That bassist is absolutely gettin' it this entire song. It's a crime against all that is civil that you only catch glimpses of him in the shadows but such is the fate of playing bass
I just saw Lionel at the Wynn -Las Vegas & he opened with this song. His concert is the best I’ve seen! From ballads to Commodores hits to pyrotechnics, this iconic songwriter is the whole package ❤️🎶.
The greatest outtro guitar solo by Steve Lukather was untouchable as a piece of improvised tonelicious lickery - I claim it to be the greatest guitar solo of that decade - and there were so many - But Steve stole the stage for all time with his solo … and I will fight any man, woman or child who says differently.
When I bought my first pick up truck in 1985 this was me and all of my friends theme song when we running the streets at night and we called ourselves the mini truckers because we all had mini trucks
Cats in the 80's knew MJ, Prince, Madonna, but how come you not put one of the most prolific writer, musician.....in music history along with them. Lionel was the shiznit!!!
The 80s where such a great song to relax too who else agree this guy is a legend people had jobs knew were they stand in life and also we had great music with a better sense of how great life was before this virus
As much as I admire Carlos Rios as guitarist (Gino Vanelli "Brother to Brother" & Chick Corea Elektric Band "Cool Weasel Boogie") that solo Luke did as a warm up (unsuspecting) was a one in a million. Ironically Carlos was rythym guitarist on this very cut
We cover a song, in church, called Excess Love, by Mercy Chinwo. At the beginning, our guitar player plays a "Carlos Rios-style" rhythm guitar lick, similar to the one Rios played on the Running With the Night record.
I attended his 1984 Tour concert in Little Rock, AR. Big difference! He was dressed to the 10's and had a runway over the crowd and a beautiful woman waiting at the end. They danced on the runway! What a concert!
When I was very young, I would watch this on VHS all the time. The 1st 4 music videos would be ALL NIGHT LONG, RUNNING WITH THE NIGHT, HELLO & PENNY LOVER. Followed up by 2 concert performances, RUNNING WITH THE NIGHT(this) & ALL NIGHT LONG.
@@HypePerformanceGroup Hey dudes..What do ya think Lionel can pack Steve Lukather with him on every tour?? Only Steve could pull off that solo and he's got his own band and projects.
Bart Smith Basically the license of the time this came out ran out for the HD remakes of recently, so if they wanted to put it in the newer versions like on PS4 they would have to get the rights for the song again, for a remaster I don't think it was worth the trouble, same thing happened to MJ - Billie Jean sadly :(
For all those getting it wrong, or asking the question without allowing a reply - yes Steve Lukather is responsible for the amazing guitar solo for this song. LR asked him to do a solo. Luke went into the studio, warming up or "noodling about" as he says, and he said "Ok, I think I got it". And they said "That's it, thanks, we got it". So a "zero take wonder" on this one! lol
Cathy Bedwell....I don't think anybodys getting it wrong about who the original guitarist was, and I don't understand what you mean when you say they won't allow you to reply?
Who's on drums? The beginning fill is awesome? I'll take a guess and say Gerry Brown (Stanley Clarke's drummer!), who's known for twirling sticks and keeping a great groove!
