By the Time This Night Is Over

"By the Time This Night Is Over" is a song by American musician Kenny G and singer-songwriter Peabo Bryson, released as a single from Kenny G's sixth studio album, Breathless, in 1992 and from Bryson's 16th studio album, Through the Fire, in 1994.^[1] The song peaked at number 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 37 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles. On the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, "By the Time This Night Is Over" spent two weeks at number one, while in Canada, the song reached number six on the RPM Top Singles chart and number one on the RPM Adult Contemporary chart.

"By the Time This Night Is Over"
Single by Kenny G and Peabo Bryson
from the album Breathless and Through the Fire
Released	1993
Length	4:45 (album version) 4:23 (single version)
Label	Arista
Songwriter(s)	Michael Bolton, Andy Goldmark, Diane Warren
Producer(s)	Walter Afanasieff, David Foster
Kenny G singles chronology
"Forever in Love" (1992) "By the Time This Night Is Over" (1993) "Sentimental" (1993)
Peabo Bryson singles chronology
"A Whole New World" (1992) "By the Time This Night Is Over" (1993) "Why Goodbye" (1994)

Personnel

• Kenny G – soprano saxophone, arrangements
• Peabo Bryson – lead vocals
• Walter Afanasieff – keyboards, synth bass, drums, rhythm programming, all other instruments, arrangements
• Dan Shea – keyboards, programming
• Gary Cirimelli – Macintosh programming, Synclavier programming
• Ren Klyce – Akai AX60 programming, Synclavier programming
• Michael Thompson – guitars
• Lynn Davis – backing vocals
• Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals
• Portia Griffin – backing vocals
• Pat Hawk – backing vocals
• Phillip Ingram – backing vocals
• Vann Johnson – backing vocals
• Rose Stone – backing vocals
• Fred White – backing vocals

Production

• Producers – Walter Afanasieff and David Foster
• Engineer – Dana Jon Chappelle
• Assistant Engineers – Steve Shepherd and Kevin Becka
• Additional Engineering – David Gleeson, Jeffrey Woodruff, Kevin Becka and Steve Shepherd.
• Mixed by Mick Guzauski

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1993) Peak position Australia (ARIA) [2] 122 Canada Top Singles (RPM)[3] 6 Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[4] 1 UK Singles (OCC)[5] 56 US Billboard Hot 100[6] 25 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[7] 1 US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[8] 29 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[9] 37

Year-end charts Chart (1993) Position Canada Top Singles (RPM)[10] 59 Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[11] 18 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[12] 15

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United States	1993	CD cassette	Arista
United Kingdom	July 5, 1993			[13]
Japan	July 21, 1993	Mini-CD		[14]

References

1. "Through the Fire - Peabo Bryson". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
2. {"Kenny G ARIA peaks, received from ARIA in October 2024". ARIA. Retrieved November 2, 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
3. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2179." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
4. "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 2176." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
5. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
6. "Kenny G Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
7. "Kenny G Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
8. "Kenny G Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
9. "Kenny G Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
10. "The RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1993". RPM. Retrieved April 16, 2019 – via Library and Archives Canada.
11. "The RPM Top 100 A\C Tracks of 1993". RPM. Retrieved April 16, 2019 – via Library and Archives Canada.
12. "The Year in Music 1993" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 105, no. 52. December 25, 1993. p. YE-46. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 27, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
13. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. July 3, 1993. p. 19.
14. "愛の夜明け | ケニー・G" [Dawn of Love | Kenny G] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved October 22, 2023.