| "Early in the Morning" | ||||
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| Single by The Gap Band | ||||
| from the album Gap Band IV | ||||
| B-side | "I'm in Love" | |||
| Released | 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Genre | Funk | |||
| Length | 3:59 (single version) 6:30 (album version) |
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| Label | Total Experience | |||
| Writer(s) | Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor | |||
| The Gap Band singles chronology | ||||
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"Early in the Morning" is a song originally performed by The Gap Band and written by member Charlie Wilson and producers Lonnie Simmons and Rudy Taylor. It was released as a single in 1982 and went on to become their biggest hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number twenty-four, and also topped Billboard's R&B chart for three weeks.[1] The single also peaked at number thirteen on the dance charts.[2]
The song became a hit again when Robert Palmer covered it in 1988. This version peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is to date the highest charting version of the song on that chart.
The song was used as the music for a film-making montage in Michel Gondry's 2008 film Be Kind Rewind.
| Preceded by "Let It Whip" by Dazz Band "Let It Whip" by Dazz Band |
Billboard's Hot Black Singles number one single (The Gap Band version) June 26 - July 3, 1982 July 10–17, 1982 |
Succeeded by "Let It Whip" by Dazz Band "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" by Jennifer Holiday |
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