Mornin'

{{short description|Song by Al Jarreau}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Mornin'

| cover = Mornin'_-_Jarreau.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Al Jarreau

| album = Jarreau

| B-side = {{ubl|"Not Like This" (U.S.)|"Black and Blues" (International)}}

| released = March 1983

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 4:16

| label = Warner Brothers

| writer = Al Jarreau, David Foster, Jay Graydon

| producer = Jay Graydon

| prev_title = Teach Me Tonight

| prev_year = 1982

| next_title = Boogie Down

| next_year = 1983

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|kzXNdLVZs3k|"Mornin'" (Official Music Video)}}}}

}}

"Mornin'" is a 1983 hit song by Al Jarreau, billed simply as 'Jarreau'. It was the first of three single releases from his sixth studio album, Jarreau. The song's music video was mostly animated, with Jarreau himself starring in a live-action role.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/kzXNdLVZs3k Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20110810071139/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzXNdLVZs3k&gl=US&hl=en&has_verified=1 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzXNdLVZs3k| title = Al Jarreau - Mornin' (Official Video) | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}

"Mornin'" again reached the music charts in 2006 when Jarreau reworked the song with George Benson on their collaborative album Givin' It Up. "Mornin'" reached #1 on the US Jazz charts.

Personnel

Chart history

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scope="col"|Chart (1983)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

scope="row"|Australian (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=154}}

|align="center"|82

{{singlechart|Flanders|26|artist=Al Jarreau|song=Mornin'|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 12, 2022}}
{{singlechart|Canadaadultcontemporary|3|chartid=6308|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 13, 2022}}
scope="row"|France

|align="center"|119

{{singlechart|Ireland2|13|song=Mornin'|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 28, 2018}}
{{singlechart|Dutch40|16|artist=Al Jarreau|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 12, 2022}}
{{singlechart|Dutch100|24|artist=Al Jarreau|song=Mornin'|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 12, 2022}}
{{singlechart|UKsinglesbyname|28|artist=Al Jarreau|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 12, 2022}}
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|21|artist=Al Jarreau|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 12, 2022}}
{{singlechart|Billboardadultcontemporary|2|artist=Al Jarreau|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 12, 2022}}
{{singlechart|Billboardrandbhiphop|6|artist=Al Jarreau|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 12, 2022}}
scope="row"|US Cash Box Top 100

|align="center"|25

class="wikitable"
Chart (2006)

!Peak
position

US Jazz

| style="text-align:center;"|1

References

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