Them's version of the song was the second Them track produced by Bert Berns and the first occasion that Them recorded one of his compositions. It was recorded in a session at
Decca Studios in West Hampstead,
London in October 1964 along with "
Baby, Please Don't Go" and "All For Myself".
Jimmy Page played guitar on this arrangement.
Andy White and
Tommy Scott performed backing vocals with
Phil Coulter on
keyboards. Drummer Ronnie Millings recalled that the band worked on the song at the studio with rehearsals lasting four days. [Billy Harrison noted that "I remember sitting in Decca when Bert said he had this song, and he came out with "Here Comes the Night". He had a riff and that's all he had, and we sat and we worked on it, and we came up with what you hear. We worked at it sitting in the studio—but no engineers or anything." Phil Coulter later said, "I knew I'd heard a smash. It was the first time I'd ever heard a hit record in its emerging state." According to Phil Coulter the band had intended this song to be the follow-up to "Baby, Please Don't Go" but
Decca rush-released a recording of the song by
Lulu in November 1964. The band members of Them were said to be bitterly disappointed by this decision made by Decca and
Phil Solomon. Phil Coulter remarked: "They bitched to me a lot but they wouldn't dare to have said anything to Solomon." The band was said to have a "certain grim satisfaction" as Lulu's recording reached No. 50 and then dropped off the charts. It peaked at No.2 in the UK, No. 8 in Canada, and No.24 in the US, spending 10 weeks on the
US chart. It was also released on the
EP Mystic Eyes. After the record was released, Them was immediately sent on a
public relations push with television appearances on
Ready Steady Go! and
Top of the Pops. Van Morrison has remarked on this:
Cash Box described it as "a funky, twangy
blues-tinged opus with an infectious rhythmic
back-beat." ==Appearance on other Van Morrison albums==