Nearly 40 years after its release, Patti Smith's 1978 hit, "Because the Night," has remained one of the most enduring love songs from the rock genre. In 2025, Billboard ranked the song, off Smith's ...

Every once in a while an unexpected collaboration yields one of rock's greatest songs. That was certainly true of "Because the Night," the iconic 1978 hit co-written by Bruce Springsteen and Patti ...

Musicians—especially those who write their own songs and release music under their own name—can get a bad rep for being overly protective of their art. For example, an artist wouldn’t necessarily want ...