Good Morning Starshine
"Good Morning Starshine" is a pop song from the musical Hair (1967). It was a No. 3 hit in the United States in July 1969 and a No. 6 hit in the United Kingdom in October 1969, for the singer Oliver.
History
"Good Morning Starshine" is a song from the second act of the musical, Hair (1967). The song is performed by the character Sheila, played Off-Broadway in 1967 by Jill O'Hara and by Lynn Kellogg in the original 1968 Broadway production. In the 1979 film version of the musical, Sheila is portrayed by Beverly D'Angelo.[1]
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
| Chart (1969) |
Rank |
| Canada [7] |
33 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [8] |
43 |
| U.S. Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[9] |
24 |
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Cover versions
Artists who have recorded covers of the song
- Andy Williams with the Osmond Brothers, Get Together with Andy Williams (1969)[10]
- Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Rhythm of the Rain (1969)
- Strawberry Alarm Clock, Good Morning Starshine (1969)
- Chris Clark, CC Rides Again (1969)
- Björn Skifs (1969, as "God morgon stjärnljus")[11] scoring a Svensktoppen hit for two weeks.[12]
- Sahlee Quizon, daughter of Dolphy and Engracia (Gracia) Dominguez, under Vicor Records (1970)
- Hugo Montenegro, Colours of Love (1970)
- Roger Whittaker, The Last Farewell (1971)
- Lars Lönndahl (1971, as "God morgon stjärnljus")[13] scoring a 1972 Svensktoppen hit for two weeks.[14]
- Elaine Paige, Stages (1983)[15]
- Sarah Brightman, As I Came of Age (1990)
- Sharon, Lois & Bram, Let's Dance! (1995)
- Anna-Lotta Larsson (2004, as "God morgon stjärnljus")[16]
- Serena Ryder, If Your Memory Serves You Well (2006)
- Mort Garson, Electronic Hair Pieces (1969) (instrumental) [17]
- An instrumental version was used as the theme to WEWS' The Alan Douglas Morning Exchange and The Morning Exchange from 1972 until the mid-1980s.
- In 1977, the cast performed the song on an episode of The Brady Bunch Variety Hour.
- The Capitol Steps comedy group did a song parody, "Good Morning Starbucks".
- In The Ren & Stimpy Show episode "Superstitious Stimpy" (1995), Stimpy uses the lyrics as an incantation to ward off evil on Tuesday the 17th.
- In a 1996 episode of Wings, called "Life Could Be a Dream," Joe sings a couple lyrics during a fantasy sequence.
- In the movie A Very Brady Sequel (1996), the villain, Trevor Thomas (played by Tim Matheson) (who posed as Roy Martin, Carol's first husband), ate psychoactive mushrooms in spaghetti that Alice cooked for him, and he daydreamed being in another world with this song.
- In the Absolutely Fabulous episode "The Last Shout (1996), the main character, Edina Monsoon, imagines this song being sung by dancing hippies.
- In The Simpsons episode "The Springfield Files" (1997), the townspeople, Leonard Nimoy, Chewbacca, Dana Scully, and Fox Mulder all sing "Good Morning Starshine".[18]
- Burger King used the song in an advertisement in the late 1990s.
- In the film The Dish (2000), the song was background music for the Thursday morning July 17, 1969 scene.
- Lyrics from the song are sung in the The Simpsons episode "Simpson Safari" (2001).
- In the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), the character Willy Wonka welcomed the children with lyrics from "Good Morning Starshine".[19]
- In the movie Connie and Carla, when the bar reopens as a dinner theater, Connie (Nia Vardalos) says the guys should enter from the back of the house on "Good Morning, Starshine". They enter, singing the opening verse of the song. (This does not appear in the soundtrack of the film that was released, however.)
- In the television sitcom Family Ties, Steven Keaton (Michael Gross) sings some lyrics from the song through his puppets, "Fluffy" and "Marv" in the episode, "It's My Party, Part 2", which originally aired on August 13, 1987.
- The song is featured in the ending of Maelström by Canadian director Denis Villeneuve
References
- ↑ D'Angelo filmography from imdb.com Retrieved 02-08-09.
- ↑ "Australian Chart Book". Austchartbook.com.au. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
- ↑ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
- ↑ UK Official Chart Archive, 09.08.1969
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 468.
- ↑ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 76.
- ↑ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7590&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062
- ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1969/Top 100 Songs of 1969". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
- ↑ Top Records on 1969 (Based on Billboard Charts)", Billboard, December 27, 1969. pp. 16-17. Accessed December 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head/Get Together with Andy Williams - Andy Williams". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ↑ "Kom nu" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1969. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ↑ "Svensktoppen" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 1969. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ↑ "Tiden går" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1971. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ↑ "Svensktoppen" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 1972. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ↑ "Stages - Elaine Paige". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ↑ "Känn en doft av kärleken" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 2004. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ↑ "Discogs: Mort Garson - Electronic Hair Pieces". Discogs.com. 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ↑ Reid Harrison (Writer), Steven Dean Moore (Director) (1997-01-12). "The Springfield Files". The Simpsons. Season 8. Episode 163. FOX.
- ↑ Johnny Depp (Willy Wonka), Tim Burton (Director) (2005-07-10). Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Motion picture). Warner Bros. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
Willy Wonka: Good morning, starshine... the earth says hello!
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