Byron explicitly for the 1980 film Times Square,[1] which tells the story of two young runaways in New York City.

Another version with slightly different lyrics was released by Rachel Sweet on her album ...And Then He Kissed Me in 1981.

The most famous version was then released in September 1982 by American rock singer Pat Benatar, as the lead single from her fourth studio album Get Nervous.

"Shadows of the Night" garnered Benatar her third Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 1983.

It features Judge Reinhold as a pilot and Bill Paxton as a Wehrmacht Unteroffizier.