1976Released
5:24

Did You Know?

Interesting facts and trivia about Night Moves. By Songfacts®.

This song is about a young couple losing their virginity in the back seat of a Chevy. Seger says the song is autobiographical, but he took some liberties, as their tryst was after high school. The girl he was with had a boyfriend away in the military, and when he came back, she married him, breaking Seger's heart. Seger says the song represents the freedom and possibility of the high school years.

The phrase "night moves" has a number of meanings, which made it an intriguing song title. It could mean "putting the moves on" a girl in the back seat of a car, but Seger says it also relates to the impromptu parties he and has buddies threw in the fields of Ann Arbor, Michigan, where they would turn on the headlights and dance their "night moves." They called these gatherings "grassers."

Seger was inspired by the movie American Graffiti, which was released in 1973 but set in 1962. He said, "I came out of the theater thinking, Hey, I've a story to tell too. Nobody has ever told about how it was to grow up in my neck of the woods."

Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Night Moves.
C♯Key
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
119BPM

Album

The album Night Moves is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Night Moves.
Universal Music Group
© 1976 Hideout Records & Distributors, Inc., under exclusive license to Capitol Records
℗ 1976 Hideout Records & Distributors, Inc., under exclusive license to Capitol Records

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