"Sunday Morning" is a song by American band
No Doubt
No Doubt is an American rock band from Anaheim, California, formed in 1986. For most of their career, the band has consisted of vocalist Gwen Stefani, guitarist Tom Dumont, bassist Tony Kanal, and drummer Adrian Young. Since the mid-1990s, they ...
for their third studio album, ''
Tragic Kingdom
''Tragic Kingdom'' is the third studio album by American rock band No Doubt, released on October 10, 1995, by Trauma Records and Interscope Records. It was the final album to feature original keyboardist Eric Stefani, who left the band in 1994. Th ...
'' (1995). It was written by
Gwen Stefani
Gwen Renée Stefani (; born October 3, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, fashion designer and actress. She is a co-founder, lead vocalist, and the primary songwriter of the band No Doubt, whose singles include "Just a Girl", "Spiderwebs ...
,
Eric Stefani
Eric Matthew Stefani (born June 17, 1967) is an American musician, composer, writer and animator best known as the founder and former member of the ska punk band No Doubt. He is the older brother of former bandmate Gwen Stefani and is also a forme ...
, and
Tony Kanal
Tony Ashwin Kanal (born 27 August 1970) is a British-American musician, record producer, songwriter, and animal rights activist. Kanal is the bassist and co-writer for the American rock bands No Doubt and Dreamcar. His musical work outside of ...
, produced by
Matthew Wilder
Matthew Wilder ( Weiner; January 24, 1953) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. In early 1984, his single "Break My Stride" hit No. 2 on the ''Cash Box'' chart and No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 ...
, and released as the record's fifth single on May 27, 1997. The song has also been included on their 2003 greatest hits album, ''
The Singles 1992–2003
''The Singles 1992–2003'' is a greatest hits album by American rock band No Doubt, released on November 14, 2003, by Interscope Records. It features 13 of the band's singles from three studio albums—''Tragic Kingdom'' (1995), ''Return of Satu ...
''. Its lyrics describe a romantic relationship that ended in a breakup and was inspired by a discussion that Gwen Stefani had with Kanal. The song has been described as a
ska
Ska (; ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a walki ...
and
ska punk
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recording with elements of
reggae
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and
Motown (music style)
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.
"Sunday Morning" received largely positive reviews from music critics who frequently deemed it a standout track on ''Tragic Kingdom''. It has since been included on critics' lists of best No Doubt and Stefani-penned songs. The song was not released as a commercial single in the United States, making it ineligible to enter the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. However, it managed to peak at number 35 on the
Mainstream Top 40
Pop Airplay (also called Mainstream Top 40, Pop Songs, and Top 40/contemporary hit radio, CHR) is a 40-song music chart published weekly by Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' Magazine that ranks the most popular songs of pop music being played o ...
component chart. It also reached number two in Iceland and the top 40 in Australia and Canada. Elsewhere, the song obtained lower positions.
The song's music video, directed by
Sophie Muller
Sophie Luise Elisabeth Muller (born 31 January 1962) is a British music video director who has directed more than 300 music videos. She won a Grammy Award for Annie Lennox's 1992 ''Diva'' video album, and an MTV Video Music Award for Lennox's son ...
, was the fifth and final video made for ''Tragic Kingdom''. It features the band playing "Sunday Morning" in a garage to a lonesome man who strolled past their house. No Doubt later prepares a large dinner for themselves and once they settle in their backyard to eat, they engage in a food fight. The band has performed the single during many of their live appearances, including at their 1995–97
Tragic Kingdom World Tour
No Doubt is an American rock band from Anaheim, California, formed in 1986. For most of their career, the band has consisted of vocalist Gwen Stefani, guitarist Tom Dumont, bassist Tony Kanal, and drummer Adrian Young. Since the mid-1990s, the ...
and while serving as the guest musical act on ''
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno that first aired from May 25, 1992, to May 29, 2009. It resumed production on March 1, 2010 and ended on February 6, 2014.
The fourth incarnation of the ...
'' in April 1997. Stefani, individually, performed the track at her
2018–2020 concert residency in
Las Vegas
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.
Background and release
![No Doubt at Summer Tour 6](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/No_Doubt_at_Summer_Tour_6.jpg)
"Sunday Morning" was written by
Gwen Stefani
Gwen Renée Stefani (; born October 3, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, fashion designer and actress. She is a co-founder, lead vocalist, and the primary songwriter of the band No Doubt, whose singles include "Just a Girl", "Spiderwebs ...
,
Eric Stefani
Eric Matthew Stefani (born June 17, 1967) is an American musician, composer, writer and animator best known as the founder and former member of the ska punk band No Doubt. He is the older brother of former bandmate Gwen Stefani and is also a forme ...
, and
Tony Kanal
Tony Ashwin Kanal (born 27 August 1970) is a British-American musician, record producer, songwriter, and animal rights activist. Kanal is the bassist and co-writer for the American rock bands No Doubt and Dreamcar. His musical work outside of ...
. The song was written by Eric Stefani prior to his departure from the group, who left due to creative differences in the beginning of 1995.
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.
Songs written during this period were anticipated for inclusion on ''
Tragic Kingdom
''Tragic Kingdom'' is the third studio album by American rock band No Doubt, released on October 10, 1995, by Trauma Records and Interscope Records. It was the final album to feature original keyboardist Eric Stefani, who left the band in 1994. Th ...
'' (1995), the group's third studio album and first with
Interscope Records
Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Interscope Geffen A&M imprint. Founded in late 1990 by Jimmy Iovine and Ted Field as a $20 million joint venture with Atlantic Records of Warner Mus ...
since their debut, ''
No Doubt
No Doubt is an American rock band from Anaheim, California, formed in 1986. For most of their career, the band has consisted of vocalist Gwen Stefani, guitarist Tom Dumont, bassist Tony Kanal, and drummer Adrian Young. Since the mid-1990s, they ...
'', in 1992. The material on ''Tragic Kingdom'' documented Stefani's former relationship with Kanal, which had lasted seven years.
Kanal referred to "Sunday Morning" as his favorite No Doubt song in an interview with ''
Rolling Stone
''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first kno ...
'' magazine in 1997.
For the commercial
CD single
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released created to promote the single, none of them were held in the United States.
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
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was created by
Interscope Geffen A&M Records
Interscope Geffen A&M Records (IGA), is an American umbrella label owned by Universal Music Group, consisting of record labels Interscope Records, Geffen Records, and A&M Records.
History
Interscope Geffen A&M Records was established in 1999, f ...
.
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
No Doubt is an American rock band from Anaheim, California, formed in 1986. For most of their career, the band has consisted of vocalist Gwen Stefani, guitarist Tom Dumont, bassist Tony Kanal, and drummer Adrian Young. Since the mid-1990s, they ...
'' (1992) track "Get on the Ball" and live versions of ''Tragic Kingdom'' album tracks "
Just a Girl
"Just a Girl" is a song by American band No Doubt for their third studio album, ''Tragic Kingdom'' (1995). Released as the record's lead single in the United States on September 21, 1995, it was written by Gwen Stefani and Tom Dumont, and pro ...
", "
Don't Speak
"Don't Speak" is a song by American rock band No Doubt from their third studio album, ''Tragic Kingdom'' (1995). It was released as the third single from ''Tragic Kingdom'' in the United States on April 15, 1996, by Interscope Records. Lead sin ...
", and "
Hey You".
The Philippines promotional
cassette single
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History
The debu ...
includes an identical track listing on both the
A-side and B-side
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.
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.
"Excuse Me Mr." is a song by American band No Doubt for their third studio album, ''Tragic Kingdom'' (1995). The song was written by Gwen Stefani and Tom Dumont, while produced by Matthew Wilder. It was released as the fourth single from the alb ...
" 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
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and
ska punk
Ska punk (also spelled ska-punk) is a fusion genre that mixes ska music and punk rock music together. (sometimes spelled skacore) is a subgenre of ska punk that mixes ska with hardcore punk. Early ska punk mixed both 2 tone and ska with hardc ...
song.
It contains elements of
reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...
music and was compared, musically, to the style of typical
Motown
Motown Records is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. It was founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on June 7, 1958, and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. Its name, a portmanteau of ''moto ...
releases.
''Rolling Stone''s Chris Heath compared the sound of "Sunday Morning" to English singer
Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith, 18 November 1960) is an English pop singer, DJ and television presenter. She first saw success in 1981 with her debut single "Kids in America", which peaked at No. 2 in the UK. In 1983, she received the Brit Award f ...
's 1981 debut single "
Kids in America
"Kids in America" is a song recorded by English pop singer Kim Wilde. It was released in the United Kingdom as her debut single in January 1981, and in the United States in spring 1982, later appearing on her self-titled debut studio album. ...
".
The song was produced by
Matthew Wilder
Matthew Wilder ( Weiner; January 24, 1953) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. In early 1984, his single "Break My Stride" hit No. 2 on the ''Cash Box'' chart and No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 ...
, the executive producer for ''Tragic Kingdom'' Instrumentation consists of Kanal on Bass,
Adrian Young
Adrian Samuel Young (born August 26, 1969) is an American drummer and member of the rock bands No Doubt and Dreamcar.
Biography
When not performing, in the studio or touring, Young likes to spend his time out on the golf course, as he is an ...
on drums and percussion,
Tom Dumont
Thomas Martin Dumont (born January 11, 1968) is an American guitarist and producer. Dumont is a member of third wave ska band No Doubt, and during the band's hiatus, he began Invincible Overlord as a side project and produced Matt Costa's ''Song ...
on guitar, Eric Stefani on piano and keyboards, and Phil Jordan on trumpet.
According to the official sheet music published at Musicnotes.com, "Sunday Morning" is set in
common time
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and has a moderately fast
tempo
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of 157
beats per minute
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** Beat (police), the territory that a police officer patrols
** Gay beat, an area frequented by gay men
* Battery ( ...
.
The key of the song is in
E major
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, with Stefani's vocal range spanning one
octave
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from B
3 to C
5 in
scientific pitch notation
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.
The song opens with an extended instrumental and then follows chord progressions of E-C#m-E-C#m in the verses.
Heath described the sound transition after the introduction as "a thumping combination of Motown and pop cheese".
According to the liner notes of the group's 2003 greatest hits album, ''
The Singles 1992–2003
''The Singles 1992–2003'' is a greatest hits album by American rock band No Doubt, released on November 14, 2003, by Interscope Records. It features 13 of the band's singles from three studio albums—''Tragic Kingdom'' (1995), ''Return of Satu ...
'', Stefani brainstormed the lyrics to "Sunday Morning" after speaking with Kanal through a bathroom door while at his parents' house in
Yorba Linda
Yorba Linda is a suburban city in northeastern Orange County, California, United States, approximately southeast of Downtown Los Angeles. It is part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, and had a population of 68,336 at the 2020 census.
Yo ...
,
California
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.
She later revisited the lyrics and edited them to describe a breakup.
Chris Heath from ''
Rolling Stone
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'' 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
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
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'' 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
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'' reanalyzed ''Tragic Kingdom''.
Annie Zaleski
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Career
Zaleski is a regular writer for mainstream media outlets such as The A.V. Club and NPR Music, and a columnist at ''Salon''. She is based in Cleveland, Ohio where she has won firs ...
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."
Marah Eakin, also from ''The A.V. Club'', claimed that the single aged well despite being two decades old. She also described it as her favorite song on the parent album.
In a poll held by ''Rolling Stone'' in 2016, Brittany Spanos asked her readers to vote on "The 10 Best Gwen Stefani Songs". "Sunday Morning" took fourth place and Spanos' consensus stated: "Stefani is a powerhouse on the raucous, bitter single.
..From the moment Adrian Young's opening drum solo builds up, the song grows more and more massive and searing."
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 ''Billboard''s
Mainstream Top 40
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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.
Partridge reflected on the song's mediocre impact on the
record chart
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s positively, writing: "
tdidn’t chart as high, but the damage was done. Gwen was a major celebrity, No Doubt was on its way to becoming one of the decade’s biggest bands."
In Canada, the single entered the ''
RPM
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'' Top Singles chart at number 91 during the week of May 19, 1997.
Its position improved weekly before reaching a peak of number 33 in it its tenth week.
It also was ranked within the country's Adult Contemporary and Rock/Alternative songs charts, where it peaked at positions 41 and 21, respectively.
The single achieved significant success in Australia, where it entered the
ARIA Singles Chart
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. It debuted at number 45 during the listing ending June 1, 1997 and rose to its peak position at number 21 in its sixth week. In total, the song charted for nineteen consecutive weeks in Australia.
At the annual year-end tally in 1997, "Sunday Morning" was listed as the year's 84th most successful song.
It also received a gold certification from the ARIA that same year for shipments of 35,000 copies in that country.
"Sunday Morning" also charted in several countries in Europe. On the
UK Singles Chart
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published by the
Official Charts Company
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In the United Kingdom, its charts inc ...
, it debuted and peaked at number 50 on December 20, 1997.
It became the fourth consecutive entry by the band from ''Tragic Kingdom'', but also the lowest performing one.
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 Poland and Sweden, the song peaked at numbers 40 and 55, respectively.
Music video
The corresponding music video to "Sunday Morning" was directed by
Sophie Muller
Sophie Luise Elisabeth Muller (born 31 January 1962) is a British music video director who has directed more than 300 music videos. She won a Grammy Award for Annie Lennox's 1992 ''Diva'' video album, and an MTV Video Music Award for Lennox's son ...
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
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* Complexity, the behaviour of a system whose components interact in multiple ways so possible interactions are difficult to describe
** Complex system, a system composed of many components which may interact with each ...
'' 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
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and the others join in. The videos ends with Hall watching the group from afar.
Live performances
"Sunday Morning" was performed during the dates of their 1995–97
Tragic Kingdom World Tour
No Doubt is an American rock band from Anaheim, California, formed in 1986. For most of their career, the band has consisted of vocalist Gwen Stefani, guitarist Tom Dumont, bassist Tony Kanal, and drummer Adrian Young. Since the mid-1990s, the ...
.
The performance of the song at the July 1, 1997 show in
Anaheim
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, at
The Arrowhead Pond, was recorded and released as part of the band's first live album, ''
Live in the Tragic Kingdom
''Live in the Tragic Kingdom'' is a video album by American rock band No Doubt. It was released on VHS on November 11, 1997, by Interscope Records, and consists of a filmed concert at The Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim in Anaheim, California, on May ...
'' (1997).
On April 11, 1997, No Doubt served as the sole musical guest for an episode of ''
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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The fourth incarnation of the ...
''. The band performed the single to Leno's studio audience.
At the
Rock Steady Tour
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* Rock music, a genre of popular music
Rock or Rocks may also refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...
in 2002, No Doubt performed "Sunday Morning" after opening the concert with their 2002 single "
Hella Good
"Hella Good" is a song by American rock band No Doubt from their fifth studio album, ''Rock Steady'' (2001). Written by Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal and the Neptunes (Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo), and produced by Nellee Hooper and the band, "Hel ...
".
Their performances from the November 22–23 and 29, 2002 shows in
Long Beach
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Incorporate ...
at the
Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center
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were recorded and featured on the group's second live album, ''
Rock Steady Live
''Rock Steady Live'' is a video album by American ska punk band No Doubt, released on DVD on November 25, 2003 under the Interscope records label. The DVD was directed by Sophie Muller. It is a recording of two of No Doubt's concerts during their ...
'' (2003).
At the inaugural
Rock in Rio USA
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The event was conceived as an American version of Rio de Janeiro's ...
music festival in 2015, No Doubt headlined the main stage during the first day of the event. They performed several songs from ''Tragic Kingdom'', including "Don't Speak", "Sunday Morning", and "Excuse Me Mr.".
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
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Organization
A house party might be organized several months or just a few hours in advance. News of a party may be spread by personal invitations, ...
and accented with
neon
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-colored objects and
speakers
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Society and politics
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* Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture
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** In ...
.
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
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
References
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1995 songs
1997 singles
Interscope Records singles
Music videos directed by Sophie Muller
No Doubt songs
Reggae rock songs
Song recordings produced by Matthew Wilder
Songs written by Gwen Stefani
Songs written by Tony Kanal
Songs written by Eric Stefani
Trauma Records singles