Because The Night four versions.

[Swede]

Patti wrote new lyrics, with Bruce's blessing.

Bruce's original lyrics

Bruce sings Patti's lyrics

Garbage & Screaming Females excellent cover.

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U2, Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith

[Swede]

1. And how this tune all came together.

“Because the Night” was first written by Bruce Springsteen during his Darkness on the Edge of Town sessions but he was convinced by Patti Smith’s engineer (Jimmy Iovine) to give the song to her. Patti Smith finished the song and put it on her Iovine-produced album Easter (1978).

Patti initially resisted but during a late-night vigil waiting for her future husband MC5 guitarist Fred “Sonic” Smith to call, “I filled in the blanks and in the blanks it tells the story of me waiting for Fred to call and of my love for Fred.”

https://genius.com/Patti-smith-group-because-the-night-lyrics

[Stargleamer]

2. No 10,000 Maniacs?

[ProfessorGAC]

3. We Did The Patti Version

Back in the early 80s. We had a woman singer, so covered a lot of female singer material.
I'm not a big Bruce fan, but this is a really good song.