Every Morning (Sugar Ray song)

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"Every Morning"
Every Morning.jpg
Single by Sugar Ray
from the album 14:59
B-side "Even Though"
ReleasedJanuary 25, 1999 (1999-01-25)
Studio
Genre
Length3:39
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Sugar Ray
  • David Kahne
  • Richard Bean
  • Abel Zarate
  • Pablo Tellez
Producer(s) David Kahne
Sugar Ray singles chronology
"RPM"
(1997)		"Every Morning"
(1999)		"Falls Apart"
(1999)
Music video
"Every Morning" on YouTube
Sugar Ray playing amid a skating party in the music video. Every morning mv.png
Sugar Ray playing amid a skating party in the music video.

"Every Morning" is a song by American rock band Sugar Ray, released as the lead single from their third studio album, 14:59 (1999). The track is an alternative rock and flamenco pop song that references Malo's "Suavecito" and Hugh Masekela's "Grazing in the Grass". Serviced to US radio in December 1998, "Every Morning" was released in Japan in January 1999 and in the United States two months later, making it Sugar Ray's first commercially available single in the US. [1]

Contents

"Every Morning" reached number one on both the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and the Canadian RPM 100 Hit Tracks 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. [2]

Composition

"Every Morning" is an alternative rock [3] [4] [5] [6] and flamenco pop song. [7] 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 A♭–D♭–A♭–D♭–E♭5. [8] 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." [9]

Track listings

US 7-inch, CD, and cassette single [10] [11] [12]

  1. "Every Morning" – 3:39
  2. "Even Though" – 2:35

UK, European, Australian, and Japanese CD single [13] [14]

  1. "Every Morning" – 3:39
  2. "Rivers" – 2:50
  3. "Aim for Me" (main version) – 2:29

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the liner notes of the CD singles. [11] [13]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [42] Gold35,000^
United States (RIAA) [43] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesDecember 1, 1998 Alternative radio [44]
December 15, 1998 Contemporary hit radio [45]
JapanJanuary 25, 1999CD [46]
United StatesMarch 16, 1999
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 [1]
United KingdomMay 17, 1999
  • CD
  • cassette
 [47]

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