July Morning (song)

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"July Morning"
July Morning - Uriah Heep - 1971.jpg
Single by Uriah Heep
from the album Look at Yourself
B-side "Love Machine"
ReleasedJune 1972 (Japan) [1]
  • May 1973 (live single) (US) [2]
Genre
Length10:32 (album version)
  • 3:31 (single version)
Label Bronze (Japan)
Mercury (US)
Songwriter(s) David Byron, Ken Hensley
Producer(s) Gerry Bron
Uriah Heep singles chronology
"Spider Woman"
(1972)
"July Morning"
(1972)
"Stealin'"
(1973)

"July Morning" is a song by the English rock band Uriah Heep. It is the third track on their 1971 album Look at Yourself .

Contents

The song was written in July 1970 by the band's keyboardist Ken Hensley and lead singer, David Byron.

The song is written in the key of C minor. The song has four verses and four choruses, featuring an organ introduction and a guitar solo. There is a guitar bridge between the first and second parts of the song. [4]

AllMusic contributor Dave Thompson described the song as the best produced by Uriah Heep, with a "magnificent arrangement and performance", [5] and in 1995, Radiomafia added "July Morning" to their list of "Top 500 Songs". [6]

"July Morning" was first released on the Look at Yourself album and as a single in Japan and Venezuela. [7] The Venezuelan single split the song across both sides of the 7", while the Japanese single featured an edited version of the song, which was later released on the band's greatest hits album Your Turn to Remember in 2016. The live version from Uriah Heep Live was released as a single in the US. [8] In 2009 the band released a new version of the song on the album Celebration. [9]

Uriah Heep's manager Gerry Bron thought Manfred Mann not only played an important part in the original studio recording, but also played a crucial role in its development. [10]

Other performances

"July Morning"
Song by Axel Rudi Pell
from the album The Masquerade Ball
Released10 April 2000 (album)
RecordedNovember 1999 - February 2000
Genre
Length9:58
Label Sledgehammer/SPV
Songwriter(s) David Byron, Ken Hensley

Other appearances

The song has been appeared on many Uriah Heep live, compilation and studio albums and videos. [5]

Personnel

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