"strangers in the night" was recorded first by jack jones in april 1966, but the most popular version was recorded by frank sinatra three days later. at the session an angry sinatra turned on guitarist glen campbell, who had been brought in at the last moment. campbell did not know the song and faked his way through the first take, making a mistake in the process. sinatra was used to recording in a single take, and when told he would have to sing it again, he glared at campbell and shouted, "is that guy with us or is he sleeping?". on take two sinatra improvised "doo-bie-doo-bie-doo" at the end. in the 1966 recording, the improvisation fades prematurely, but in a remastered version it continues for an additional nine seconds. sinatra detested the song and often expressed his distaste when performing it in concert.