"Turn Out the Night" is a
new wave and
synthpop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s a ...
song by
Amy Holland
Amy Celeste Boersma, known professionally as Amy Holland, is an American pop rock singer, songwriter, and composer.
Holland's music career spans more than 30 years. She received a Grammy Award nomination for Best New Artist in 1981, following h ...
from
the soundtrack for the film ''
Scarface''.
Song information
The song sampled "
Flashdance... What a Feeling" and was written by
Pete Bellotte
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while the music was composed by
Giorgio Moroder
Giovanni Giorgio Moroder (, ; born 26 April 1940) is an Italian composer, songwriter, and record producer. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Father of Disco", Moroder is credited with pioneering euro disco and electronic dance mu ...
. When the song was released on the soundtrack, it was accidentally misprinted as ''Turn Out The Light'' and the correction to the song's title, but was not corrected, leading up to many people thinking the song is called ''Turn Out The Light'' but the correct title is ''Turn Out The Night'' and it can be proven by the song's lyrics: ''Turn Out The Night, I can be strong as long as there's daylight''. While most of the songs from the Scarface soundtrack were put into ''
Grand Theft Auto III
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'', "Turn Out The Night" was not. Amy Holland also recorded another song for the Scarface soundtrack "
She's On Fire" which did end up on the soundtrack for ''
Grand Theft Auto III
''Grand Theft Auto III'' is a 2001 action-adventure game developed by DMA Design and published by Rockstar Games. It is the third main entry in the ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, following 1999's ''Grand Theft Auto 2'', and the fifth instalment o ...
''. The song is played in the scene where Tony Montana and his friend Manny Ribera arrive at the Babylon Club only to see that Tony's sister Gina is dancing with her boyfriend Fernando.
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1983 songs
Amy Holland songs
Scarface (1983 film)
Song recordings produced by Giorgio Moroder
MCA Records singles
Songs written by Pete Bellotte
Songs written by Giorgio Moroder