The Morning After (Maureen McGovern song)

"The Morning After"
side-A label
Side A of the US single
Single by Maureen McGovern
from the album The Morning After
B-side"Midnight Storm"
ReleasedMay 1973
GenrePop
Length2:14
Label20th Century
Songwriter(s)Joel Hirschhorn
Al Kasha[1]
Producer(s)Carl Maduri
Maureen McGovern singles chronology
"The Morning After"
(1973)
"I Won't Last a Day Without You"
(1973)

"The Morning After" is a song written by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn for the 1972 film The Poseidon Adventure, winning Best Original Song at the 45th Academy Awards.[1] Following this success, Maureen McGovern recorded a single version that became a No. 1 hit in the US for two weeks during August 1973, with Gold record sales.[2] Billboard ranked it as the No. 28 song for 1973.

  1. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 136. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. ^ "Songs from the Year 1973". Tsort.info. Retrieved 2016-10-08.