Sunday Morning | |
Cover: | Sunday Morning cover.png |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Maroon 5 |
Album: | Songs About Jane |
B-Side: |
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Genre: | Alternative rock[1] |
Length: | 4:04 |
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Producer: | Matt Wallace |
Prev Title: | She Will Be Loved |
Prev Year: | 2004 |
Next Title: | Must Get Out |
Next Year: | 2005 |
"Sunday Morning" is a song by American pop rock band Maroon 5. It was released on December 2, 2004, as the fourth single from their debut studio album Songs About Jane (2002). The single peaked at number 31 in the United States, becoming Maroon 5's fourth Top 40 single; it also peaked at number 27 in the United Kingdom and Australia.
An accompanying music video directed by Andy Delaney and Monty Whitebloom and was filmed at Abbey Road Studios and the Otto Dining Lounge in London. It features Maroon 5 performing the song, interspersed with scenes of numerous people singing it at a karaoke bar.[2]
The song, written in the key of C Major, follows a simple verse-chorus form preceded by an intro and uses the well known ii-V-I progression common in jazz, R&B and soul. The chords follow a sequence of Dm9-G13-Cmaj9 throughout the song.[3]
Billboard called the single "another can't-miss romp from America's hottest pop-rock band."[4]
The music video for "Sunday Morning" premiered on November 17, 2004, on MTV. It was directed by Big TV.[5] The video begins in February, where the band are recording the song at Abbey Road. Three months later, at the Japanese bar a karaoke ascene which starts off with a Japanese man and a pair of women, both blonde and brunette, singing "This Love" and at the end, the band appears to perform the closing moments of the song. Adam Levine says the idea for the video struck the band when they were in Japan and noticed a few of their songs on the karaoke list at a Japanese bar.
"Sunday Morning" was featured on the film Something's Gotta Give (2003) and the television shows Joan of Arcadia and Third Watch. The song appeared on the American soundtrack version of the British film Love Actually (2003), along with "Sweetest Goodbye". An acoustic version is featured on the band's live album 1.22.03.Acoustic and appeared in the family comedy film Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005). It is also featured on the karaoke video games Lips and Just Sing, both were included as downloadable contents. "Sunday Morning" was referenced from the 2018 song "Younger" by A Great Big World.[6]
"Sunday Morning" was featured in the remix versions, which includes the "Urban Remix" was created by Mark Batson and the Jazz remix titled "Jazzy Mix", are available on Vinyl,[7] the latter one also appeared on the Songs About Jane: 10th Anniversary Edition (2012), which was entitled as the demo version. Another remix was made by Questlove, appears on the band's remix album (2008).
Chart (2004–2015) | Peak position |
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Canada AC Top 30 (Radio & Records)[8] | 13 |
Canada CHR/Pop Top 30 (Radio & Records)[9] | 23 |
Canada Hot AC Top 30 (Radio & Records)[10] | 3 |
Romania (Romanian Top 100)[11] | 78 |
South Korea International Singles (Gaon)[12] | 15 |
Chart (2005) | Position | |
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Brazil (Crowley)[13] | 87 | |
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[14] | 25 | |
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard) | 13 | |
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[15] | 77 | |
Venezuela (Record Report)[16] | 16 |
Region | Date | Format | Label(s) | |
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United States | December 2, 2004 | Contemporary hit radio | [17] | |
United Kingdom | December 6, 2004 | CD | [18] | |
Australia | January 17, 2005 | Universal | [19] |