"Silenced by the Night" is a song by English rock band Keane from their fourth studio album Strangeland.

The song was written by Tim Rice-Oxley, Tom Chaplin, Richard Hughes, Jesse Quin and produced by Dan Grech-Marguerat.

"Silenced by the Night" was originally only to be released as a commercial single in the United States.

[1][3][4] The song's music video, which is directed by Christopher Sims, was shot at a lime salt mine in Austin, Texas.

[1] Keane performed the song for the first time on 12 March on American talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live!.