Tears in the Morning

1970 single by the Beach Boys

"Tears in the Morning"

7" vinyl Swedish single cover

Single by the Beach Boys
from the album  Sunflower
B-side| "It's About Time"
Released| October 12, 1970 (1970-10-12)[1]
Recorded| November 18, 1969 – January 28, 1970
Length| 4:07
Label| Brother/Reprise
Songwriter(s)| Bruce Johnston
Producer(s)| The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys singles chronology
| "Slip On Through"
(1970)  | "Tears in the Morning"
(1970)  | "Cool, Cool Water"
(1971)

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"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.

Record World said that the band "should smile at the projected success of this excellent Bruce Johnston composition".[2]

## Personnel

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Sourced 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

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* 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

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Chart (1971)  | Peak
position

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Dutch GfK chart[5] | 4
Dutch Top 40[6] | 6
US Record World | 117

## References

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1. ^ 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
2. ^ "Sleeper Picks of the Week" (PDF). Record World. October 17, 1970. p. 109. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ White, Timothy (2000). Sunflower/Surf's Up (CD Liner). The Beach Boys. Capitol Records.
5. ^ "dutchcharts.nl - The Beach Boys - Tears In The Morning". Retrieved 24 February 2009.
6. ^ "De Nederlandse Top 40, week 2, 1971". Retrieved 24 February 2009.[permanent dead link]

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Sunflower

Songs|

| Side one|

* "Slip On Through"
* "This Whole World"
* "Add Some Music to Your Day"
* "Got to Know the Woman"
* "Deirdre"
* "It's About Time"

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Side two|

* "Tears in the Morning"
* "All I Wanna Do"
* "Forever"
* "Our Sweet Love"
* "At My Window"
* "Cool, Cool Water"

Outtakes|

* "Back Home"
* "Carnival"
* "Fallin' in Love"
* "Loop de Loop (Flip Flop Flyin' in an Aeroplane)"
* "Games Two Can Play"
* "Good Time"
* "I'm Going Your Way"
* "I Just Got My Pay"
* "Raspberries, Strawberries"
* "San Miguel"
* "Soulful Old Man Sunshine"
* "Susie Cincinnati"
* "Take a Load Off Your Feet"
* "When Girls Get Together"

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* Surfer Girl
* Little Deuce Coupe
* Shut Down Volume 2
* All Summer Long
* The Beach Boys' Christmas Album
* The Beach Boys Today!
* Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
* Beach Boys' Party!
* Pet Sounds
* Smiley Smile
* Wild Honey
* Friends
* 20/20
* Sunflower
* Surf's Up
* Carl and the Passions – "So Tough"
* Holland
* 15 Big Ones
* The Beach Boys Love You
* M.I.U. Album
* L.A. (Light Album)
* Keepin' the Summer Alive
* The Beach Boys
* Still Cruisin'
* Summer in Paradise
* Stars and Stripes Vol. 1
* That's Why God Made the Radio

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The Beach Boys singles

1960s|

| 1961|

* "Surfin'" / "Luau"

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1962|

* "Surfin' Safari" / "409"
* "Ten Little Indians" / "County Fair"

1963|

* "Surfin' U.S.A." / "Shut Down"
* "Surfer Girl" / "Little Deuce Coupe"
* "Be True to Your School" / "In My Room"
* "Little Saint Nick" / "The Lord's Prayer"

1964|

* "Fun, Fun, Fun" / "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"
* "I Get Around" / "Don't Worry Baby"
* "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)" / "She Knows Me Too Well"
* "Dance, Dance, Dance" / "The Warmth of the Sun"
* "The Man with All the Toys" / "Blue Christmas"

1965|

* "Do You Wanna Dance?" / "Please Let Me Wonder"
* "Help Me, Rhonda" / "Kiss Me, Baby"
* "California Girls"/ "Let Him Run Wild"
* "The Little Girl I Once Knew" / "There's No Other (Like My Baby)"
* "Barbara Ann" / "Girl Don't Tell Me"

1966|

* "Sloop John B" / "You're So Good to Me"
* "Wouldn't It Be Nice" / "God Only Knows"
* "Good Vibrations" / "Let's Go Away for Awhile"

1967|

* "Then I Kissed Her" / "Mountain of Love"
* "Heroes and Villains" / "You're Welcome"
* "Wild Honey" / "Wind Chimes"
* "Darlin'" / "Here Today"

1968|

* "Friends" / "Little Bird"
* "Do It Again" / "Wake the World"
* "Bluebirds over the Mountain" / "Never Learn Not to Love"

1969|

* "I Can Hear Music" / "All I Want to Do"
* "Break Away" / "Celebrate the News"

1970s|

| 1970|

* "Add Some Music to Your Day" / "Susie Cincinnati"
* "Cottonfields" / "The Nearest Faraway Place"
* "Slip On Through" / "This Whole World"
* "Tears in the Morning" / "It's About Time"

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1971|

* "Cool, Cool Water" / "Forever"
* "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (live) / "The Times They Are a-Changin'" (by Merry Clayton)
* "Long Promised Road" / "Deirdre"
* "Long Promised Road" / "'Til I Die"
* "Student Demonstration Time" / "Don't Go Near the Water"
* "Surf's Up" / "Don't Go Near the Water"

1972|

* "You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone" / "Cuddle Up"
* "Marcella" / "Hold On Dear Brother"

1973|

* "Sail On, Sailor" / "Only with You"
* "California Saga/California" / "Funky Pretty"

1974|

* "Surfin' U.S.A." / "The Warmth of the Sun"
* "Child of Winter (Christmas Song)" / "Susie Cincinnati"

1975|

* "Sail On, Sailor" / "Only with You"

1976|

* "Rock and Roll Music" / "T M Song"
* "It's O.K." / "Had to Phone Ya"
* "Everyone's in Love with You" / "Susie Cincinnati"

1977|

* "Honkin' Down the Highway" / "Solar System"

1978|

* "Peggy Sue" / "Hey Little Tomboy"

1979|

* "Here Comes the Night" / "Baby Blue"
* "Good Timin'" / "Love Surrounds Me"
* "Lady Lynda" / "Full Sail"
* "It's a Beautiful Day" / "Sumahama"

1980s|

| 1980|

* "Goin' On" / "Endless Harmony"
* "Livin' with a Heartache" / "Santa Ana Winds"

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1981|

* "The Beach Boys Medley" / "God Only Knows"
* "Come Go with Me" / "Don't Go Near the Water"

1985|

* "Getcha Back" / "Male Ego"
* "It's Gettin' Late" / "It's O.K."
* "She Believes in Love Again" / "It's Just a Matter of Time"

1986|

* "Rock 'n' Roll to the Rescue" / "Good Vibrations" (live)
* "California Dreamin'" / "Lady Liberty"

1987|

* "Happy Endings" (with Little Richard) / "California Girls" (live)

1988|

* "Kokomo" / "Tutti Frutti" (Little Richard)

1989|

* "Still Cruisin'" / "Kokomo"

1990s|

| 1990|

* "Somewhere Near Japan" / "Kokomo"
* "Problem Child" / "Problem Child (Instrumental)"

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1992|

* "Hot Fun in the Summertime" / "Summer of Love"

1996|

* "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times" / "Wouldn't It Be Nice" / "Here Today"

2010s|

| 2011|

* "Good Vibrations" / "Heroes and Villains"
* "Don't Fight the Sea" / "Friends"

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2012|

* "That's Why God Made the Radio" / "That's Why God Made the Radio" (instrumental)
* "Isn't It Time" / Live in Chicago

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* Blondie Chaplin
* Ricky Fataar

Studio albums|

* Surfin' Safari
* Surfin' U.S.A.
* Surfer Girl
* Little Deuce Coupe
* Shut Down Volume 2
* All Summer Long
* The Beach Boys' Christmas Album
* The Beach Boys Today!
* Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
* Beach Boys' Party!
* Pet Sounds
* Smiley Smile
* Wild Honey
* Friends
* 20/20
* Sunflower
* Surf's Up
* Carl and the Passions – "So Tough"
* Holland
* 15 Big Ones
* The Beach Boys Love You
* M.I.U. Album
* L.A. (Light Album)
* Keepin' the Summer Alive
* The Beach Boys
* Still Cruisin'
* Summer in Paradise
* Stars and Stripes Vol. 1
* That's Why God Made the Radio

Remix albums|

* Stack-o-Tracks
* The Beach Boys with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Live albums|

* Beach Boys Concert
* Live in London
* The Beach Boys in Concert
* Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980
* Songs from Here & Back
* Live – The 50th Anniversary Tour
* Live in Sacramento 1964
* Live in Chicago 1965
* Graduation Day 1966
* 1967 – Live Sunshine
* The Beach Boys On Tour: 1968

Selected
compilations|

* Endless Summer
* Rarities
* Made in U.S.A.
* Lost & Found (1961–62)
* Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys
* The Pet Sounds Sessions
* Endless Harmony
* Ultimate Christmas
* Hawthorne, CA
* Sounds of Summer
* The Smile Sessions
* Made in California
* The Big Beat 1963
* Keep an Eye on Summer 1964
* Beach Boys' Party! Uncovered and Unplugged
* Becoming the Beach Boys
* 1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow
* Wake the World: The Friends Sessions
* I Can Hear Music: The 20/20 Sessions
* Feel Flows
* Sail On Sailor – 1972

Unreleased|

* Smile
* Lei'd in Hawaii
* Adult/Child
* Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys
* Andy Paley sessions

EPs|

* Four by the Beach Boys
* Mount Vernon and Fairway

Documentary and
concert films|

* It's OK! (1976)
* An American Band (1985)
* Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times (1995)
* Nashville Sounds (1996)
* Endless Harmony: The Beach Boys Story (1998)
* Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980 (2002)
* Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile (2004)
* Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road (2021)
* The Beach Boys (2024)

Fictionalized|

* An American Family (2000)
* Love & Mercy (2014)

Books|

* The Beach Boys and the California Myth
* Becoming the Beach Boys, 1961–1963
* Catch a Wave
* Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy
* Heroes and Villains: The True Story of the Beach Boys
* I Am Brian Wilson
* Inside the Music of Brian Wilson
* Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story

Places|

* Beach Boys Historic Landmark
* Beach Boys Studio
* Brother Studios
* Radiant Radish

Lists|

* Bootlegs and unreleased material
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* Discography
* Song recordings
* Unreleased
* Brian
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* Dennis
* Mike
* Songs covered by the Beach Boys

Personnel|

* David Anderle
* Irving Azoff
* Jeffrey Foskett
* James William Guercio
* Jack Rieley
* Jerry Schilling
* Derek Taylor
* Michael Vosse
* Murry Wilson

Related media|

* Brian Wilson Presents Smile
* Caroline Now!
* Good Vibrations (musical)
* Looking Back with Love
* Pacific Ocean Blue
* Pet Sounds Live
* A Postcard from California
* Smiling Pets
* Spring

Other topics|

* "Brian Wilson is a genius"
* Brother Records
* California Music
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