Sunday Morning (Earth, Wind & Fire song)

"Sunday Morning" is a song recorded by the R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire for their album Millennium, and was released as a single by Warner Bros. Records in August 1993.[1] The song reached No. 10 on the US Billboard Adult R&B Songs chart, No. 20 on the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart and No. 35 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary Songs chart. Sunday Morning also reached No. 26 on the Dutch Pop Singles chart and No. 33 on the RPM Canadian Pop Singles chart.[2][3][4][5][6]

"Sunday Morning"
Single by Earth, Wind & Fire
from the album Millennium
B-side"The L Word"
ReleasedAugust 1993
GenreR&B, New Jack Swing
Length4:10
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Sheldon Reynolds, Maurice White and Allee Willis
Producer(s)Maurice White
Earth, Wind & Fire singles chronology
"Wanna Be the Man"
(1990)		 "Sunday Morning"
(1993)		 "Spend the Night"
(1993)
Music video
"Sunday Morning" on YouTube

Overview

"Sunday Morning" was produced by Maurice White and arranged by Tom Tom 84. The song was composed by White, Sheldon Reynolds and Allee Willis. The b-side of the single was a track called The L Word. Both Sunday Morning and The L Word also came off EWF's 1993 studio album Millennium.[1]

With a duration of four minutes and eleven seconds the song has a vivace tempo of 159 bpm.[7] A music video for the song was also released by Warner Bros. in September 1993.[8]

Critical reception

Billboard described Sunday Morning as a "midtempo jewel from (EWF's) new Millennium opus", "an excellent way to close the summer season" and a "delicious" tune.[9] Andy Gill of The Independent proclaimed EWF "open in high gear with Even If You Wonder and Sunday Morning" on Millennium.[10] The Buffalo News said in acclaim "Tracks like Sunday Morning and Blood Brothers bring back the EW&F spirit without dragging up carbon copies of past hits".[11]

"Sunday Morning" was also Grammy nominated in the category of Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group.[12]

Chart positions
Year Chart Peak
position
1993 U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles 20[3]
U.S. Billboard Adult R&B Airplay 10[2]
Dutch Singles (Dutch Single Top 100) 26[5]
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 31[13]
U.S. Billboard Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop 17[14]
C.A. RPM Canadian Pop Singles 33[6]
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream 34
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Songs 35[4]
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 53

References
  1. Earth, Wind & Fire: Sunday Morning. Warner Bros. Records. 1993.
  2. "Earth, Wind & Fire: Sunday Morning (Adult R&B Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  3. "Earth, Wind & Fire: Sunday Morning (Hot R&B Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  4. "Earth, Wind & Fire: Sunday Morning (Adult Contemporary Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  5. "Earth, Wind & Fire: Sunday Morning". dutchcharts.nl. Dutch Charts.
  6. "RPM 100". bac-lac.gc.ca. Vol. 58 no. 16. RPM. October 30, 1993.
  7. "Earth, Wind & Fire: Sunday Morning". chords.tv.
  8. "Earth, Wind & Fire: Sunday Morning". imdb.com.
  9. "Single Reviews" (PDF). americanradiohistory.com. Vol. 105 no. 35. Billboard. August 28, 1993. p. 63.
  10. Gill, Andy (September 16, 1993). "ALBUMS / Return of the vox Pop: Andy Gill on Iggy Pop and the week's new releases". newsbank.com. The Independent. p. 31.
  11. "In Brief". buffalonews.com. The Buffalo News. November 5, 1993.
  12. "Earth, Wind & Fire". grammy.com. The Recording Academy.
  13. "Earth, Wind & Fire: (Rhythmic Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  14. "Earth, Wind & Fire: Sunday Morning (Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
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