# Silent Morning

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"**Silent Morning**" is the debut [single](/source/Single_(music)) by American singer [Noel Pagan](/source/Noel_Pagan), released from his 1987 debut album [*Noel*](/source/Noel_(Noel_Pagan_album)). It is Noel's most successful single; on November 14, 1987, it reached number 47 on the US [*Billboard* Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100) chart. "Silent Morning" was present on the Hot 100 for 22 weeks.[2]

## 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](/source/David_Bowie) and [Mick Jagger](/source/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](/source/Spin_(magazine))* 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](/source/Hanson_%26_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**

## 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*](https://books.google.com/books?id=5t5DYDniSHEC). [Plume](/source/Plume_(publisher)). p. 567. ISBN 0-452-26305-0.

1. ["Noel - Chart History | Billboard"](http://www.billboard.com/artist/1529917/noel/chart). Billboard. Retrieved 2017-09-23.

1. ["Noel - Noel Escrito por Nathalie Gutierres Sex, 22 de... | Você, Música, Fazer, Muito, Pessoas"](http://djsound.virgula.uol.com.br/entrevistas/172-noel). Djsound.virgula.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2013-09-04.

1. ["Great Moments in Recording Studio History"](https://books.google.com/books?id=h-bxxO5B-xsC&pg=PA60). *[Spin](/source/Spin_(magazine))*. **5** (1): 60. April 1989. Retrieved 23 October 2013.

1. ["Noel - Noel | Awards"](http://www.allmusic.com/album/noel-mw0000196091/awards). AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-09-04.

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