Tears in the Morning
"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, production
- Mike Love – harmony and backing vocals
- Brian Wilson – harmony and backing vocals
- Carl Wilson – harmony and backing vocals, guitar
- 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
- 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 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.