"Into the Night" is a song by American pop rock singer Benny Mardones from his album Never Run, Never Hide.

In an interview with YouTuber Professor of Rock[2] before his passing, Mardones recounted the song's origins as dating back to the writing process for the Never Run, Never Hide album.

Mardones' neighbors included a family of five: a mother, a father who worked in set design, and three teenagers (two girls and a boy).

Mardones, wanting to help in any way he could, started paying the teens for odd jobs such as walking his dog or picking up groceries.

Mardones went on to cite the song's success and subsequent radio interviews done with Heidi to clear up the controversy as what helped lift the family out of their poverty.

Through the exposure, Heidi would meet and ultimately marry the son of a Puerto Rico-based real estate mogul.

Heidi's husband brought the family to Puerto Rico to live with the couple, and gave the brother a job in his company.

The singer cut the lead vocal in three takes, impressing album producer and longtime Styx engineer Barry Mraz.

The notorious howling instrumental bridge was originally a guide vocal for a saxophonist, but upon completion, Mraz told the singer "We won't be using a saxophone on this record.

In these songs, where "young girls are deemed appropriate sex objects",[10] men describe fantasies of statutory rape.

For many years the video was difficult to find in its entirety, although clips were featured in infomercials for Time-Life Soft Rock compilations.

[21] American band Pure Bathing Culture interpolates part of the melody and refrain of "Into the Night" on their song "Scotty" from the 2013 album Moon Tides.