"Darkness" is a song from hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 band Aerosmith

Aerosmith

Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...

's eighth album Done with Mirrors

Done with Mirrors

Done with Mirrors is the eighth studio album by American rock band Aerosmith, released November 9, 1985. The release marked the return to the band of Joe Perry, who had left the group in 1979, and Brad Whitford, who had left the band in 1981. It was also the band's first album released by Geffen...

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The song originally appeared as the last track on the album's cassette and CD issues (it didn't appear on the vinyl version). It was then issued in 1986 as the album's 2nd commercially-released single in the US (following "Shela

Shela (song)

"Shela" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith, the fifth song on the band's 1985 album Done with Mirrors. The songwriting credits are credited to all members of Aerosmith...

"), and was the fourth and final promo-single taken from the album.

Track listing

• 12" vinyl:

1. "Darkness" - 3:42
2. "She's on Fire (Live)" - 6:02
3. "The Hop (Live)" - 5:40
4. "My Fist Your Face (Live)" - 4:30

All live tracks recorded at Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population is 181,045, making it the second largest city in New England after Boston....

 on March 12, 1986.

Release

The single was released as a limited edition 12-inch vinyl and cassette single in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. The single was backed by three b-sides, all live tracks recorded at a live performance at The Centrum

DCU Center

The DCU Center is an indoor arena and convention center complex, located in downtown Worcester, Massachusetts....

, Worcester, MA on March 12, 1986. The show was a part of the Done with Mirrors Tour

Done with Mirrors Tour

The Done with Mirrors Tour was a concert tour by American hard rock band Aerosmith that lasted from August 1985 to August 1986. The tour was put on in support of the band's 1985 comeback album Done with Mirrors, released in November 1985.-Background:...

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Personnel

Aerosmith

• Tom Hamilton
  Tom Hamilton (musician)
  Thomas William "Tom" Hamilton is an American musician, best known as the bassist of hard rock band Aerosmith. He has co-written two of Aerosmith's hits, "Sweet Emotion" and "Janie's Got a Gun". Hamilton occasionally plays guitar and sings backing vocals Thomas William "Tom" Hamilton (born...
  
   - bass
  Bass guitar
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• Joey Kramer
  Joey Kramer
  Joseph Michael "Joey" Kramer is the drummer for the American hard rock band Aerosmith....
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
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• Joe Perry
  Joe Perry (musician)
  Anthony Joseph "Joe" Perry is the lead guitarist, backing and occasional lead vocalist, and contributing songwriter for the rock band Aerosmith. He is influenced by many rock artists especially The Rolling Stones and The Beatles...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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  , backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
  A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
  
  
• Steven Tyler
  Steven Tyler
  Steven Tyler is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the frontman and lead singer of the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith, in which he also plays the harmonica, and occasional piano and percussion. He is known as the "Demon of Screamin'", due to his high screams...
  
   - lead vocals, harmonica
  Harmonica
  The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
  
  , piano
  Piano
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• Brad Whitford
  Brad Whitford
  Bradford Ernest Whitford is the rhythm guitarist for the hard rock band Aerosmith. He graduated Reading Memorial High School in 1970.-Career:...
  
   - guitar

Other personnel

• Ted Templeman
  Ted Templeman
  Ted Templeman is an American record producer.-Career:He began his career in the mid 1960s in the Santa Cruz area as a drummer in a band called The Tikis. At the suggestion of Lenny Waronker, the group decided to change their name. Harpers Bizarre was born in 1966, with Templeman switching to...
  
  - producer (track 1)
• Aerosmith - producer (tracks 2–4)
• Bob Demuth - recording engineer
• Sam Kopper - recording engineer
• Steve Corbiere - recording engineer