Early in the Morning (Gap Band song)

"Early in the Morning"
Single by The Gap Band
from the album Gap Band IV
B-side	"I'm in Love"
Released	April 1982
Recorded	1982
Genre	Funk
Length	3:59 (single version) 6:30 (album version)
Label	Total Experience
Writer(s)	Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor
The Gap Band singles chronology
"Yearning for Your Love" (1981) "Early in the Morning" (1982) "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" (1982)

"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.

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 223.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 107.