A dude wearing cheap shades sits in a dumpy apartment. He starts mugging incessantly for the camera. All of a sudden some shadowy government officials are chasing him. Is he a spy? Who knows? He ends up in jail. More mugging for the camera. He's still wearing shades. It's nighttime.

"Sunglasses at Night" may have seemed innovative back in 1983 (although I seriously doubt it). Today it comes across as nothing more than a third-rate imitation of a bad "Miami Vice" episode. What exactly is going on here? Who cares? Bottom line-wearing sunglasses at night is not very cool. Only someone like Jack Nicholson can get away with it.

Corey Hart, a punk from Montreal, recorded "Sunglasses at Night" (off his debut album First Offense) in the summer of 1983 at the tender age of 21. However, Hart is no one-hit wonder. He actually recorded another hit, "Never Surrender" in 1984. Okay, so he's a two-hit wonder. Hart went on to record a few forgettable albums and he even turned down a screen test for the leading role in Back to the Future. Proving he had come a long way in the past 20 years, Hart accepted an opportunity to remix Sunglasses" in the summer of 2002. For more information about this long-forgotten flash in the pan, visit the official Corey Hart website at www.coreyhart.com

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