The Night Begins to Shine


"The Night Begins to Shine" is a song by the band B.E.R. popularised by the Teen Titans Go! TV series. The song was originally co-written and produced in 2005 as an "'80s-style song" for a music library by Carl Burnett. The song was first featured in the Teen Titans Go! episode, "Slumber Party" as a throwaway joke. The song became popular with fans of the show. The song was subsequently featured in the episode, "40%, 40%, 20%", and was prominently featured in two specials, the four-part 2017 special "The Day the Night Stopped Beginning to Shine and
Became Dark Even Though It Was the Day" and a five-part sequel released in 2020,"The Night Begins To Shine 2". The special also featured two other songs by B.E.R., "Forever Mine" and "Rise Up", as well as three covers of the song from Fall Out Boy, CeeLo Green, and Puffy AmiYumi.

Commercial performance

Upon its official release, "The Night Begins To Shine" peaked at #23 on the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart and #7 on the Billboard Rock Digital Songs chart. The song also peaked at #66 on the iTunes music charts and #1 on the iTunes rock music charts.
The song was covered by Fall Out Boy, CeeLo Green, and Puffy AmiYumi for a four-part Teen Titans Go! storyline.

Weekly charts