They Only Come Out at Night (Peter Brown song)

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"They Only Come Out at Night"
Single by Peter Brown
from the album Snap
B-side "They Only Come Out At Night (Instrumental)" [1]
Released
  • 11 February 1984 [2]
  • 21 June 1984 (Japan) [3]
Genre
Length4:05 (7" version) [4]
4:23 (single version) [5]
4:50 (instrumental version) [6]
5:07 (album version) [7]
6:15 (12" version) [6]
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Peter Brown [8] John "Jellybean" Benitez [11]
Peter Brown singles chronology
"(Love Is Just) The Game"
(1984)		"They Only Come Out at Night"
(1984)		"Zie Zie Won't Dance"
(1984)

"They Only Come Out at Night" is a 1984 dance single by Peter Brown. The single was his first number one on the dance chart, where it stayed for one week. [12] "They Only Come Out at Night", also peaked at number 50 on the soul singles chart, but unlike previous Peter Brown entries, it did not make the Billboard Hot 100. [13] It did, however, reach No. 102 on the Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart.

Contents

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

Formats and track listings

12" Columbia – 44-04957 (US)

  1. "They Only Come Out At Night" – 6:15
  2. "They Only Come Out At Night (Instrumental)" – 4:46

7" Columbia – 38-04981 (US)

  1. "They Only Come Out At Night" – 4:05
  2. " They Only Come Out At Night (Instrumental)" – 4:50

7" CBS – CBSA 4334, CBS – A 4334 (Europe)

  1. "They Only Come Out At Night" – 4:23
  2. "They Only Come Out At Night (Instrumental)" – 4:50

7" CBS – Sony Records – 07SP 807 (Japan)

  1. "They Only Come Out At Night" – 4:05
  2. "They Only Come Out At Night (Instrumental)" – 4:50

Charts

Chart (1984)Peak
position
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles 102
US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs [13] 50
US Hot Dance Music/Club Play [12] 1

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References

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  2. ↑ "Peter Brown - They Only Come Out at Night". Hitparade.ch.
  3. ↑ "Peter Brown - They Only Come Out at Night". Discogs .
  4. ↑ "Peter Brown - They Only Come Out at Night". Discogs .
  5. ↑ "Peter Brown - They Only Come Out at Night". Discogs .
  6. 1 2 "Peter Brown - They Only Come Out at Night". Discogs .
  7. ↑ "Peter Brown - Snap". Discogs .
  8. 1 2 3 "Peter Brown - They Only Come Out at Night". Discogs .
  9. ↑ "Peter Brown (2)". Discogs .
  10. ↑ "Robert Vavrik". Discogs .
  11. ↑ "45cat - Peter Brown - They Only Come Out At Night / They Only Come Out At Night (Instrumental) - CBS - UK - A4334". 45cat.com. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  12. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 46.
  13. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 86.
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