“Crazy Nights” by Loudness

"Crazy Nights", also known as "Crazy Night", was the big break that got Loudness into the American metal scene, and it came off Thunder in the East, the Japanese band's 1985 album. Singer Minoru Niihara wrote the words and guitarist Akira Takasaki the music, Masayoshi Yamashita plays bass and Munetaka Higuchi drums, and Max Norman produced. Nippon Columbia put it out at home in December 1984, and Atco brought it to America in November 1985.

The three-letter chant that rides the main riff means nothing at all. Norman wanted Niihara to fill the space after the chorus, before the next verse kicked in, with something he could swap for a real line later; Niihara never found one, so the placeholder stuck. It has since become the band's signature song, and they have recut it twice, for RockShocks in 2004 and Samsara Flight in 2016.

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