Sunday Morning (No Doubt song)

"Sunday Morning"
Single by No Doubt
from the album Tragic Kingdom
Released May 27, 1997
Format CD
Recorded 1994
Genre
Length 4:31
Label Interscope
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Matthew Wilder
No Doubt singles chronology
"Happy Now?"
(1997)		 "Sunday Morning"
(1997)		 "Hey You!"
(1998)

"Sunday Morning" is a song by the American rock band No Doubt, released as the fifth and final single internationally, from their third studio album Tragic Kingdom (1995).

Song information

Composing the song began when Tony Kanal was having a fight with Gwen Stefani, who was then his girlfriend, through the bathroom door of his parents' house in Yorba Linda, California. Stefani later changed the lyrics to discuss dealing with her breakup with Kanal.[1]

Music video

The band gets into a food fight in the video.

The song's music video was directed by Sophie Muller. It opens with a scene of the band performing the song in a garage. Stefani's ex-boyfriend (played by Terry Hall, the lead singer of The Specials) walks by the house and sits down on a swing. After the first refrain, Stefani leaves for a grocery store where she buys canned tomatoes, and Kanal begins boiling water. Adrian Young sets the table outside while the other three band members begin cooking a meal in the kitchen. While chopping the tomatoes, Stefani cuts her finger and begins bleeding. After she rinses her finger, there are several time-edited shots, after which Stefani carries the spaghetti outside to the table. After rinsing her finger Stefani says 'now you're looking like I used to' while Tony Kanal is cleaning the tomato sauce off the floor. This is most likely a reference to one of Stefani's teenage job of scrubbing floors at Dairy Queen. After the group serves each other and begins eating, a food fight ensues. After the music ends, the ex-boyfriend is shown to still be sitting on the swing.

Track listing

Part 1

  1. "Sunday Morning" - 4:31
  2. "Sunday Morning" (live) - 9:20
  3. "Oi to the World" - 2:42
  4. "By the Way" (live) - 3:54

Part 2

  1. "Sunday Morning" - 4:31
  2. "Different People" (live) - 6:31
  3. "Tragic Kingdom" (live) - 4:03
  4. "Sunday Morning" (video) - 4:32

Australian single

  1. "Sunday Morning" (radio edit) – 4:14
  2. "Just a Girl" (live from London, U.K.) – 5:37
  3. "Don't Speak" (live from Hamburg, Germany) – 5:26
  4. "Hey You" (live from Den Haag, the Netherlands) – 3:20
  5. "Get on the Ball" – 3:32

Official versions

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[2] 21
Canadian RPM Singles Chart[3] 33
Canadian RPM Alternative 30[4] 21
Swedish Singles Chart[5] 55
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) 50
US Billboard Pop Songs[6] 35

Certifications

Country Certification Sales
Australia Gold[7] 35,000+

In popular culture

The song is a downloadable track for the music video games Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Rock Band.

References

  1. ↑ Montoya, Paris and Lanham, Tom. "Sunday Morning". 2003. The Singles 1992-2003 (liner notes). Retrieved December 15, 2006.
  2. ↑ "No Doubt - Sunday Morning (Song)". Australian-Charts.com. Retrieved April 16, 2007.
  3. ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 65, No. 20, July 21, 1997". RPM. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Rock/Alternative - Volume 65, No. 17, June 30, 1997". RPM. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  5. ↑ "No Doubt - Sunday Morning (Song)". SwedishCharts.com. Retrieved January 9, 2007.
  6. ↑ "Tragic Kingdom". Allmusic. Retrieved January 8, 2007.
  7. ↑ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 1997 Singles". Aria.com.au. Retrieved 2012-10-14.

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