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| "July Morning" | ||||
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| Single by Uriah Heep | ||||
| from the album Look at Yourself | ||||
| B-side | "Love Machine" | |||
| Released | June 1972 (Japan) [1]
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| Length | 10:32 (album version)
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| Label | Bronze (Japan) Mercury (US) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | David Byron, Ken Hensley | |||
| Producer(s) | Gerry Bron | |||
| Uriah Heep singles chronology | ||||
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"July Morning" is a song by the English rock band Uriah Heep. It is the third track on their 1971 album Look at Yourself.
The song was written in July 1970 by the band's keyboardist Ken Hensley and lead singer, David Byron.
The song is written in the key of C minor. The song has four verses and four choruses, featuring an organ introduction and a guitar solo. There is a guitar bridge between the first and second parts of the song.[4]
AllMusic contributor Dave Thompson described the song as the best produced by Uriah Heep, with a "magnificent arrangement and performance",[5] and in 1995, Radiomafia added "July Morning" to their list of "Top 500 Songs".[6]
"July Morning" was first released on the Look at Yourself album and as a single in Japan and Venezuela.[7] The Venezuelan single split the song across both sides of the 7", while the Japanese single featured an edited version of the song, which was later released on the band's greatest hits album Your Turn to Remember in 2016. The live version from Uriah Heep Live was released as a single in the US.[8] In 2009 the band released a new version of the song on the album Celebration.[9]
Uriah Heep's manager Gerry Bron thought Manfred Mann not only played an important part in the original studio recording, but also played a crucial role in its development.[10]
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- ^ Guarisco, Donald A. "Look at Yourself - Uriah Heep | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
- ^ "July Morning (Guitar tabs)". Home.online.no. Archived from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
- ^ Thompson, Dave. "July Morning - Uriah Heep | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
- ^ "Radiomafian Top 500". Radiomafia. 1995. Archived from the original on December 25, 2011. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
- ^ "LOOK AT YOURSELF Singles releases". Heepfiles.info. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
- ^ "July Morning [live] / Tears in My Eyes [live]". Rate Your Music. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
- ^ Henderson, Alex. "Celebration: Forty Years of Rock - Uriah Heep - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
- ^ "Gerry Bron interview". dmme.net. November 2004. Retrieved June 20, 2019.