"Every Morning" is a song by American rock band

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, released as the

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from their third studio album, '' 14:59'' (1999). The track is an

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and flamenco pop song that references Malo's " Suavecito" and

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's " Grazing in the Grass". Serviced to US radio in December 1998, "Every Morning" was released in Japan in January 1999 and in the United States two months later, making it Sugar Ray's first commercially available single in the US. "Every Morning" reached number one on both the US ''

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chart and the Canadian ''

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'' 100 Hit Tracks chart, becoming the latter country's second-most-successful single of 1999. The song also reached number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 10 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's highest-charting single on both rankings.

Composition

"Every Morning" is an

and flamenco pop song. It is written in

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with a key of

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and proceeds at a moderate tempo, played '' mezzo-forte''. The song has a

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of A–D–A–D–E5. The chorus of the song references " Suavecito" by the Chicano music group Malo, as well as

's 1968 hit " Grazing in the Grass". Lead vocalist Mark McGrath explained, "We referenced 'Suavecito' because growing up in California, you know, that was just like the low rider anthem. Any car show or swap meet you'd ever go by, you'd always hear that ongand that just stuck in your mind." He added, "We actually came up with that part, and it was very similar to Malo's part. We were sort of imitating it, and then we said, 'Let's just leave it, we're gonna change it later.' It really makes the song – we think – so we just left it."

Accolades

The track was ranked number 98th on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999, Australia's largest annual music poll which is run by the

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station. It also ranked 162nd on Australian radio station

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's list of the top 400 greatest songs of all time. In 2019, ''

'' placed it 58th on a list of the "99 Greatest Songs of 1999". In 2023, ''

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'' ranked it second on their list of Sugar Ray's top ten songs, behind only " Fly".

Track listings

US 7-inch, CD, and cassette single # "Every Morning" – 3:39 # "Even Though" – 2:35 UK, European, Australian, and Japanese CD single # "Every Morning" – 3:39 # "Rivers" – 2:50 # "Aim for Me" (main version) – 2:29

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the liner notes of the CD singles. Studios * Recorded at Swing House, Sunset Sound Studio,

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, and Studio 56 (Los Angeles) * Mixed at Scream House (Los Angeles) * Mastered at Precision (Los Angeles) Personnel * Sugar Ray – writing, vocals * David Kahne – additional writing, production, programming, engineering, mixing, mastering * Richard Bean – additional writing * Abel Zarate – additional writing * Pablo Tellez – additional writing * John Travis – engineering, mixing * Steve Gallagher – additional engineering * Chip Quigley – management

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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