And a pretty girl’s hand
Beside yours

Do you know what to do
As she looks at you
Can leap from the ledge
And bridge the two halves of the world

Hold her hand
We’ll never pass this way again
Hold her hand
Forever or a slow dance
A breath as deep as you make
There’s a chance if you take it
And a heart that you break is still a heart
Hold her hand

There’s an open floor
As the chorus soars
And a pretty girl’s hand
Beside yours

Who knows what you’ll find
But the threshold shines
Can you leap from the ledge and bridge the two halves of the world

Hold her hand
We’ll never pass this way again
Hold her hand
Forever or a slow dance
A breath as deep as you make
There’s a chance if you take it
And a heart that you break is still a heart
Hold her hand

Prom night turns to daylight rediscovered
Friends become lovers under covers

Hold her hand
We’ll never pass this way again
Hold her hand
Forever or a slow dance
A breath as deep as you make
There’s a chance if you take it
And a heart that you break is still a heart
Hold her hand

Lyrics source

Official versions

Prom Night

from Monsters

Prom Night (Instrumental)

from Monsters (The Instrumentals)

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The Midnight Remixed

The Midnight Remixed track listing

The Midnight Remixed
Remix album by The Midnight
Released	August 14, 2017
Genre	Synthwave Electronic Progressive House
Length	97:50
Label	Silk Music
The Midnight chronology
Endless Summer (2016) The Midnight Remixed (2017) Nocturnal (2017)
Singles from The Midnight Remixed
"WeMoveForward (incl. Talamanca Remix)" Released: March 28, 2016 "Days of Thunder (incl. PROFF pres. Soultorque Remix)" Released: August 1, 2016 "Sunset (incl. Michael Cassette Remix)" Released: August 7, 2017 "Synthetic (Mango, We Are All Astronauts, Lost Empire Remixes)" Released: December 18, 2017

The Midnight Remixed is the first remix album by The Midnight. It was released through Silk Music on August 14, 2017. The album contains remixes of songs from Days of Thunder and Endless Summer.

Prior to the release of The Midnight Remixed, Silk Music issued singles for the songs WeMoveForward, Sunset, and Days of Thunder. These single releases included the original songs as well as their corresponding remixes that would later be included on the album. A fourth single, Synthetic, was issued after the album's release and contains an additional four remixes of the song that didn't appear on the album.

The Midnight Remixed was a milestone release for the band. It was their first album to be associated with a label and their first release to appear on a Billboard chart, peaking at number 22 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums Chart. It was also the first The Midnight album to feature the band's second logo on the cover art, which continues to be used today. The success of The Midnight Remixed led to Silk Music releasing a second The Midnight remix album two years later, The Midnight Remixed 02.

Background

The first collaboration between The Midnight and electronic music label Silk Music was the March 2016 release of the single WeMoveForward. This single included the original song, its instrumental version, and a new remix by Talamanca. Another single, Days Of Thunder, was released later that year in August and included the original song and a new remix by PROFF.

On July 24, 2017, Sunset was announced as the third The Midnight remix single from Silk Music. The same day, it was confirmed that a full remix album was coming with a planned release date of August 14, and the album art and track list were revealed.

The Midnight Remixed was a success for the band and Silk Music, charting at number 22 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums Chart. This was the first time a release by The Midnight charted on Billboard. Silk Music followed this up by releasing a fourth and final single on December 18, Synthetic. This single did not include the original song but instead featured five remixed versions of it.

Official description

Consisting of Danish-born (LA-based) producer Tim McEwan and NYC-based singer-songwriter Tyler Lyle, The Midnight have emerged in recent years as a veritable leader of the synthwave resurgence. More specifically, the duo have received generous support from legions of synthwave enthusiasts, as well as more casual synth-pop fans, ever since their aesthetic-defining debut EP, "Days of Thunder" (2014). Their subsequent LP offering, "Endless Summer" (2016), cemented the duo's reputation as one of the finest new synthwave acts, a sentiment that musical legends (Chicane), renowned artist peers (FM-84), and prominent genre hubs (NewRetroWave) have graciously reinforced of late. The Midnight Remixed, one of our most ambitious releases to date, features brand new remixes by a distinguished group of Silk Music veterans, whose melodic and atmospheric sound has significantly helped to define our brand. We've also recruited a few famed nonresident label contributors, including Lifelike and Michael Cassette, whose specific compositional gifts and musical legacies seemed especially apropos to this 80s-influenced endeavor.

The Midnight Remixed showcases breathtaking new interpretations of The Midnight's past work, ranging in style from drum & bass and deep house to trance & progressive. Michael Cassette, Johan Vilborg, Dezza, Lifelike, PROFF, Terry Da Libra, Sundriver, and Talamanca's exhilarating, club-oriented interpretations feature rapturous chords, and, of course, Tyler's mellifluous and infectious vocal hooks. Offerings from Marsh, Vintage & Morelli, eleven.five, and Mango vs. We Are All Astronauts convey a deeper and more introspective musical tone, but are nonetheless equally memorable.

Singles

WeMoveForward (incl. Talamanca Remix)
March 28, 2016

Days of Thunder (incl. PROFF pres. Soultorque Remix)
August 1, 2016

Sunset (incl. Michael Cassette Remix)
August 7, 2017

Synthetic (Mango, We Are All Astronauts, Lost Empire Remixes)
December 18, 2017

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tim McEwan and Tyler Lyle.

The Midnight Remixed

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sunset (Michael Cassette Remix)"	3:44
2.	"WeMoveForward (Johan Vilborg Remix)"	5:19
3.	"Kick Drums & Red Wine (Dezza Remix)"	4:38
4.	"Nighthawks (Lifelike Remix)"	6:10
5.	"Days Of Thunder (PROFF pres. Soultorque Remix)"	6:02
6.	"Endless Summer (Marsh Remix)"	6:50
7.	"The Equaliser (Terry Da Libra Remix)"	6:48
8.	"Memories (Sundriver Remix)"	3:43
9.	"Jason (eleven.five 'Leftfield' Remix)"	4:05
10.	"Vampires (Vintage & Morelli Remix)"	7:00
11.	"Synthetic (Mango vs. We Are All Astronauts Remix)"	7:40
12.	"WeMoveForward (Talamanca Remix)"	7:30
13.	"Sunset (Michael Cassette Extended Mix)"	5:38
14.	"Kick Drums & Red Wine (Dezza Extended Mix)"	6:49
15.	"Nighthawks (Lifelike Extended Mix)"	9:00
16.	"Memories (Sundriver Extended Mix)"	6:51
Total length:		97:50

Promotional artwork

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