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Every Morning (Sugar Ray song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Every Morning
| cover = Every Morning.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Sugar Ray
| album = 14:59
| B-side = Even Though
| released =
| recorded =
| studio =
* Swing House
* Sunset Sound
* Ocean Way Recording
* Studio 56 (Los Angeles)
| genre =
* Alternative rock
* flamenco pop
| length = 3:39
| label =
* Atlantic
* Lava
| writer =
* Sugar Ray
* David Kahne
* Richard Bean
* Abel Zarate
* Pablo Tellez
| producer = David Kahne
| prev_title = RPM
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Someday
| next_year = 1999
| misc =
}}
"'Every Morning'" is a song by American rock band Sugar Ray, released as the lead single from their third studio album, '14:59' (1999). Their first commercially available single in the United States, "Every Morning" reached number one on both the US 'Billboard' Modern Rock Tracks chart and the Canadian 'RPM' Top Singles chart, becoming the latter country's second-most-successful single of 1999. The song also reached number three on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 and number 10 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's highest-charting single on both rankings. The track was ranked number 98 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 1999, Australia's largest annual music poll.
Composition
"Every Morning" is an alternative rock and flamenco pop song. It is written in common time with a key of A major and proceeds at a moderate tempo, played 'mezzo-forte'. The song has a chord progression of ADADE5. The chorus of the song references "Suavecito" by the Chicano music group Malo, as well as Hugh Masekela's 1968 hit "Grazing in the Grass". Lead vocalist Mark McGrath explained, "We referenced 'Suavecito' because growing up in California, you know, that was just like the low rider anthem. Any car show or swap meet you'd ever go by, you'd always hear that [song] and that just stuck in your mind." He added, "We actually came up with that part, and it was very similar to Malo's part. We were sort of imitating it, and then we said, 'Let's just leave it, we're gonna change it later.' It really makes the song we think so we just left it."
Track listings
'US 7-inch, CD, and cassette single'
# "Every Morning" 3:39
# "Even Though" 2:35
'UK, European, and Australian CD single'
# "Every Morning" 3:39
# "Rivers" 2:50
# "Aim for Me" (main version) 2:29
Credits and personnel
Credits are taken from the liner notes of the CD singles.
'Studios'
* Recorded at Swing House, Sunset Sound Studio, Ocean Way Recording, and Studio 56 (Los Angeles)
* Mixed at Scream House (Los Angeles)
* Mastered at Precision (Los Angeles)
'Personnel'
* Sugar Ray writing, vocals
* David Kahne additional writing, production, programming, engineering, mixing, mastering
* Richard Bean additional writing
* Abel Zarate additional writing
* Pablo Tellez additional writing
* John Travis engineering, mixing
* Steve Gallagher additional engineering
* Chip Quigley management
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
References
Category:1998 songs
Category:1999 singles
Category:Atlantic Records singles
Category:Music videos directed by McG
Category:RPM Top Singles number-one singles
Category:Song recordings produced by David Kahne
Category:Songs written by David Kahne
Category:Sugar Ray songs
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