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| "The Morning After" | ||||
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 Side A of the US single | ||||
| Single byMaureen McGovern | ||||
| from the albumThe Morning After | ||||
| B-side | "Midnight Storm" | |||
| Released | May 1973 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:14 | |||
| Label | 20th Century | |||
| Songwriters | Joel Hirschhorn Al Kasha[1] | |||
| Producer | Carl Maduri | |||
| Maureen McGovern singles chronology | ||||
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"The Morning After" is a song written byAl Kasha andJoel Hirschhorn for the 1972 filmThe Poseidon Adventure, which wonBest Original Song at the45th Academy Awards.[1] Following this success,Maureen McGovern recorded a single version that became a No. 1 hit in the US for two weeks during August 1973, with Gold record sales.[2]Billboard ranked it as theNo. 28 song for 1973.
The song was written in March 1972 by20th Century Fox songwritersAl Kasha andJoel Hirschhorn,[1] who were asked to write the love theme forThe Poseidon Adventure in one night. The finished product was called "Why Must There Be a Morning After?" but changes by therecord 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 byCarol 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 fromThe Poseidon Adventure".
Weekly charts[edit]
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[14] | Gold | 50,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[15] | Gold | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
