Early in the Morning (The Gap Band song)

Early in the Morning (The Gap Band song)

Single infobox
Name = Early in the Morning


Artist = The Gap Band
from Album = Gap Band IV
B-side = "I'm in Love"
Released = 1982
Recorded = 1982
Genre = Funk
Length = 3:59 (single version)
6:30 (album version)
Label = Total Experience
Writer = Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor
Chart position = * #1 (U.S. R&B) (3 weeks)
* #24 (U.S. Pop)
* #55 (UK Singles Chart)
Last single = "Humpin'"
(1981)
This single = "Early in the Morning"
(1982)
Next single = "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 Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #24. It also topped Billboard's R&B chart.

The song became a hit again when Robert Palmer remade it in 1988. This version peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is to date the highest charting version of the song on that chart.



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