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The song was used as the music for a film-making montage in Michel Gondry's 2008 film, Be Kind Rewind. Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl credits the song "Early in the Morning" for inspiring the drum intro on their hit "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
Live & Well is a live album by The Gap Band, released in 1996. The songs "Gotta Get Up" and "Drop the Bomb" are both special live versions of "Early in the Morning" and "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" with similar instrumentations but modified lyrics. [1] [2]
"Party Train" is a 1983 song by The Gap Band, released on their seventh album, Gap Band V: Jammin'. It peaked at #3 on the R&B charts. The original release had "I'm Ready (If You're Ready)" on the A-side and "Party Train" on the B-side. Later, "Party Train was placed on the A-side, and a special dance mix was placed on the B-side. [2]
The Gap Band was an American R&B and funk band that rose to fame during the 1970s and 1980s. The band consisted of three brothers: Charlie , Ronnie, and Robert Wilson, along with other members; it was named after streets (Greenwood, Archer, and Pine) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] in the historic Greenwood neighborhood in the brothers' hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma .
The Gap Band III: 1981 "Humpin'" — 60 19 36 "Yearning for Your Love" 60 5 — 47 1982 "Early in the Morning" 24 1 13 55 Gap Band IV "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" 31 2 39 — "Outstanding" 51 1 24 68 1983 "Party Train" 101 3 — — Gap Band V: Jammin' "Jam the Motha" — 16 — — 1984 "Someday" — — — 17 "I'm Ready (If You're Ready ...
Gap Band V- Jammin' is the seventh album (contrary to the title) by the Gap Band, released in 1983 on Total Experience Records. [3] The album was reissued on CD in 1997 by Mercury Records. In 2009, the album was remastered by PTG Records. The album reached #2 on the Black Albums chart and #28 on the Pop Albums chart.
Gap Band IV is the sixth studio album by the Gap Band, released in 1982 on Total Experience Records.The album reached No. 1 on the Black Albums chart and No. 14 on the Pop Albums chart, achieved platinum status, and is considered their most successful project.
According to engineer Jack Rouben, the foundation of the song started with its bassline: "[The track] was a musical idea that Charlie came up with on the Minimoog that turned into a groove, then a completed arrangement, and then they put the lyrics at the very end...This song was built upon that one repeating bass track, and that was the jam that blossomed into a whole complete song."