Song · Smash Mouth
“Then the Morning Comes” by Smash Mouth
From the album Astro Lounge (1999)
“Then the Morning Comes” by Smash Mouth appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 1999. It was first released in 1999 on the album Astro Lounge. Its best result is #53 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #147 alternative song of 1999.
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"Then the Morning Comes" had the unenviable job of following "All Star", and Smash Mouth's third single from Astro Lounge, their second album, pulled it off, climbing to number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two in Canada after its September 1999 release. Greg Camp shares the writing credit with John Barry, and the track samples the strings refrain from Mantovani's 1967 take on Shirley Bassey's "Goldfinger".
Eric Valentine produced, engineered and mixed it and chipped in extra keyboards, with Steve Harwell singing lead, Camp on guitar, Paul De Lisle on bass, Michael Klooster on keys and Dana Pfeffer on xylophone. It hops between minor verses and a major-key chorus at 116 beats per minute, and it took home a BMI Pop Award in 2001.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 53 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1999 | 101 |
| 1999 | 61 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999 | 103 |
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