Sunglasses at Night - wikipedia Sunglasses at Night `` Sunglasses at Night '' Single by Corey Hart from the album First Offense A-side `` Sunglasses at Night '' B - side `` At the Dance '' Released January 21, 1984 Format 7 '' vinyl 12 '' vinyl Recorded London, 1983 Genre New wave synthpop hard rock Length 5 : 20 ( LP version ) 3 : 53 ( 7 '' version ) Label EMI America ( U.S. ) Songwriter ( s ) Corey Hart Producer ( s ) Jon Astley Phil Chapman Corey Hart singles chronology `` String Module Error : Match not found '' ( String Module Error : Match not found ) `` Sunglasses at Night '' ( 1984 ) `` It Ai n't Enough '' ( 1983 ) `` Sunglasses at Night '' is a song by Canadian singer Corey Hart. It was released in January 1984 as the first single from his debut album, 1984 's First Offense, and became a hit single in the United States, rising to number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1984. The song combines an unflagging synthesizer hook, characteristic arpeggio, rock guitar and cryptic lyrics. AllMusic has since described it as `` an instant classic with its distinctive melody and catchy chorus ''. According to co-producer Phil Chapman, the recording sessions for the album took place in a studio whose air conditioning / heating vents were directly above the mixing console. Air from the vents blew directly into the faces of the control room personnel, so they often wore sunglasses to protect their eyes. Hart, working on a new song, began to improvise lyrics that included the line `` I wear my sunglasses at night. '' Contents 1 Composition 2 Music video 3 Charts 3.1 Peak positions 3.2 Year - end charts 4 Cover versions 5 References 6 External links Composition The song is performed in the key of B ♭ minor in common time with a tempo of 127 beats per minute. Hart 's vocals span from F to A ♭. Music video The music video, directed by Rob Quartly, shot at the Don Jail in Toronto, reflects the vision of a `` fashion '' police state, with scenes of Hart in a prison cell, without sunglasses, being strong - armed by police officers and paraded past various citizens wearing their regulation shades. Near the end of the video, Hart is taken to the office of a female police officer ( who releases Hart in the song 's end ), played by Laurie Brown, who later became the host of The NewMusic as well as a VJ on MuchMusic. This video uses the shorter single version instead of the longer album version. Charts Peak positions Chart ( 1984 ) Peak position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) 16 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) 24 Germany ( Media Control Charts ) 21 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 48 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 17 US Billboard Hot 100 7 US Cash Box Top 100 7 Year - end charts Chart ( 1984 ) Position US Billboard Hot 100 36 US Cash Box 62 Cover versions Considered as one of the new wave influenced classics of the early 1980s, the tune inspired several artists and remixers especially from Europe as there are : 2001 : Tiga feat. Zyntherius 2008 : VooDoo & Serano 2009 : Skepta 2010 : The Megas 2013 : Arsis, Blind Passengers 2015 : The Local Band References Jump up ^ Simon Cantlon. `` First Offense ''. AllMusic. Jump up ^ Hart, Corey. `` Corey Hart `` Sunglasses At Night '' Sheet Music in Bb Minor ( transposable ) ``. Musicnotes.com. Retrieved 2017 - 12 - 20. Jump up ^ `` Spot On Track - The Spotify Tracker ''. www.spotontrack.com. Retrieved 2017 - 12 - 20. Jump up ^ Ward, Christopher. Is this Live ? : Inside the Wild Early Years of MuchMusic. p. 68. Jump up ^ Corey Hart `` Sunglasses at Night '' official video Jump up ^ Kent, David ( 1993 ). Australian Chart Book 1970 -- 1992 ( Illustrated ed. ). St. Ives, N.S.W. : Australian Chart Book. p. 134. ISBN 0 - 646 - 11917 - 6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988. Jump up ^ `` Item Display -- RPM -- Library and Archives Canada ''. Jump up ^ `` Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Corey Hart -- Sunglasses at Night ( single ) '' ( in German ). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 2016 - 04 - 12. Jump up ^ `` Dutchcharts.nl -- Corey Hart -- Sunglasses at Night '' ( in Dutch ). Single Top 100. Jump up ^ `` Charts.nz -- Corey Hart -- Sunglasses at Night ''. Top 40 Singles. Jump up ^ `` CASH BOX Top 100 Singles -- Week ending September 1, 1984 ''. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 2018 - 01 - 13. CS1 maint : BOT : original - url status unknown ( link ) Cash Box magazine. Jump up ^ `` The CASH BOX Year - End Charts : 1984 ''. Archived from the original on September 30, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2018. Jump up ^ allmusic.com Jump up ^ `` Arsis - Unwelcome ( album review ) ''. Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2013 - 12 - 16. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Corey Hart Albums First Offense ( 1984 ) Boy in the Box ( 1985 ) Fields of Fire ( 1986 ) Young Man Running ( 1988 ) Bang ! ( 1990 ) The Singles ( 1991 ) Attitude & Virtue ( 1992 ) Corey Hart ( 1996 ) Jade ( 1998 ) Singles `` Sunglasses at Night '' ( 1983 ) `` It Ai n't Enough '' ( 1984 ) `` Never Surrender '' ( 1985 ) `` Everything in My Heart '' ( 1985 ) Related articles Julie Masse Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sunglasses_at_Night&oldid=866521108 '' Categories : 1984 singles Corey Hart ( singer ) songs 1983 songs EMI America Records singles Juno Award for Video of the Year videos Hidden categories : CS1 German - language sources ( de ) CS1 maint : BOT : original - url status unknown Music infoboxes with Module : String errors Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Dutch100 Singlechart usages for New Zealand Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Suomi Edit links This page was last edited on 30 October 2018, at 21 : 03 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who sings the original i wear my sunglasses at night
Answer: Corey Hart