Sunday Morning (No Doubt song)

(pictured) has called "Sunday Morning" his favorite No Doubt song. Because of his absence, Gwen Stefani resumed the role as a songwriter which resulted in ultra-personal songs that described her personal and romantic life. Kanal referred to "Sunday Morning" as his favorite No Doubt song in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine in 1997. Instead, promotional copies were sent to radio stations for airplay in that country. The copy included both the radio edit and album versions of "Sunday Morning". A promotional VHS single was created by Interscope Geffen A&M Records. Other promotional releases as CD singles occurred in France and Spain that used the radio edit and album version, respectively. On May 27, 1997 in Australia and Sweden, the CD maxi single featured the single plus No Doubt (1992) track "Get on the Ball" and live versions of Tragic Kingdom album tracks "Just a Girl", "Don't Speak", and "Hey You". The Philippines promotional cassette single includes an identical track listing on both the A-side and B-side. A two-part CD single series released in the United Kingdom in 1997 includes "Sunday Morning", the official music video as a CD-ROM feature, and live versions of their songs "By the Way", "Different People", "Oi to the World", and "Tragic Kingdom". The promotional Japanese CD maxi single uses previous single "Excuse Me Mr." as the opening track and follows with "Sunday Morning", and live versions of "Just a Girl" and "Don't Speak". == Composition and lyrics ==

"Sunday Morning" has been described as a ska, ska punk, and hard rock song. It contains elements of reggae music and was compared, musically, to the style of typical Motown releases. Rolling Stones Chris Heath compared the sound of "Sunday Morning" to English singer Kim Wilde's 1981 debut single "Kids in America". According to the official sheet music published at Musicnotes.com, "Sunday Morning" is set in common time and has a moderately fast tempo of 157 beats per minute. The key of the song is in E major, with Stefani's vocal range spanning one octave from B3 to C5 in scientific pitch notation. She later revisited the lyrics and edited them to describe a breakup. Chris Heath from Rolling Stone described the song as "one of the meanest" on Tragic Kingdom and summarized the lyrical content as "Girl used to go out with boy and act pathetic and over-dependent, but now the tables are turned". Rather than taking on the persona of a victim, Stefani plays the conqueror; as heard in the song's bridge, Stefani thanks her ex lover and remarks: "Now you're the parasite!" == Critical reception ==

show in 2019.|alt=A color photograph of Gwen Stefani in a colorful outfit performing onstage with microphone in hand. Professional critiques of "Sunday Morning" have been largely positive, both at the time of its release and retrospectively. Partridge, writing for Billboard, singled out Stefani's role as a songwriter, praising her ability to write after "constantly gaining and losing the upper hand in her romantic adventures". Mike Boehm from the Los Angeles Times stated that "Sunday Morning" is an example of "the band's improved craft" on Tragic Kingdom and complimented its ability to correlate well with the conceptual themes of the album. In honor of the 20th anniversary of the album, a panel of critics from The A.V. Club reanalyzed Tragic Kingdom. Annie Zaleski from the publication admired the track in addition to "Happy Now?" and "Excuse Me Mr."; she noted that all three of them "have just the right amount of pep". Alex McLevy was critical of Tragic Kingdom but wrote: "Luckily, 'Sunday Morning' is there to remind you just how good the band can be when it gets the recipe right." == Chart performance ==

"Sunday Morning" was not released as a commercial single in the United States and therefore was ineligible to enter the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Despite its minimal commercial impression, the song charted on Billboards Mainstream Top 40 airplay chart. The single peaked at number 35 during the magazine issue of June 20, 1997 and spent four weeks on the chart altogether. It became the fourth single from Tragic Kingdom to appear on the chart and is the group's lowest charting entry to date. Its position improved weekly before reaching a peak of number 33 in it its tenth week. On the Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 chart in Iceland, the single reached the number two position. It later became the country's tenth best-selling song of 1997. In Scotland, the song reached number 42 on the singles chart. In Sweden, the song peaked at number 55. == Music video ==

The corresponding music video to "Sunday Morning" was directed by Sophie Muller and was the fifth and final video produced from Tragic Kingdom. Muller was originally asked to work with the group for "Just a Girl" in 1995, but the opportunity fell through. However, she later had the chance to direct the music video for "Don't Speak" that same year. After releasing that video, the band determined they wanted the next one filmed to use an opposite concept. During an interview with Complex magazine in 2012, Dumont spoke about the meaning of the music video for "Sunday Morning": That video was just trying to capture that kind of really simple, silly, sweet story of our friendship. Especially coming after 'Don't Speak,' because the 'Don't Speak' video was about us fighting, and who wanted to come back to that? Both of those videos were fictional, but covered different aspects of our friendship. Synopsis The video opens with No Doubt beginning to perform "Sunday Morning" in a small garage. Their music captures the attention of a lonesome man (Terry Hall) strolling past them, who decides to watch them play from a nearby swing. As the song's chorus begins, Stefani sits down in a chair, changes into a leopard pair of shoes, and departs the garage in order to shop at a nearby grocery store. While she purchases several cans of tomato sauce from the store, the other band members begin preparing dinner in the kitchen. As Stefani slices a tomato with a knife, she cuts her finger and Dumont accidentally drops a kettle of spaghetti sauce on the floor. She and Dumont clean up the mess and enter the backyard to begin the meal. While eating, Dumont initiates a food fight and the others join in. The videos ends with Hall watching the group from afar. The video uses the radio edit of the song, which is slightly shortened and remixed from the original album version, with slightly louder and re-panned guitars. == Live performances ==

"Sunday Morning" was performed during the dates of their 1995–97 Tragic Kingdom World Tour. The performance of the song at the July 1, 1997 show in Anaheim, at The Arrowhead Pond, was recorded and released as part of the band's first live album, Live in the Tragic Kingdom (1997). On April 11, 1997, No Doubt served as the sole musical guest for an episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The band performed the single to Leno's studio audience. Their performances from the November 22–23 and 29, 2002 shows in Long Beach at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center were recorded and featured on the group's second live album, Rock Steady Live (2003). In 2018, Stefani began her Just a Girl concert residency at the Planet Hollywood Resort Las Vegas. She performed "Sunday Morning" as the sixth song in the concert's set list. For the performance, the stage was decorated as a garage house party and accented with neon-colored objects and speakers. At the shows, Stefani wore a tank top stylized with her name in black, sports red lipstick, and her signature platinum blonde hair. == Track listings and formats ==

Australia and Sweden CD maxi-single • 1. "Sunday Morning" (Radio Edit) – 4:14 • 2. "Just a Girl" (Live) – 5:37 • 3. "Don't Speak" (Live) – 5:26 • 4. "Hey You" (Live) – 3:20 • 5. "Get on the Ball" – 3:32 Europe CD maxi-single (Part 1) • 1. "Sunday Morning" – 4:32 • 2. "Sunday Morning" (Live) – 9:20 • 3. "Oi to the World" (Live) – 2:42 • 4. "By the Way" (Live) – 3:54 Europe CD maxi-single (Part 2) • 1. "Sunday Morning" – 4:32 • 2. "Different People" (Live) – 6:31 • 3. "Tragic Kingdom" (Live) – 4:03 • 4. "Sunday Morning" (Music Video) – 4:18 France promotional CD single • 1. "Sunday Morning" (Radio Edit) – 4:14 Japan promotional CD maxi-single • 1. "Excuse Me Mr." – 3:20 • 2. "Sunday Morning" (Radio Edit) – 3:20 • 3. "Just a Girl" (Live) – 5:37 • 4. "Don't Speak" (Live) – 5:26 Philippines cassette maxi-single • A1. "Sunday Morning" (Radio Edit) – 4:14 • A2. "Just a Girl" (Live) – 5:37 • A3. "Don't Speak" (Live) – 5:26 • A4. "Hey You" (Live) – 3:20 • A5. "Get on the Ball" – 3:32 • B1. "Sunday Morning" (Radio Edit) – 4:14 • B2. "Just a Girl" (Live) – 5:37 • B3. "Don't Speak" (Live) – 5:26 • B4. "Hey You" (Live) – 3:20 • B5. "Get on the Ball" – 3:32 Spain promotional CD single • 1. "Sunday Morning" – 4:26 US promotional CD single • 1. "Sunday Morning" (Radio Edit) – 4:14 • 2. "Sunday Morning" (Album Version) – 4:26 US promotional VHS single • 1. "Sunday Morning" (Music Video) – 4:18 == Credits and personnel ==

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Tragic Kingdom. • Gwen Stefaniwriter, vocals • Tony Kanalwriter, bass • Eric Stefaniwriter, keyboards, piano • Matthew Wilderproducer • Adrian Youngdrums, percussion • Tom Dumontguitar • Phil Jordantrumpet • Robert Vosgienmastering • David Holmanmixing • Paul Palmermixing • Phil Kaffelrecording • George Landressrecording == Charts ==

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