The Strangeloves were a songwriting/production team in the 1960's whose big… Read Full Bio ↴The Strangeloves were a songwriting/production team in the 1960's whose biggest hits were "I Want Candy," "Night Time" and "Cara-Lin."

Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein and Richard Gottehrer had already scored big hits for other artists with "Hang on Sloopy" and "My Boyfriend's Back," when they decided to invent the Strangeloves.

According to the press releases, the Strangeloves were three brothers named Giles, Miles and Niles Strange that had grown up on an Australian sheep farm. The faked backstory, involving a sheep crossbreeding get-rich-quick scheme, didn't exactly capture the public's imagination, but the music was indelible.

They released one LP in 1965 and numerous subsequent 45-only releases. Their songs have been covered by the J. Geils Band and (with great pop success) by Bow Wow Wow.

Richard Gottehrer went on to later fame as a producer of early CBGB's luminaries Richard Hell & The Voidoids and Blondie, as well as the co-founder, with Seymour Stein, of Sire Records.

In his role as a producer and manager Jerry Goldstein also continued to have an effect on the music world. He suggested to the band Nightshift that they team up with Eric Burdon, who became War, and had the Circle Jerks on his Far Our Productions management company and LAX record label.

Night-Time
The Strangeloves Lyrics

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I get up in the mornin
Kick the covers from my bed
The sunlight in my eyes
Playin tricks with my head
I work like a dog
On a job every day
Tryin to make some money
So you can go and play

In the nightime
It's the right time
I said the night time
That's the right time
I want to be with you
In the night time

I come home from work
You know I'm tired and I'm beat
I try to make some supper
But I can't even eat
I jump in the shower
Wash the world off my back
I'm gonna get you baby
That's a natural fact

In the night time
That's the right time
I said the night time
That's the right time
I wanna be with you
In the night time

Come here baby
St a little bit closer
Rn your radio up so you can hear what I say
Www now ya got me turned on baby
Ha ha ha ha ha ha...

A hundred million people
With nothin to say
Runnin round in circles
They just livin the day
But stick with me baby
I'll show ya how to fly
Well make such pretty music
Watch the world go by

In the night time
That's the right time
I said the night time
Night time...

Night time... night time... night time
Night time... night time... night time...

Overall Meaning

The Strangeloves' song, Night-Time, is a song about love and passion that is only experienced at night. The singer in the song wakes up in the morning after a long day at work trying to make some money to provide for his lover. During the day, he busies himself with work, but in the night, he yearns to spend time with his lover. The chorus of the song, "In the night-time, that's the right time. I want to be with you, in the night-time," expresses this desire.

The singer of the song comes home tired and beat from work, unable even to eat supper. However, his fatigue doesn't stop him from wanting to be with his lover in the night-time. He takes a shower and washes the world off his back, prepping himself for spending time with his significant other. The singer sincerely believes that spending time with his lover is the right thing to do in the night-time.

Night-TimeThe Strangeloves Lyrics

Night-Time
The Strangeloves Lyrics