Not to be confused with When the Morning Comes.
Then the Morning Comes
single
CoverThen_the_Morning_Comes.jpg
ArtistSmash Mouth
AlbumAstro Lounge
B-side
ReleasedSeptember 14, 1999
Genre
Length3:02
LabelInterscope
Writer
ProducerEric Valentine
Prev year1999
Next year2000

"Then the Morning Comes" is a song by American band Smash Mouth. It was released in September 1999 as the third single from the band's second studio album, Astro Lounge. The song was a successful follow-up to the international hit "All Star" in several nations, peaking at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number two in Canada, number 17 in Iceland, and number 22 in New Zealand. In 2001 the song won a BMI Pop Award.[3]

Composition

"Then the Morning Comes" is written with the verses and pre-choruses in C minor, the chorus in E♭ major, the bridge in C major, and the break in A minor. The song runs at 116 beats per minute.[4] Like most Smash Mouth songs, the music is played a semitone flat. The song samples the strings refrain from Mantovani's 1967 version of Shirley Bassey's song "Goldfinger", from the James Bond film of the same name.

Music video

The music video was filmed in Santa Cruz, California and was directed by Scott Marshall. In the video, vocalist Steve Harwell keeps having nightmares about seeing a beautiful woman (Stacy Sanches), waking when something embarrassing happens (first a dog urinates on him and the next time he steps in gum) and the woman laughs at him. However, in the last version (in which he is still wearing pyjama pants and slippers), she joins him and he awakens to reveal the two in bed together.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1999–2000)Peak
position
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[5]17

Year-end charts

Chart (1999)Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[6]88
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[7]88
Chart (2000)Position
US Billboard Hot 100[8]48
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[9]3
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[10]33

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesSeptember 14, 1999Alternative radioInterscope[11]
October 4, 1999Hot adult contemporary · modern adult contemporary radio[12][13]
October 5, 1999Contemporary hit radio[14]
New ZealandDecember 13, 1999CD[15]

References

  1. ^ Then the Morning Comes (Australasian CD single liner notes). Interscope Records. 1999. 497 221-2.
  2. ^ Sinclair, Tom (June 11, 1999). "Astro Lounge". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on June 10, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  3. ^ "BMI’s Pop Awards 2001 Song List | Press". BMI.com. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
  4. ^ "Smash Mouth "Then the Morning Comes" Sheet Music". musicnotes.com. 5 May 2000.
  5. ^ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 20 (18.11 – 25.11 1999)" (in Icelandic). Dagblaðið Vísir. November 19, 1999. p. 10. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  6. ^ "RPM 1999 Top 100 Hit Tracks". RPM. Retrieved July 19, 2019. – via Library and Archives Canada
  7. ^ "Most Played Adult Top 40 Songs of 1999". Airplay Monitor. Vol. 7, no. 52. December 24, 1999. p. 47.
  8. ^ "Billboard Top 100 – 2000". Archived from the original on March 4, 2009. Retrieved August 31, 2010.
  9. ^ "The Year in Music 2000: Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 53. December 30, 2000. p. YE-99.
  10. ^ "Most Played Mainstream Top 40 Songs of 2000". Airplay Monitor. Vol. 8, no. 51. December 22, 2000. p. 54.
  11. ^ "Alternative: Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1316. September 10, 1999. p. 118.
  12. ^ "Hot AC: Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1319. October 1, 1999. p. 95.
  13. ^ "Gavin AC/Hot AC: Impact Dates". Gavin Report. No. 2274. October 4, 1999. p. 37.
  14. ^ "CHR/Pop: Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1319. October 1, 1999. p. 54.
  15. ^ "New Releases". netcd.co.nz. December 13, 1999. Archived December 17, 1999 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 9, 2023.