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Here Comes the Night is the ninth studio album by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow. The album was recorded at Sound City Recording Studios in Van Nuys, California. The United Kingdom release went by the title I Wanna Do It With You. It was released in 1982, and it scored Gold.[4] The album has yet to be released on CD in the US, but has had 2 CD releases in Japan: one was a 1987 incarnation that included a remix of "Oh Julie" (with added background vocals and additional instrumentation), and then in 1994, a new reissue came out in Japan that contained the original mix of "Oh Julie", as released in the US in 1982 on both EP and 45.

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Here Comes the Night
Studio album by Barry Manilow
Released	November 1982
Studio	Sound City Studios (Van Nuys, California) Allen Zentz Recording (Encino, California)
Genre	Pop, easy listening, soft rock
Length	44:35
Label	Arista
Producer	Barry Manilow[1]
Barry Manilow chronology
Barry Live in Britain (1982) Here Comes the Night (1982) Greatest Hits Vol. II (1983)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

The album contains three charting singles: "Memory" #8(A/C) / #39(pop), "Some Kind of Friend" #4(A/C) / #26(pop) and "Oh. Julie" #24(A/C) / #38(pop) which was found on the UK cassette version as a bonus track.

Track listing

US/UK album release

Side 1

1. "I Wanna Do It with You" (Layng Martine, Jr.) - 3:43
2. "Here Comes the Night" (music: Barry Manilow; lyrics: John Bettis) - 3:50
3. "Memory" (Andrew Lloyd Webber, T. S. Eliot, Trevor Nunn) - 4:54
4. "Let's Get On with It" (music: Manilow; lyrics: Manilow, Adrienne Anderson) - 4:52
5. "Some Girls" (Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman) - 3:04

Side 2

1. "Some Kind of Friend" (music: Manilow; lyrics: Adrienne Anderson) - 4:02
2. "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" (music: Fred E. Ahlert; lyrics: Joe Young) - 3:12
3. "Getting Over Losing You" (Martin Briley, Brock Walsh) - 4:16
4. "Heart of Steel" (music: Manilow; lyrics: John Bettis) - 2:50
5. "Stay" (James Jolis, Kevin DiSimone, Manilow) - 3:52

UK cassette release

Side 1

1. "I Wanna Do It with You" - 3:43
2. "Here Comes the Night" - 3:50
3. "Memory" - 4:54
4. "Let's Get On with It" - 4:52
5. "Some Girls" - 3:04
6. "Oh Julie" (Shakin' Stevens) - 2:18

Side 2

1. "Some Kind of Friend" - 4:02
2. "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" - 3:12
3. "Getting Over Losing You" - 4:16
4. "Heart of Steel" - 2:50
5. "Stay" - 3:52
6. "Heaven" (Manilow, Bruce Sussman, Jack Feldman) - 3:20

Japanese release[1]

Side 1

1. "I Wanna Do It with You" - 3:43
2. "Here Comes the Night" - 3:50
3. "Memory" - 4:54
4. "Let's Get On with It" - 4:57
5. "Some Girls" - 3:04

Side 2

1. "Some Kind Of Friend" - 4:02
2. "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" - 3:12
3. "Getting Over Losing You" - 4:16
4. "Oh Julie" - 2:18
5. "Heart of Steel" - 2:50
6. "Stay" - 3:52

Personnel

• Barry Manilow - vocals, piano, synthesizer
• Richie Zito, John Pondel, Robben Ford, Art Phillips, Paul Jackson Jr., John Goux, Mitch Holder, George Doering - guitar
• Leon Gaer, Dennis Belfield - bass
• Victor Vanacore, Bill Mays - piano
• Ian Underwood, Gabriel Katona, Robert Marulla - synthesizer
• John Ferraro, Ed Greene, Vinnie Colaiuta, Bud Harner - drums
• Alan Estes - percussion
• Gary Herbig - saxophone
• Bill Champlin, Steve George, Tom Kelly, Richard Page, James Jolis, Kevin DiSimone, Muffy Hendrix, Pat Henderson - backing vocals

Charts

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[9]	Gold	100,000^
United States (RIAA)[4]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

External links

• Here Comes the Night at Discogs (list of releases)

На других языках

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Here Comes the Night è un album del cantautore statunitense Barry Manilow, pubblicato dall'etichetta discografica Arista nel 1982.

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