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Every Morning (Sugar Ray song)

{{Short description|1999 single by Sugar Ray}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2021}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Every Morning

| cover = Every Morning.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Sugar Ray

| album = 14:59

| B-side = Even Though

| released = {{start date|1999|1|25}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 3:39

| label =

| writer =

  • Sugar Ray
  • David Kahne
  • Richard Bean
  • Abel Zarate
  • Pablo Tellez

| producer = David Kahne

| prev_title = RPM

| prev_year = 1997

| next_title = Falls Apart

| next_year = 1999

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|3cqU1pFRqYE|"Every Morning"}}}}

}}

File:every morning mv.png

"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.

"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.

Composition

"Every Morning" is an alternative rock{{cite web|url=http://diffuser.fm/1999-alt-rock-videos/|title=Top 10 Alt-Rock Videos from 1999|work=Diffuser.fm|date=March 15, 2014 |access-date=November 4, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2017/07/ranking-every-alternative-rock-hit-from-worst-to-best/5/|title=Ranking: Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit from Worst to Best|last=Cosores|first=Philip|website=Consequence of Sound|date=July 4, 2017|access-date=December 29, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2019/07/best-alt-rock-songs-1999-list/7/|title=The 69 Best Alternative Rock Songs of 1999|website=Spin|date=July 25, 2019|access-date=January 13, 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Ygelsias |first1=Matthew |title=The Ultimate Nineties Alt-Rock Playlist |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/05/the-ultimate-nineties-alt-rock-playlist/40279/ |website=The Atlantic|date=21 May 2007 }} and flamenco pop song.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/510116/sugar-ray-beat-one-hit-wonder-jinx-with-new-single/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028085313/http://www.mtv.com/news/510116/sugar-ray-beat-one-hit-wonder-jinx-with-new-single/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 28, 2020|title=Sugar Ray Beat One-Hit-Wonder Jinx with New Single|website=MTV }} It is written in common time with a key of A-flat major and proceeds at a moderate tempo, played mezzo-forte. The song has a chord progression of A{{music|flat}}–D{{music|flat}}–A{{music|flat}}–D{{music|flat}}–E{{music|flat}}5.{{cite web|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0101213|title=Every Morning by Sugar Ray – Digital Sheet Music|website=Musicnotes.com|date=March 6, 2012 |id=MN0101213|access-date=February 10, 2022}} 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."{{cite web | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434704/sugar-ray-coasts-lowriding-groove-every-morning.jhtml | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905100542/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434704/sugar-ray-coasts-lowriding-groove-every-morning.jhtml | url-status=dead | archive-date=September 5, 2012 | title=Sugar Ray Coasts Low-Riding Groove For "Every Morning" | publisher=MTV | date=January 26, 1999 | access-date=December 23, 2011}}

Accolades

The track was ranked number 98th on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999, Australia's largest annual music poll which is run by the Triple J station.{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_08/history/1999.htm|title=Hottest 100 1999|date=December 26, 2008|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=February 25, 2021}} It also ranked 162nd on Australian radio station Triple M's list of the top 400 greatest songs of all time.{{Cite web|url=https://triplem.listnr.com/w/perth/the-g-o-a-t-has-been-decided/|title=The G.O.A.T has been decided|date=March 21, 2025|website=Triple M}} In 2019, Billboard placed it 58th on a list of the "99 Greatest Songs of 1999".{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/greatest-songs-of-1999-top-99-8505742/|title=The 99 Greatest Songs of 1999: Critics’ Picks|first=Billboard|last=Staff|date=April 8, 2019}} In 2023, American Songwriter ranked it second on their list of Sugar Ray's top ten songs, behind only "Fly".{{Cite web|url=https://americansongwriter.com/the-top-10-sugar-ray-songs/|title=The Top 10 Sugar Ray Songs|first=Jacob|last=Uitti|date=January 10, 2023|website=American Songwriter}}

Track listings

US 7-inch, CD, and cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=Every Morning|others=Sugar Ray|year=1999|type=US 7-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=Atlantic Records, Lava Records|id=7-84462}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Every Morning|others=Sugar Ray|year=1999|type=US CD single liner notes|publisher=Atlantic Records, Lava Records|id=2-84462}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Every Morning|others=Sugar Ray|year=1999|type=US cassette single sleeve|publisher=Atlantic Records, Lava Records|id=4-84462}}

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

UK, European, Australian, and Japanese CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Every Morning|others=Sugar Ray|year=1999|type=UK, European & Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Atlantic Records, Lava Records|id=at0065cd, 7567-84429-2}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Every Morning|others=Sugar Ray|year=1999|type=Japanese CD single liner notes|publisher=Atlantic Records, Lava Records|id=AMCY-2969}}

  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.

Studios

Personnel

  • Sugar Ray – writing, vocals
  • David Kahne – additional writing, production, programming, engineering, mixing, mastering
  • Richard Bean – additional writing
  • Abel Zarate – additional writing
  • Pablo Tellez – additional writing
  • John Travis – engineering, mixing
  • Steve Gallagher – additional engineering
  • Chip Quigley – management

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!Chart (1999)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|17|artist=Sugar Ray|song=Every Morning|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|1|chartid=7350|rowheader=true|access-date=January 22, 2019}}
{{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|10|chartid=8152|rowheader=true|access-date=January 22, 2019}}
{{single chart|Canadarock|21|chartid=8126|rowheader=true|access-date=January 22, 2019}}
scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1999/MM-1999-06-05.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=16|issue=23|page=8|date=June 5, 1999|access-date=June 22, 2020}}

|37

{{single chart|Germany|86|artist=Sugar Ray|song=Every Morning|songid=25950|rowheader=true|access-date=January 22, 2019}}
scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40){{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2980539#page/n9/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn (12.2–19.2. 1999)|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=10|date=February 12, 1999|access-date=May 24, 2020}}

|21

{{single chart|Ireland2|24|song=Every Morning|rowheader=true|access-date=January 22, 2019}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|17|artist=Sugar Ray|song=Every Morning|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Scotland|10|date=19990529|artist=Sugar Ray|song=Every Morning|rowheader=true|access-date=February 27, 2018}}
{{single chart|UK|10|date=19990529|artist=Sugar Ray|song=Every Morning|rowheader=true|access-date=February 27, 2018}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|3|artist=Sugar Ray|rowheader=true|access-date=February 27, 2018}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultalternativesongs|1|artist=Sugar Ray|rowheader=true|access-date=August 31, 2019}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|27|artist=Sugar Ray|rowheader=true|access-date=February 27, 2018}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|1|artist=Sugar Ray|rowheader=true|access-date=February 27, 2018}}
{{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|1|artist=Sugar Ray|rowheader=true|access-date=February 27, 2018}}
{{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|38|artist=Sugar Ray|rowheader=true|access-date=February 27, 2018}}
{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|1|artist=Sugar Ray|rowheader=true|access-date=February 27, 2018}}

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=Year-end charts=

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!scope="col"| Chart (1999)

!scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1999/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 1999|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=October 3, 2016}}

| 62

scope="row"| Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite magazine|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9952&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9952.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9952|title=RPM 1999 Top 100 Hit Tracks|magazine=RPM|via=Library and Archives Canada|access-date=February 26, 2020}}

| 2

scope="row"|Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM){{cite magazine|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9964&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9964.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9964|title=RPM 1999 Top 100 Adult Contemporary|magazine=RPM|via=Library and Archives Canada|access-date=January 22, 2019}}

| 23

scope="row"| UK Airplay (Music Week){{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2000/Music-Week-2000-01-22.pdf#page=53|title=Most Broadcast of 1999: Airplay Top 50|magazine=Music Week|page=31|date=January 22, 2000|access-date=April 24, 2022}}

| 16

scope="row"| US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1999|title=Billboard Top 100 – 1999|magazine=Billboard|year=1999|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709044506/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1999|archive-date=July 9, 2009|access-date=August 28, 2010}}

| 8

scope="row"| US Adult Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1999/BB-1999-12-25.pdf|title=1999 The Year in Music: Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks|magazine=Billboard|volume=111|issue=52|page=YE-100|date=December 25, 1999|access-date=April 2, 2020}}

| 4

scope="row"| US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/Billboard-Airplay/1999/BBAM-1999-12-24.pdf|title=Most Played Mainstream Top 40 Songs of 1999|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=7|issue=52|page=54|date=December 24, 1999|access-date=March 28, 2020}}

| 4

scope="row"| US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1999/BB-1999-12-25.pdf|title=1999 The Year in Music: Hot Modern Rock Tracks|magazine=Billboard|volume=111|issue=52|page=YE-90|date=December 25, 1999|access-date=April 2, 2020}}

| 5

scope="row"| US Triple-A (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=The Best of '99: Most Played Triple-A Songs|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=7|issue=52|page=38|date=December 24, 1999}}

| 8

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Certifications

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1999|certyear=1999}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Sugar Ray|title=Every Morning|award=Gold|relyear=1999|certyear=1999|access-date=August 31, 2019}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

Release history

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!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Format(s)

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scope="row" rowspan="2"|United States

|December 1, 1998

|Alternative radio

|rowspan="5"|{{hlist|Atlantic|Lava}}

|{{cite magazine|title=Lava's Sugar Ray Aims to Stay Off 'One-Hit-Wonder Cruise Ship'|last=Bouley II|first=Charles R.|magazine=Billboard|volume=110|issue=51|page=14|date=December 19, 1998|quote=['Every Morning'] was leaked to a handful of stations several weeks before its planned release date of Dec. 1...}}

December 15, 1998

|Contemporary hit radio

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1998/RR-1998-12-11.pdf|title=Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1278|page=47|date=December 11, 1998|access-date=July 19, 2021}}

scope="row"|Japan

|January 25, 1999

|CD

|{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/77859/products/38725/1/|title=エブリー・モーニング {{!}} シュガー・レイ|trans-title=Every Morning {{!}} Sugar Ray|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=August 29, 2023}}

scope="row"|United States

|March 16, 1999

|{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}}

|{{cite magazine|title=Hot 100 Spotlight|last1=Garybow|first1=Steve|last2=Caulfield|first2=Keith|magazine=Billboard|volume=111|issue=12|page=85|date=March 20, 1999|quote=Cassette, CD, and 7-inch vinyl versions will hit stores Tuesday (16), marking the first time the band has released a commercial single since signing with a major label.}}

scope="row"|United Kingdom

|May 17, 1999

|{{hlist|CD|cassette}}

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1999/Music-Week-1999-05-15.pdf|title=New Releases – For Week Starting 17 May, 1999: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=23|date=May 15, 1999|access-date=July 19, 2021}}

References

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Category:1998 songs

Category:1999 singles

Category:Atlantic Records singles

Category:Music videos directed by McG

Category:RPM Top Singles number-one singles

Category:Song recordings produced by David Kahne

Category:Songs written by David Kahne

Category:Sugar Ray songs