Silent Morning

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"Silent Morning"
Single by Noel
from the album Noel
Released1987
Genre Latin hip hop [1]
Length4:26 (LP version)
Label 4th & B'way
Songwriter(s) Noel Pagan
Producer(s)
Noel singles chronology
"Silent Morning"
(1987)		"Like a Child"
(1988)

"Silent Morning" is the debut single by American singer Noel Pagan, released from his 1987 debut album Noel. It is Noel's most successful single; on November 14, 1987, it reached number 47 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Silent Morning" was present on the Hot 100 for 22 weeks. [2]

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Background and composition

The song came about after Noel was discovered by a man looking for singers, who invited him to a studio to record a song. While there, and with Noel having never written a song, the man gave advice for Noel to write about what he was feeling. The song that Noel recorded was originally called "Spanish Morning". After a few weeks of recording, the man disappeared. At that time, Noel worked as assistant bartender at a club, only to discover that his boss had good contacts, and knew artists like David Bowie and Mick Jagger. Noel decided to record a demo and handed it to his boss. Some weeks later Noel's boss said he had shown the song to the manager of a label, and that he liked the song but not the lyrics, and asked Noel to change them. Noel rewrote the song, and called it "Silent Morning". [3]

Spin listed the recording of "Silent Morning" as the seventh of ten "Great Moments in Recording Studio History," due to an alleged event in which "producer Aaron Hanson (of Hanson & Davis) put a gun to Noel's head and threatened to blow his head off if he didn't sing the song Hanson's way." [4]

Track listing and formats

US 12" single
No.TitleLength
1."Silent Morning" (12" Club Mix)7:00
2."Silent Morning" (Percapella)3:13
3."Silent Morning" (1018 Dub)6:41
4."Silent Morning" (Hearthrob)5:07

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [5] 47
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard) [5] 6
US Dance/Electronic Singles Sales (Billboard) [5] 7

References

  1. ↑ Marsh, Dave (1989). The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. Plume. p. 567. ISBN   0-452-26305-0.
  2. ↑ "Noel - Chart History | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
  3. ↑ "Noel - Noel Escrito por Nathalie Gutierres Sex, 22 de... | Você, Música, Fazer, Muito, Pessoas". Djsound.virgula.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  4. ↑ "Great Moments in Recording Studio History". Spin . 5 (1): 60. April 1989. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 "Noel - Noel | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
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