"Tears in the Morning" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1970 album Sunflower. Written by Bruce Johnston, it was issued as a single, with the B-side "It's About Time". The single failed to chart in the U.S., but reached the top 5 in the Netherlands.
| "Tears in the Morning" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by the Beach Boys | ||||
| from the album Sunflower | ||||
| B-side | "It's About Time" | |||
| Released | October 12, 1970[1] | |||
| Recorded | November 18, 1969 – January 28, 1970 | |||
| Length | 4:07 | |||
| Label | Brother/Reprise | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bruce Johnston | |||
| Producer(s) | The Beach Boys | |||
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Record World said that the band "should smile at the projected success of this excellent Bruce Johnston composition."[2]
Personnel
editSourced from Craig Slowinski[3] and Timothy White.[4]
The Beach Boys
- Al Jardine – harmony and backing vocals
- Bruce Johnston – lead vocals, harmony and backing vocals, Rocksichord, grand piano (during coda), production
- Mike Love – harmony and backing vocals
- Brian Wilson – harmony and backing vocals
- Carl Wilson – harmony and backing vocals, guitar
Additional musicians
- Ronald Benson – guitar, mandolin
- Ray Pohlman – bass
- Daryl Dragon – vibraphone
- Hal Blaine – drums
- Carl Fortina – French concertina
- Igor Horoshevsky – cello
- Anatol Kaminsky, Sam Freed, Marvin Limonick, David Frisina, George Kast, Nathan Kaproff, Alexander Murray, Dorothy Wade – violins
- Virginia Majewski, Robert Ostrowsky, Alvin Dinkin, Allan Harstian – violas
- Edgar Lustgarten – cello
- Abe Luboff – arco double bass
- unknown – trombone
Production staff
- Michel Colombier – arranger
- Stephen Desper – engineer
Cover versions
edit- Belgian pop band The Radios covered the song in their 1990 album No Television.
- Norwegian stoner rock band Thulsa Doom recorded a cover version of this song in 2005 for their album Keyboard, Oh Lord! Why Don't We?.
Charts
edit| Chart (1971) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Dutch GfK chart[5] | 4 |
| Dutch Top 40[6] | 6 |
| US Record World | 117 |
References
edit- ^ Badman, Keith. The Beach Boys. The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band: On Stage and in the Studio Backbeat Books, San Francisco, California, 2004. ISBN 0-87930-818-4 p. 278
- ^ "Sleeper Picks of the Week" (PDF). Record World. October 17, 1970. p. 109. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ^ Slowinski, Craig (Summer 2020). "Sunflower: 50 Year Anniversary Special Edition (Issue 130, Volume 33, No. 3)". Endless Summer Quarterly Magazine (Magazine). Charlotte, North Carolina, USA: David Beard.
- ^ White, Timothy (2000). Sunflower/Surf's Up (CD Liner). The Beach Boys. Capitol Records.
- ^ "dutchcharts.nl - The Beach Boys - Tears In The Morning". Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ "De Nederlandse Top 40, week 2, 1971". Retrieved 24 February 2009.[permanent dead link]