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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)"[3]
Released
  • 11 February 1984[1]
  • 21 June 1984 (Japan) [2]
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.

Personnel

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Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

Formats and track listings

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12" Columbia – 44-04957 (US)

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

7" Columbia – 38-04981 (US)

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  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)

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  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)

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

Charts

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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

References

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  1. ^ "Peter Brown - They Only Come Out at Night". Hitparade.ch.
  2. ^ "Peter Brown - They Only Come Out at Night". Discogs.
  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. ^ a b "Peter Brown - They Only Come Out at Night". Discogs.
  7. ^ "Peter Brown - Snap". Discogs.
  8. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 46.
  13. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 86.
  14. ^ a b c d "Peter Brown - Snap". Discogs.
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