THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

762-Them-Here Comes the Night.

1965-Number 2 single.

Best Bit-At 0.26. ‘Them’ recorded the song first, but Decca Records chose to release the version by label mate Lulu instead, leaving the band bitterly disappointed. It has been said that when Lulu’s version only reached Number 50, the band had a ‘certain grim satisfaction.’

‘Here Comes the Night’ was written by the American songwriter/producer Bert Berns, who died of heart failure in 1967, at the age of 38, having had a history of cardiac trouble, as a result of his heart being damaged from contacting rheumatic fever during childhood. Other songs he either wrote, or produced include,’Twist and Shout,’ ‘Everybody Needs Somebody to Love,”Brown Eyed Girl,’ and ‘Under the Boardwalk.’ (see also best songs 568.)

‘Them’ were formed in Belfast, Northern Island in 1964 by Van Morrison, Ronnie Millings, Billy Harrison, Alan Henderson, and Eric Wrixon (1947-2015.) they took their name from the 1954 science fiction horror film,’Them.’ the band were active as a unit for two years,greatly influencing future artists, such as the Doors. Lead singer Sir George Ivan ‘Van’ Morrison would go on to even greater success as a solo artist, he has released 41 studio Albums to date, the latest being ‘Three Chords & the Truth,’ in 2019.

‘She’s with him, he’s turning down the lights, and now he’s holding her the way I used to do.’