Donovan The song was covered by Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity on their first LP in 1967, and Al Kooper and Stephen Stills recorded an 11-minute version on the 1968 album, "Super Session". Donovan's version is also in the closing sequence of the Gus Van Sant film, "To Die For". Because of earlier contractual problems, the UK version of "Sunshine Superman" LP was not released for another nine months. This was a compilation of tracks from the US albums "Sunshine Superman" and "Mellow Yellow". Donovan did not choose the tracks. On 24 October 1966, Epic released the single "Mellow
This Could Be the Night (1966 song) This Could Be the Night (1966 song) "This Could Be the Night" is a song written by American musicians Harry Nilsson and Phil Spector in tribute to musician-songwriter Brian Wilson, co-founder of the Beach Boys. In late 1965 or early 1966, the Modern Folk Quartet (or MFQ) recorded the song, which was produced by Spector. Biographer Mark Ribowsky described its Wall of Sound-style arrangement as a "Wagnerian folk march". MFQ hoped to release "This Could Be the Night" as a single, but Spector decided against it. Instead he used the song as the opening theme music for the 1966 rock