Here Comes the Night (The Beach Boys song)

Author Andrew Hickey noted: "This is a rather by-the-numbers song which however manages the interesting trick of having the chorus apparently lose its tonal centre altogether – normally one would have a harmonically simple chorus while the verses are complex, but this has simple verses in C but a chorus whose chords are Cmin, Ab7 and F, which are chords that just should not go together." ==Original recording==

"Here Comes the Night" was recorded at Beach Boys Studio on October 26, 1967. ==Disco remake==

{{Infobox song The 1979 disco version of the song, produced by Bruce Johnston and Curt Becher, is over eight minutes longer than the original song, with Becher contributing to the arrangement. Dennis Wilson was opposed to this recording, and Brian did not participate. Al Jardine later expressed his distaste for the disco remake of the song. There are five edits of this disco version. The first edit appears on the L.A. (Light Album), while the second edit was released on a 12" single release (Caribou/Brother/CBS 2Z8-9028). The third edit was the B-side of the 12" single, which is a slightly shorter instrumental (backing track) version of the song. The fourth and fifth version of the song is found on the 7" single release (Caribou/Brother/CBS ZS8 9026)(DJ version). Variations • Time: 10 min 51 sec (album version) • Time: 10 min 36 sec (12" single edit) • Time: 9 min 4 sec (12" instrumental edit) • Time: 4 min 28 sec (7" single edit) long version • Time: 3 min 18 sec (7" single edit) short version ==Reception==

Record producer Tony Visconti spoke positively of the song, commenting, "I can play that 10 times today and I wouldn't get bored with it." The "Here Comes the Night" disco single (backed with "Baby Blue") was issued on February 19, 1979, and peaked at number 44. Record World said that the song "is lush and perfectly adapted to the genre." ==Personnel==

Per Craig Slowinski. 1967 version The Beach Boys • Brian Wilson – lead vocals, piano • Carl Wilson – guitar • Dennis Wilson – drums Additional musician • Ron Brown – bass 1979 version The Beach Boys • Carl Wilson – lead vocals • Mike Love – backing vocals • Al Jardine – backing vocals • Bruce Johnston – backing vocals Additional personnel • Murray Adler – violin • Mike Baird – drums, percussion • Myer Bello – viola • Curt Boettcher – guitars • Joe Chemay – bass guitar • Marcia Van Dyke – violin • Jesse Ehrlich – cello • Gene Estes – clavinet, vibraphone • Bob Esty – synthesizer, percussion • Victor Feldman – percussion • Henry Ferber – violin • Ronald Folsom – violin • James Getzoff – violin • Allan Harshman – viola • Raymond Kelley – cello • William Kurasch – violin • Marvin Limonick – violin • Joy Lyle – violin • Mike Meros – clavinet, Wurlitzer electric piano • David Montagu – violin • Ira Newborn – guitars • Michael Nowak – viola • Judy Perett – cello • Joel Peskin – alto saxophone • Nathan Ross – violin • David Schwartz – viola • Sid Sharp – violin • Harry Shlutz – cello • Linn Subotnick – viola • Wah Wah Watson – lead guitar • Herschel Wise – viola • Dan Wyman – synthesizer programming • Tibor Zelig – violin • Richie Zito – lead guitar ==Charts==