Then the Morning Comes explained

Then the Morning Comes
Cover:Then_the_Morning_Comes.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Smash Mouth
Album:Astro Lounge
B-Side:"Come On Come On", "Radio"[1]
Genre:Pop rock, psychedelic pop[2]
Length:3:02
Label:Interscope
Producer:Eric Valentine
Prev Title:All Star
Prev Year:1999
Next Title:Waste
Next Year:2000

"Then the Morning Comes" is a song by American band Smash Mouth. It was released in September 1999 as the second single from the band's second studio album, Astro Lounge. The song was a successful follow-up to the international hit "All Star" in several nations, peaking at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number two in Canada, number 17 in Iceland and number 22 in New Zealand.

Composition

"Then the Morning Comes" is written with the verses and pre-choruses in C minor, the chorus in E♭ major, and the bridge in C major. The song runs at 116 beats per minute.[3] Like most Smash Mouth songs, the music is played a semitone flat. The song samples the strings refrain from Mantovani's 1967 version of Shirley Bassey's song "Goldfinger", from the James Bond film of the same name.

Music video

The music video was filmed in Santa Cruz, California and was directed by Scott Marshall. In the video, vocalist Steve Harwell keeps having nightmares about seeing a beautiful woman (Stacy Sanches), waking when something embarrassing happens (first a dog urinates on him and the next time he steps in gum) and the woman laughs at him. However, in the last version (in which he is still wearing pyjama pants and slippers), she joins him and he awakens to reveal the two in bed together.

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1999)Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[5] 88
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[6] 88
Chart (2000)Position
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 48
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[8] 3
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[9] 33

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)
United StatesSeptember 14, 1999Alternative radioInterscope[10]
October 4, 1999[11] [12]
October 5, 1999Contemporary hit radio[13]
New ZealandDecember 13, 1999CD[14]

Notes and References

  1. Then the Morning Comes. Smash Mouth. 1999. Australasian CD single liner notes. Interscope Records. 497 221-2.
  2. Web site: Astro Lounge. Sinclair. Tom. Entertainment Weekly. June 11, 1999. June 10, 2020. June 10, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200610062016/https://ew.com/article/1999/06/11/astro-lounge-2/. dead.
  3. Web site: Smash Mouth "Then the Morning Comes" Sheet Music. musicnotes.com. 5 May 2000 .
  4. News: Íslenski Listinn Topp 20 (18.11 – 25.11 1999). Dagblaðið Vísir. is. 10. November 19, 1999. October 6, 2019.
  5. RPM 1999 Top 100 Hit Tracks. RPM. Library and Archives Canada. July 19, 2019.
  6. Most Played Adult Top 40 Songs of 1999. Airplay Monitor. 7. 52. 47. December 24, 1999.
  7. Web site: Billboard Top 100 – 2000. August 31, 2010. March 4, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090304120640/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=2000. dead.
  8. The Year in Music 2000: Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks. Billboard. 112. 53. YE-99. December 30, 2000.
  9. Most Played Mainstream Top 40 Songs of 2000. Airplay Monitor. 8. 51. 54. December 22, 2000.
  10. Alternative: Going for Adds. Radio & Records. 1316. 118. September 10, 1999.
  11. Hot AC: Going for Adds. Radio & Records. 1319. 95. October 1, 1999.
  12. Gavin AC/Hot AC: Impact Dates. Gavin Report. 2274. 37. October 4, 1999.
  13. CHR/Pop: Going for Adds. Radio & Records. 1319. 54. October 1, 1999.
  14. Web site: New Releases. netcd.co.nz. December 13, 1999. https://web.archive.org/web/19991217175753/http://netcd.co.nz/netCD/NewReleases.html. December 17, 1999. November 9, 2023.

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