
Peak
11
Weeks
26
Score
3,818
Chart Year
2000
The music video was filmed in Santa Cruz, California and was directed by Scott Marshall. In the video, vocalist Steve Harwell keeps having nightmares about seeing a beautiful woman (Stacy Sanches), waking when something embarrassing happens (first a dog urinates on him and the next time he steps in gum) and the woman laughs at him. However, in the last version (in which he is still wearing pyjama pants and slippers), she joins him and he awakens to reveal the two in bed together.
Smash Mouth guitarist and lead songwriter Greg Camp wrote this song. He told Songfacts: "If you've ever been on a tour bus, you've seen what happens - it's crazy. You drink and do stupid things and you wake up the next day and go, 'What was I thinking?' Of course I was doing that long before we started going on the road, and I'm sure I'll be doing it long afterward." Greg Camp explained: "'Then The Morning Comes' was written in my little garage studio at my old house just after we got back from the first tour. It's basically about being on the road and how every day is like Groundhog Day - partying with friends and fans after the show, waking up feeling terrible and tired, then doing it all over again. The line that says 'push rewind' refers to how it's like starting the same tape over as soon as it's finished. You get caught up in the moment with everybody after the show, knowing you'll be hurtin' the next day - but you get up and do it again anyway. We did it for years and years. We still do. I can't believe we've survived it. Steve once said in an interview that I wrote it about him, but it's more about all four of us during that first tour." This was Smash Mouth's follow-up single to "All Star," which was a hit in the summer of 1999. "Then The Morning Comes" was released in the fall and made a slow climb up the chart, peaking at #11 in January 2000.
Good morning Paint the town, take a bow Thank everybody You're gonna do it again You are the few, the proud You are the antibody Mind, soul and zen And the world's a stage (And the world's a faze) And the end is near So push rewind, just in time Thank anybody You're gonna do it again The way that you walk It's just the way that you talk Like it ain't no thing And every single day is just a fling Then the morning comes Take your knocks, shake 'em off Duck everybody You're gonna take them again You are your foe, your friend You are the paparazzi You are the tragedian And the world's a craze (And the world's a faze) And the end is near So push rewind Just in time Thank anybody You're gonna do it again The way that you walk It's just the way that you talk Like it ain't no thing And every single day is just a fling And when it comes, it moves so slow Kinda like it's saying, "I told you so" Looking back before she goes Tomorrow's gonna hurt And the world's a stage (And the world's a faze) And the end is near So push rewind Just in time Thank anybody You're gonna do it again The way the you walk It's just the way that you talk Like it ain't no thing And every single day is just a fling Then the morning comes
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oct 30, 1999 | 83 | 43 |
| 2 | Nov 6, 1999 | 59 | 67 |
| 3 | Nov 13, 1999 | 56 | 70 |
| 4 | Nov 20, 1999 | 46 | 80 |
| 5 | Nov 27, 1999 | 27 | 99 |
| 6 | Dec 4, 1999 | 23 | 103 |
| 7 | Dec 11, 1999 | 19 | 107 |
| 8 | Dec 18, 1999 | 16 | 110 |
| 9 | Dec 25, 1999 | 14 | 112 |
| 10 | Jan 1, 2000 | 14 | 112 |
| 11 | Jan 8, 2000 | 16 | 110 |
| 12 | Jan 15, 2000 | 15 | 111 |
| 13 | Jan 22, 2000 | 12 | 114 |
| 14 | Jan 29, 2000 | 11 | 115 |
| 15 | Feb 5, 2000 | 13 | 113 |
| 16 | Feb 12, 2000 | 17 | 109 |
| 17 | Feb 19, 2000 | 20 | 106 |
| 18 | Feb 26, 2000 | 23 | 103 |
| 19 | Mar 4, 2000 | 24 | 102 |
| 20 | Mar 11, 2000 | 25 | 101 |