"Good Mornin'" is the third single from the album ''

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band

You Am I You Am I are an Australian alternative rock band, fronted by its lead singer-songwriter and guitarist, Tim Rogers. They formed in December 1989 and are the first Australian band to have released three successive albums that have each debuted ...

. It was released in 1996 and reached number 84 in the 1996

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and number 44 on the Australian charts. Tim Rogers said the song was one of two songs that, "Russ hadn't actually heard before we recorded them. I was talking him through it as we were recording and I think he only played it twice and that's the final take." Rogers said the song was inspired by AM radio stations that he would listen to in the morning while writing the album ''Hourly, Daily''. "Often I wake up depressed, as people do, and I found it really comforting. I could see how you could get attached to it, instead of waking up with someone next to you." The

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directed music video was nominated for the

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at the

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.ARIA Award previous winners.

Track listing

CD single

# "Good Mornin'" – 4:12 # "I'll Make You Happy" – 3:29 # "(You Must Fight to Live) On the Planet of the Apes" – 2:59 "I'll Make You Happy" is a cover of the

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song. "(You Must Fight to Live) On the Planet of the Apes" is a cover of

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song and features

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on lead vocals.

Cassingle

# "Good Mornin'" – 4:12 # "

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" (live) # "

Mr. Milk "Mr. Milk" is the first single from the album ''Hourly, Daily'' by Australian rock music, rock band, You Am I. It was released in 1995 and reached number 50 on the ARIA Charts, ARIA Singles Chart.Cathy's Clown "Cathy's Clown" is a popular song, written by Don Everly and recorded by The Everly Brothers in 1960. The lyrics describe a man who has been wronged and publicly humiliated by his lover: "Here he comes / That's Cathy's clown". The choruses are s ...

" (live) "Soldiers", "Mr. Milk" and "Cathy's Clown" were recorded at Peter Gaudion's Jazz Lane on 13 June 1996 and were first broadcast on

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's live music feature ''Caught in the Act'' on 2 July 1996.

Charts

References

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