"The Night Begins to Shine" is a song by the fictional band B.E.R. popularized 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. The song was first featured in the '' Teen Titans Go!'' episode "

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" 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

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, CeeLo Green, and Puffy AmiYumi. In 2021,

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announced a spin-off series from ''Teen Titans Go!'' that will see the show's characters "journey back to the world of Night Begins to Shine ... to protect the only key to the world’s salvation, a magical mixtape".

Soundtrack

The official soundtrack, ''Teen Titans Go! (Songs from The Night Begins to Shine Special)'', was released on July 28, 2017 through WaterTower Music and features music from the television special. All tracks are written by

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Frank Enea Frank Enea is an American musician and songwriter known as the composer, backup vocalist, and guitarist of the band B.E.R. from the ''Teen Titans Go!'' animated series. He is known for writing The Night Begins to Shine which peaked at #23 on the ...

, and William J. Regan, except "Forever Mine", which was first written by Enea and rerecorded by B.E.R.

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

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music charts and #1 on the

rock music charts. The song was covered by

, CeeLo Green, and Puffy AmiYumi for a four-part ''Teen Titans Go!'' storyline. The soundtrack peaked at #8 on the ''Billboard''

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chart and #17 on the ''Billboard'' Soundtracks chart.

Weekly charts

Single

Soundtrack

References

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