"Hollywood Nights" is a song written and recorded by American rock artist Bob Seger.
Seger said "The chorus just came into my head; I was driving around in the Hollywood Hills, and I started singing 'Hollywood nights/Hollywood hills/Above all the lights/Hollywood nights.'
I went back to my rented house, and there was a Time with Cheryl Tiegs on the cover...I said 'Let's write a song about a guy from the Midwest who runs into someone like this and gets caught up in the whole bizarro thing.'"
I’ve been singing with these gals for the last 38 years, ever since Ramblin' Gamblin' Man and they’re gonna nail it.
[3] The Silver Bullet Band Additional musicians Billboard described "Hollywood Nights" as "a gut crunching rocker with all the stops pulled out" and described Seger's vocal performance as "absolutely demonic.
"[4] Cash Box called it "a solid rocker about a Hollywood romance" with "a commanding beat, piano fills, driving guitar work and excellent lead and backing vocals.
[11] In the UK, the full five-minute version was released as a single on black and silver vinyl, and gave him his chart debut at No.