A Beautiful Morning

"A Beautiful Morning"
Single by The Rascals
B-side "Rainy Day"
Released March 1968
Format 7" single
Recorded 1967
Genre Rock, soul
Length 2:32
Label Atlantic
Writer(s) Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati
Producer(s) The Rascals
Certification Gold (RIAA)
The Rascals singles chronology
"It's Wonderful"
(1967)
"A Beautiful Morning"
(1968)
"People Got to Be Free"
(1968)

"A Beautiful Morning" is a song written by Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati and recorded by The Rascals. Coming out in early 1968, it was the group's first single released under that name rather than The Young Rascals. The first album on which the song appeared was Time Peace: The Rascals' Greatest Hits. It continued the theme of carefree optimism that had distinguished the previous year's "Groovin'". The song was a big hit in the United States, reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and also reaching number 36 on the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart.[1] It was RIAA-certified as a Million Seller on June 28, 1968. The song had an introductory sound of mystical wind chimes and bells.

A Beautiful Morning was used in advertisements for the drug Vioxx produced by Merck & Co., for Bounce fabric softener, and in the early 1990s for the Days Inn hotel chain. The song also featured in a Scrubs episode, at the start of a season 6 episode with Zach Braff who plays J.D. dancing to it. It was also featured at the end of a second season episode of The Greatest American Hero 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 The First Wives Club. The song was also used in the 1993 movie A Bronx Tale opening the racetrack scene.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1968) Peak
position
Australia KMR 36
Canada RPM Top 100[2] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 3
US Billboard R&B[1] 36
US Cash Box Top 100 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1968) Rank
Canada[4] 15
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 35
US Cash Box[6] 17

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