Silent Morning
| "Silent Morning" | ||||
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| Single by Noel | ||||
| from the album Noel | ||||
| Released | 1987 | |||
| Genre | Latin hip-hop[1] | |||
| Length | 4:26 (LP version) | |||
| Label | 4th & B'way | |||
| Songwriter | Noel Pagan | |||
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"Silent Morning" is the debut single by American singer Noel Pagan, released from his 1987 debut album Noel. It is Noel's most successful single; on November 14, 1987, it reached number 47 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Silent Morning" was present on the Hot 100 for 22 weeks.[2]
Background and composition
[edit]The song came about after Noel was discovered by a man looking for singers, who invited him to a studio to record a song. While there, and with Noel having never written a song, the man gave advice for Noel to write about what he was feeling. The song that Noel recorded was originally called "Spanish Morning". After a few weeks of recording, the man disappeared. At that time, Noel worked as assistant bartender at a club, only to discover that his boss had good contacts, and knew artists like David Bowie and Mick Jagger. Noel decided to record a demo and handed it to his boss. Some weeks later Noel's boss said he had shown the song to the manager of a label, and that he liked the song but not the lyrics, and asked Noel to change them. Noel rewrote the song, and called it "Silent Morning".[3]
Spin listed the recording of "Silent Morning" as the seventh of ten "Great Moments in Recording Studio History", due to an alleged event in which "producer Aaron Hanson (of Hanson & Davis) put a gun to Noel's head and threatened to blow his head off if he didn't sing the song Hanson's way".[4]
Track listing and formats
[edit]- US 12" single
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Silent Morning" (12" Club Mix) | 7:00 |
| 2. | "Silent Morning" (Percapella) | 3:13 |
| 3. | "Silent Morning" (1018 Dub) | 6:41 |
| 4. | "Silent Morning" (Hearthrob) | 5:07 |
Charts
[edit]Weekly charts
[edit]| Chart (1987) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100[5] | 47 |
| US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[5] | 6 |
| US Dance/Electronic Singles Sales (Billboard)[5] | 7 |
References
[edit]- ↑ Marsh, Dave (1989). The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. Plume. p. 567. ISBN 0-452-26305-0.
- ↑ "Noel - Chart History | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
- ↑ "Noel - Noel Escrito por Nathalie Gutierres Sex, 22 de... | Você, Música, Fazer, Muito, Pessoas". Djsound.virgula.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
- ↑ "Great Moments in Recording Studio History". Spin. 5 (1): 60. April 1989. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Noel - Noel | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-09-04.