"The Morning After" is a song written by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn for the 1972 film '' The Poseidon Adventure'', winning

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at the

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. Following this success,

Maureen McGovern Maureen Therese McGovern (born July 27, 1949) is an American singer and Broadway actress, well known for her renditions of the songs " The Morning After" from the 1972 film '' The Poseidon Adventure''; " We May Never Love Like This Again" from '' ...

recorded a single version that became a No. 1 hit in the US for two weeks during August 1973, with Gold record sales. ''Billboard'' ranked it as the No. 28 song for 1973.

Beginnings

The song was written in March 1972 by 20th Century Fox songwriters Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn, who were asked to write the love theme for ''The Poseidon Adventure'' in one night. The finished product was called "Why Must There Be a Morning After?" but changes by the record label resulted in the more optimistic lyric "there's got to be a morning after". In the film the song is performed by the character of Nonnie, played by Carol Lynley, but actually sung by the vocal double Renee Armand. It appears twice: during a warm-up rehearsal and then later during the New Year's Eve party early in the film, before the passengers must escape the sinking wreck. The title appears in the end credits as "The Song from ''The Poseidon Adventure''".

Personnel

- vocals *Joe Hudson - arrangement, conductor *Bob Fraser - guitar *Bill Severance - drums, percussion

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Morning After, The 1972 songs 1973 singles 1970s ballads 20th Century Fox Records singles Pop ballads Best Original Song Academy Award-winning songs Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Love themes Maureen McGovern songs Number-one singles in Australia Songs written for films Songs written by Al Kasha Songs written by Joel Hirschhorn Film theme songs