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	1981–82
Genre	Funk
Length	6:30
Label	Total Experience
Writer(s)	Charlie Wilson Lonnie Simmons Rudy Taylor
Producer(s)	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 US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 24, and also topped Billboard's R&B chart for three weeks.^[1] The single also peaked at number 13 on the dance charts.^[2]

The song became a hit again when Robert Palmer covered it in 1988. This version peaked at #number 9 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.