Berns was determined to get the record on the charts because that's where the money was, so the single sounded peppier than its lyric, a disconnect Morrison later noted. Much of the ebullience of 'Brown Eyed Girl' derives from its AM-radio friendly arrangement, a sound encouraged by Bert Berns, the head of Van's label Bang.
Van Morrison released Astral Weeks in November 1968, not even 18 months after cracking the Billboard Top 10 with 'Brown Eyed Girl'.
