# Obscure Joe Jackson Cover Song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 10, 2001, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-joe-jackson-cover-song/80661 "2001-09-10T13:54:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-joe-jackson-cover-song/80661/1 "2001-09-10T13:54:55Z")
Maybe one of you Dopers can help me out. Remember in the late 80’s when Michelob ran those Ridley-Scott directed series of commercials under the theme “the Night Belongs to Michelob”? Sure you do - they invariably had a helicopter-shot view of a skyline dominated by mirrored buildings - lovingly captured by the director of Alien, Blade Runner and Gladiator. One of them had Ol’ Blue Eyes singing “The Way you Look Tonight” to some waif-like hottie. Here’s the challenge: another one of them - I only saw it a couple of times myself - had Joe Jackson doing a cover of any old fifties/sixties tune called “Nighttime” (it was also covered by the J. Geils Band on “Love Stinks”). Just to refresh your memory, the first verse goes like this: Get up in the morning kick the covers from my bed Sunlight in my eyes playin’ tricks with my head Work like a dog at my job every day Tryin’ to get some money so’s that I can go in play in the Nighttime - it’s the right time the Nighttime - it’s the right time I wanna beeee with yoouuuuuuuu - in the Nighttime (etc…) I would love to get a copy of JJ’s version of this song. I tried his official website and there’s no record of him doing it. I suppose there is a chance that it was someone else - it has been over 10 years - but I remember distinctly hearing the song and saying - “wow that’s Joe Jackson”. Can anyone offer any help? Thanks, WordMan ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-joe-jackson-cover-song/80661/2 "2001-09-10T14:06:12Z")
Why do I think George Thoroughgood and the Delaware Destroyers did this? Yet another cover? ---
**Author:** ![navtechie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@navtechie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/navtechie)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-joe-jackson-cover-song/80661/3 "2001-09-10T14:12:32Z")
Yes, George and the Destroyers did a cover of it also. I can’t find anything recorderd of JJ doing it either. But I do remember the commercials though . ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-joe-jackson-cover-song/80661/4 "2001-09-10T15:46:52Z")
And we finally have an answer. Apparently, this song was originally done by **The Strangeloves** and was written by **[Bob Feldman](http://www.americansongwriter.com/feldman.html), Jerry Goldstein and Richard Gottehrer**. Things I learned from this search. “Night Time” was also done by **[Bauhaus](http://www.waste.org/bauhaus/l/nighttime.html)**. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-joe-jackson-cover-song/80661/5 "2001-09-10T16:28:44Z")
Oops, sorry. Make that a partial answer. I found out who wrote it, not who did the Michelob version. As you were… ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-joe-jackson-cover-song/80661/6 "2001-09-11T06:49:10Z")
I must have the Bauhaus version! Anyone know of an album it’s on? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-joe-jackson-cover-song/80661/7 "2013-10-22T01:29:16Z")
So I started this thread in **2001**. Didn’t get an answer and promptly forgot it. For some reason, tonight I thought about the song again. So I Googled “YouTube Michelob Joe Jackson” - and I found it! Link to mobile version: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DwZdeCW6ARg/hqdefault.jpg "Michelob commercial - 1988") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwZdeCW6ARg) I haven’t heard it in 25 years, but it was exactly as I remembered it - pretty funny, and featuring the supermodel Tatiana Patitz (sp?) as a bonus. What’s _really_ funny is that when I did the search, the 2nd or so result was the commercial clip; the 5th or so result? This SDMB thread - I couldn’t even remember if I started a thread and there it was… ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-joe-jackson-cover-song/80661/8 "2013-10-22T01:34:56Z")
**Moderator Action** Let’s shuffle this zombie over to Cafe Society (just in time for Halloween too). Moving thread from General Questions to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-joe-jackson-cover-song/80661/9 "2013-10-22T01:55:49Z")
I just realized: I first posted this the day before 9/11. Surreal.