In 1993, a live acoustic version was recorded by 10,000 Maniacs, featuring Natalie Merchant, for MTV Unplugged.

Anyway, one night whilst we were lounging around the Hotel Navarro in New York I told Bruce I desperately wanted a hit with Patti, that she deserved one.

It also samples the Depeche Mode song "Master and Servant" and was a hit in Europe, becoming gold record in France and reaching number-one in Spain.

Larry Flick from Billboard wrote that it "gets a rave/pop treatment" and "urgent vocals by Tarlisa swerve around a looped sample from Depeche Mode's "Master & Servant"."

He complimented the song as "actually quite endearing", adding that it combines DM samples with "a maverick bassline and a Smith soundalike.

"[30] CD single – Europe (1992) An acoustic version was recorded by 10,000 Maniacs in 1993 for MTV Unplugged, with a few lyrical alterations.

The band decided to record "Because the Night" with Screaming Females following some well-received duets of the track at live dates during their North American tour.

They came out to Hollywood and we went into a big tracking room and recorded Phil Spector style... We cut it live and did very few overdubs, did everything in a day and it came out pretty great.

Marissa plays, I think, a 48-bar guitar solo at the end, that girl can shred like Eddie Van Halen, no kidding.

"[73] Garbage used social media to raise awareness of the release, and to Record Store Day in general.

"[74] Manson also tipped her hat to Patti Smith in the run-up to RSD 2013: "She is absolutely, without a doubt, one of my greatest inspirations.

"[75] "Because the Night" was pressed to a "Coke bottle-green" 10-inch vinyl and backed with "Love Like Suicide" and a fan remix of the album's opening track "Automatic Systematic Habit".

An original Garbage song, "Love Like Suicide" had been previously released as a bonus track exclusive to the Japan pressing of Not Your Kind of People.

[76] Manson explained the song's inclusion to MySpace: "We're releasing it now because we wanted to give a nice gift for the fans.

The band made a statement via social media the evening before Record Store Day: "We are so pissed off and disappointed about this.

[85] While Garbage and Screaming Females recorded at EastWest Studios, Sophie Muller shot black and white footage to document the sessions.

[87] The cover version of "Because the Night" was positively received by contemporary music critics in advance of Record Store Day.

Billboard magazine's Hilary Hughes stated, "...the Garbage/Screaming Females release embodies the shifts brought on by Record Store Day that impact the music industry across the board-and the shaping trends that have fueled Record Store Day's meteoric rise from a community experiment to an international movement," referencing the pairing of artists and the independent label of release.