"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.
Personnel
Sourced from Craig Slowinski and Timothy White.
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 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? Dutch coverband Beach Boys' Best covered this song in 2025 in the 5th season of the Dutch TV show The Tribute: Battle of the Bands. The same year, the song returns in the Dutch Top2000 after three years of absence, on position 404; the highest ranking ever in this chart.
Charts Chart (1971)PeakpositionDutch GfK chart4Dutch Top 406US Record World 117 +Dutch Top2000Year202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014201320122011201020092008200720062005200420032002200120001999Position404 - - -192018791906174911011184133499710481433768618632629775789607578448508406470453
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