Cemetery Skyline release a cover of “I Drove All Night” by Cyndi Lauper

The music video for Cemetery Skyline‘s rendition of “I Drove All Night” was just released. This song was the first to be widely released in 1989, but Cyndi Lauper also recorded a version of it. Roy Orbison recorded it a year before his death, and it was eventually released posthumously in 1991. The video was directed by Brendan McGowan.

We were in the middle of writing the songs for ‘Nordic Gothic‘ and the tracks were flying back and forth over the Baltic Sea when Markus suddenly come up with the idea to make a cover version of the 80s classic ‘I Drove All Night‘. Some may consider it as a Roy Orbison hit, but back in high school I used to bang my head to the wall with Cyndi Lauper‘s original version. So as an old fan of the song – I just could not resist the idea. The rest of the band soon joined the excitement to give this classic a new darker crust. I also like to think that Markus’ passion for vintage cars had something to do with the idea to cover a song which is all about manically driving in darkness the whole night. We basically changed the song’s Cadillac to a hearse and all was set. Santeri Kallio