Morning Dance (song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Morning Dance

| caption = "Morning Dance" by Spyro Gyra; A-side label of the Canadian single release

| image = Morning_Dance_by_Spyro_Gyra_Canadian_single_vinyl.png

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Spyro Gyra

| album = Morning Dance

| B-side = Song for Lorraine

| released = 1979

| format =

| recorded = 1979

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

  • Jazz{{cite book|title= Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s|first1=Don|last1=Breithaupt|first2= Jeff|last2= Breithaupt|date= July 17, 2000|chapter=

Sax and Violins: Corporate Jazz|page= 127|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|isbn=978-0-312-19821-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kh04AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT95}}

  • easy listening{{Cite podcast|url=https://slate.com/podcasts/hit-parade/2023/09/how-instrumentals-become-infectious-hits|title= Insert Lyrics Here Edition|website=Hit Parade {{!}} Music History and Music Trivia|publisher=Slate|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|date=September 15, 2023|access-date=October 3, 2023}}

| length = 3:58

| label = Infinity Records

| writer = Jay Beckenstein

| producer = Richard Calandra, Jay Beckenstein

| prev_title = Shaker Song

| prev_year = 1978

| next_title = Jubilee

| next_year = 1979

}}

"Morning Dance" is the title of an instrumental recording by the noted smooth jazz/jazz fusion band Spyro Gyra. Songwriter and band member Jay Beckenstein plays the alto sax on this track, and it features a memorable tenor steel pan.

Charts

class="wikitable
scope="col"| Chart (1979)

!Peak
position

Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=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=289}}

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United Kingdom (Official Charts Company){{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17873/spyro-gyra/|title = SPYRO GYRA | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company}}

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US Billboard Hot 100{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=546}}

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US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=229}}

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

US Cashbox Top 100{{cite web|url=https://www.popmusichistory.co.uk/_files/ugd/b4848d_c0704bf8d85945e4920e31550a9a58da.pdf|title=Cash Box Chart Entries 1970-1979|website=popmusichistory|access-date=October 3, 2023}}

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US Record World Singles Chart{{Cite web |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/79/RW-1979-08-18.pdf|title=Record World Singles Chart: August 18, 1979|access-date= October 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517020611/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/79/RW-1979-08-18.pdf|archive-date= May 17, 2023|url-status=live}}

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See also

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