"A Beautiful Morning" is a song written by

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and

Eddie Brigati Edward Brigati Jr. (born October 22, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter. He was the co-lead vocalist, along with Felix Cavaliere, and percussionist in the rock group The Young Rascals from 1964 to 1970. Prior to his stint with The Young ...

and recorded by

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. Coming out in early 1968, it was the group's first track released after shortening their name from the ''Young'' Rascals. The single was one of the earliest released in stereo, as

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singles generally were in mono. Together with

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", it's credited with changing the industry standard of singles. The song continued the theme of carefree optimism that had distinguished the previous year's "

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". It was written one morning in

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when the band was invited to perform there by promoter Tom Moffatt. It became a big hit in the United States, reaching number 3 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, and also reaching number 36 on the

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chart. It was RIAA-certified as a Million Seller on June 28, 1968. The first album on which the song appeared was '' Time Peace: The Rascals' Greatest Hits''.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Other versions

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covered the song on her album '' Dedicated'' (2007).

In other media

The song is featured in a '' Scrubs'' episode, at the start of a season 6 episode with

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, who plays J.D., dancing to it. It was also featured at the end of a second-season episode of ''

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'', in which Ralph had to disarm a nuclear missile. It was also featured in the movie '' Kingpin'' immediately following the scene that shows how Roy got his rubber hand. The song was featured during the 1969 college graduation scene in ''

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''. It was also used in the 1993 movie '' A Bronx Tale'' opening the racetrack scene, as well as on '' Arrow'' at the end of the eighteenth episode of the fifth season, titled "Disbanded". The song was also featured in season 3 episode 14 and season 5 episode 1 of ''

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''. ''

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'' used it in the episode of the same name from their webseries ''Alternative Lifestyle'' in 2017. The song's opening lines featured prominently in a 2002 TV commercial for the (since-recalled) pain reliever Vioxx, which opens with an idyllic clip of former Olympic champion figure skater Dorothy Hamill, skating on a pond amid bright sunshine.

References

External links

* Song Reviewfrom

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* 1968 singles The Rascals songs Songs written by Felix Cavaliere Songs written by Eddie Brigati RPM Top Singles number-one singles Atlantic Records singles 1967 songs {{1960s-single-stub