“The Morning After”
Single by Maureen McGovern from the album The Morning After
B-side	"Midnight Storm"
Released	May 1973
Recorded	April 1972
Label	20th Century Records
Writer(s)	Joel Hirschhorn Al Kasha
Maureen McGovern singles chronology
"The Morning After" (1973) "I Won't Last a Day Without You" (1973)

"The Morning After" (aka "The Song from 'The Poseidon Adventure'") is an Academy Award-winning song, first released in May 1973. It was the first hit for singer Maureen McGovern, and was used as the love theme for the film The Poseidon Adventure, which was released late the year before. This work is copyrighted. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... A former secretary, Maureen McGovern quickly became the new it singer in 1973 with the Oscar-winning Morning After. ... The Morning After was Maureen McGoverns first studio album, released in July 1973 (see 1973 in music). ... “B-Sides” redirects here. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... 20th Century Records was (not surprisingly) a subsidiary of film studio 20th Century Fox. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Joel Hirschhorn, (December 18, 1938 – September 18, 2005), was a Jewish-American songwriter. ... Al Kasha (b 22 January 1937) is a Brooklyn–born multi-talented composer, songwriter and arranger, as well as businessman. ... A former secretary, Maureen McGovern quickly became the new it singer in 1973 with the Oscar-winning Morning After. ... The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). ... // January 9 - Mick Jaggers request for a Japanese visa is rejected on account of a 1969 drug bust, putting an abrupt end to The Rolling Stones plans to tour Asia. ... A former secretary, Maureen McGovern quickly became the new it singer in 1973 with the Oscar-winning Morning After. ... The phrase theme music usually refers to that of a radio program, television program, or movie. ... The Poseidon Adventure is a 1972 action/adventure/disaster film based on a novel by Paul Gallico. ...

Beginnings

The song was written in March 1972 by 20th Century Fox songwriters Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn, who were told to write the love theme for The Poseidon Adventure in one night. In the end, the finished product was called "Why Must There Be a Morning After?" but tweaking from higher-ups resulted in the song's more optimistic tone (as evidenced by the new cry of "There's got to be a morning after"). In the end titles of the film, it is officially called "The Song From 'The Poseidon Adventure'", not what would be its otherwise best known title, "The Morning After". Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ... Al Kasha (b 22 January 1937) is a Brooklyn–born multi-talented composer, songwriter and arranger, as well as businessman. ... Joel Hirschhorn, (December 18, 1938 – September 18, 2005), was a Jewish-American songwriter. ...

The song is performed in the film by the character of Nonnie (actually a vocal double (Renee Armand) singing for Carol Lynley) as entertainment at the New Year's Eve party early in the film. The lyrics seem to resonate during ensuing story developments in which the survivors of the capsized SS Poseidon brave all odds to live another day. Carol Lynley (born Carole Ann Jones on February 13, 1942 in New York City, New York) is an American actress. ...

Russ Regan, head of 20th Century Records, suggested that Maureen McGovern, who had sent him a demo tape and was working at the time as a secretary, sing the song. Having the utmost faith in her, he financed the recording with his own money and signed her to his label. 20th Century Records was (not surprisingly) a subsidiary of film studio 20th Century Fox. ...

Acclaim

At first, the song was not a hit. However, the song gained much publicity after being nominated for, and eventually winning, the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Ironically, a character makes fun of the song and performer's voice in the film. It debuted in the Billboard Hot 100 in late June at number ninety-nine. The song slowly rose up the chart and after seven weeks, it took the number one spot, which it would keep for two weeks. The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). ... “Hot 100” redirects here. ...

The publicity surrounding McGovern and her rendition of the Oscar winner led her to release an album (also entitled The Morning After), and helped her obtain the rights to sing the love theme to 1974's The Towering Inferno, We May Never Love Like This Again. The Morning After was Maureen McGoverns first studio album, released in July 1973 (see 1973 in music). ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... The Towering Inferno is a 1974 disaster film directed by John Guillermin, adapted by Stirling Silliphant from the novels The Tower by Richard Martin Stern and The Glass Inferno by Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson, and starring Steve McQueen and Paul Newman. ... We May Never Love Like This Again is a song written by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn for the 1974 film The Towering Inferno. ...

Pop culture references

• In the South Park episode "The Succubus" (#303), a succubus uses "The Morning After" to control Chef, and force him into marriage. The boys have to sing the song backwards in order to banish the succubus.
• The Simpsons episode "The Wettest Stories Ever Told" featured a parody of The Poseidon Adventure. Just before the ship (called the Neptune) capsizes, Lisa sings a parody of "The Morning After", which gives not-so-subtle hints to the destruction of the ship and deaths of the passengers.
• Family Guy episode "Don't Make Me Over" features Mort Goldman performing a karaoke version of "The Morning After".
• King Of The Hill episode "Pour Some Sugar on Kahn" has Kahn Souphanousinphone singing a karaoke version of "The Morning After" to much acclaim before his father-in-law betrays Kahn later in the episode by singing the song first.

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See also

• Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1973 (USA)