# Nervous Night (album)

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Robert Christgau | C+ |
| Rolling Stone | (positive) |
Nervous Night is the second studio album by American rock band The Hooters, released in May 1985 by Columbia Records and on CBS Records in Europe. The album features two of the band's biggest and best-known hits, "And We Danced" and "Day by Day". It also includes the minor hit "All You Zombies", which was a rerecorded version of a single that had first been released in 1982.

## Background

Different versions of three songs on Nervous Night — "All You Zombies," "Hanging on a Heartbeat," and "Blood from a Stone" — were originally released on The Hooters' independent album release Amore in 1983. "Blood From a Stone" had also been recently covered by Red Rockers and released as a single.
Eric Bazilian told Songfacts that "Day by Day" "was a song that started as an experiment with Rick Chertoff." He added that it took them "2 years whipping it into shape."
Cash Box called the third single "Day by Day" a "straight ahead anthem-like track which chimes with a ringing chorus" that shows of The Hooters' "excellent use of dynamics and innate talent for penning hit songs full of melodic hooks." Billboard said that it has "hard-driving energy and muscular mandolins."
Cash Box said that fourth single "Where Do the Children Go" was a "poignant ballad."

## 1986 film

An award-winning film starring The Hooters and directed by John Jopson, Nervous Night, was produced by Bell One Productions. Nervous Night was shot on 35mm film and intercuts two separate elements: a concert filmed at the Tower Theater outside Philadelphia, and a series of short films, each one starring a different band member.
The VHS release by CBS/Fox Video did not contain the short films; however, portions of the shorts were included in the "Day By Day" music video. MTV aired the version with the short films in the summer of 1986 as part of their Feature Presentation series.

## Awards

On October 7, 1994, Nervous Night achieved 2x platinum certification status around the world, selling in excess of 2 million copies in the United States.
On September 5, 1986, The Hooters appeared on the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards, where they were nominated in the category of Best New Artist in a Video for "And We Danced." They performed two songs on the show, "And We Danced" and "Nervous Night."
Rolling Stone named The Hooters the Best New Band of the Year for 1986.
At Billboard's 8th Annual Video Music Conference on November 22, 1986, the film Nervous Night won two awards: Best Concert Performance for the "Where Do the Children Go" video and Best Long-Form Program.
The Hooters also placed in five categories in Billboard's Top 100 of 1986:
* Top Pop Artist (No. 41)
* Top Pop Album (No. 23)
* Top Pop Album Artists/Groups (No. 16)
* Top Pop Album Artists based on one album (No. 27)
* Top Pop Singles Artists based on three singles (No. 3)

## Track listing

Notes
* The album's title track did not appear on original LP releases of the album, or on the very first CDs. Originally a B-side to the "All You Zombies" single, it was included on all subsequent CD and cassette editions of the album as track 5.

## Personnel

Credits adapted from the album liner notes.
The Hooters
* Eric Bazilian – lead vocals (tracks 1–3, 5–7, 9–10), guitars, bass, mandolin, saxophone
* Rob Hyman – lead vocals (tracks 1–4, 6–8), keyboards, melodica
* Andy King – bass, vocals
* John Lilley – guitar
* David Uosikkinen – drums
Additional musicians
* Patty Smyth – vocals on "Where Do the Children Go"
Technical
* Rick Chertoff – producer
* John Agnello – engineer
* William Wittman – engineer, mixing (at Atlantic Studios)
* Carol Cafiero – assistant engineer
* Dan Nash – assistant engineer
* Dave Thoener – mixing ("And We Danced") (at Cherokee Studios)
* George Marino – mastering (at Sterling Sound)
* Joel Zimmerman – art direction, design
* Mark Chin – photography
* Barbara Blair – production design

## Charts

| Chart (1985) | Peak position |
| US Billboard 200 | 12 |
| Australia Kent Music Report | 12 |

## Certifications

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| United States (RIAA) | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000$^^$ |
| Australia (ARIA) | Gold | 35,000$^^$ |
| New Zealand (RMNZ) | Gold | 7,500$^^$ |
| $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||