Then the Morning Comes

Not to be confused with When the Morning Comes.
"Then the Morning Comes"
Single by Smash Mouth
from the album Astro Lounge
B-side
ReleasedSeptember 14, 1999 (1999-09-14)
GenrePop rock, psychedelic pop[2]
Length3:02
LabelInterscope
Songwriter(s)Greg Camp, Paul Barry
Producer(s)Eric Valentine
Smash Mouth singles chronology
"All Star"
(1999) 		"Then the Morning Comes"
(1999) 		"Waste"
(2000)
Music video
"Then the Morning Comes" on YouTube

"Then the Morning Comes" is a song by American band Smash Mouth. It was released in September 1999 as the third 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, the bridge in C major, and the break in A minor. 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

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States September 14, 1999 Alternative radio Interscope [18]
October 4, 1999
[19][20]
October 5, 1999 Contemporary hit radio [21]
New Zealand December 13, 1999 CD [22]

References

  1. ^ Then the Morning Comes (Australasian CD single liner notes). Smash Mouth. Interscope Records. 1999. 497 221-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ Sinclair, Tom (June 11, 1999). "Astro Lounge". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on June 10, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  3. ^ "Smash Mouth "Then the Morning Comes" Sheet Music". musicnotes.com. 5 May 2000.
  4. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 9707." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
  5. ^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 9698." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
  6. ^ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 20 (18.11 – 25.11 1999)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). November 19, 1999. p. 10. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  7. ^ "Smash Mouth – Then the Morning Comes". Top 40 Singles.
  8. ^ "Smash Mouth Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  9. ^ "Smash Mouth Chart History (Adult Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  10. ^ "Smash Mouth Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
  11. ^ "Smash Mouth Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
  12. ^ "Smash Mouth Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
  13. ^ "RPM 1999 Top 100 Hit Tracks". RPM. Retrieved July 19, 2019 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  14. ^ "Most Played Adult Top 40 Songs of 1999". Airplay Monitor. Vol. 7, no. 52. December 24, 1999. p. 47.
  15. ^ "Billboard Top 100 – 2000". Archived from the original on March 4, 2009. Retrieved August 31, 2010.
  16. ^ "The Year in Music 2000: Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 53. December 30, 2000. p. YE-99.
  17. ^ "Most Played Mainstream Top 40 Songs of 2000". Airplay Monitor. Vol. 8, no. 51. December 22, 2000. p. 54.
  18. ^ "Alternative: Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1316. September 10, 1999. p. 118.
  19. ^ "Hot AC: Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1319. October 1, 1999. p. 95.
  20. ^ "Gavin AC/Hot AC: Impact Dates". Gavin Report. No. 2274. October 4, 1999. p. 37.
  21. ^ "CHR/Pop: Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1319. October 1, 1999. p. 54.
  22. ^ "New Releases". netcd.co.nz. December 13, 1999. Archived from the original on December 17, 1999. Retrieved November 9, 2023.