pancocojams: The Gap Band - "Early In The Morning" (1982 R&B Hit Song Video, Information, & Lyrics)

The Gap Band, Feb 19, 2013

Official Music Video for Early In The Morning performed by The Gap Band. **** Edited by Azizi Powell, Pancocojams founder and editor This pancocojams post showcases the official YouTube video of the 1982 hit song "Early In The Morning" by the R&B, Funk music group The Gap Band. Information about The Gap Band and lyrics for their song "Early In The Morning" at song are also included in this pancocojams post. The content of this post is presented for historical, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes. All copyrights remain with their owners. Thanks to The Gap Band for the musical legacy and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. -snip- Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/12/early-in-morning-soul-line-dances.html for the closely related pancococjams post "Early in the Morning" Soul Line Dances (videos, information, & comments).
**** INFORMATION ABOUT THE GAP BAND From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gap_Band "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.[3]
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The band reached a whole new level of fame in 1980 with the release of the number 1 R&B and number 16 Billboard 200 hit, The Gap Band III. That album had soul ballads such as the number 5 R&B song "Yearning for Your Love", and funk songs such as the R&B chart-topper "Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)" and "Humpin'".[10] They repeated this formula on the number 1 R&B album Gap Band IV in 1982 (the first album released on Simmons' newly launched Total Experience Records), which resulted in three hit singles: "Early in the Morning" (number 1 R&B, number 13 Dance, number 24 Hot 100), "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" (number 2 R&B, number 31 Hot 100, number 39 Dance), and "Outstanding" (number 1 R&B, number 24 Dance). It was during this time that former Brides of Funkenstein singer Dawn Silva joined them on tour. [...] Background information

Origin Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.

Genres Funk, boogie, R&B, soul

Years active 1967–2010"...

**** INFORMATION ABOUT THE GAP BAND'S 1982 HIT SONG "EARLY IN THE MORNING" From https://genius.com/The-gap-band-early-in-the-morning-lyrics " “Early In The Morning” is a 1982 hit song by The Gap Band. It topped the R&B chart for 3 weeks and is their highest-charting pop crossover hit, peaking at #24 that summer.

It was later covered by Robert Palmer in 1988 for his album Heavy Nova. Palmer released it as a single and it went even higher on the pop chart than the original – all the way to #19."
**** LYRICS = EARLY IN THE MORNING (The Gap Band)

[Intro]

Okay

[Verse 1]

Oh, I never knew I loved you 'til you left me

Oh, I never knew I cared 'til you were gone

I was young and foolish, I didn't know what I was doin'

I didn't know I'd lost you 'til you're gone

Oh, I never knew I loved you 'til you were gone

[Chorus]

So I gotta get up early in the morning (Early in the morning)

To find me another lover

So I gotta get up early (Early) in the morning

To find me another lover

So I gotta get up early in the morning (Early in the morning)

To find me another lover

Gotta get up early in the morning (Gotta get up early in the morning)

To find me another lover

[Verse 2]

Now I gotta get up early every morning

'Cause the early bird always catches the worm

Now I gotta get up every morning

Gotta make up for the lesson I learned

Gotta find me a lover that won't run for cover

Gotta find me a lover that won't run to mother

[Chorus]

'Cause I gotta get up early in the morning

To find me another lover

So I gotta get up early in the morning (Early in the morning)

To find me another lover

So I gotta get up early in the morning (Early in the morning)

To find me another lover

So I gotta get up early in the morning (Early in the morning)

To find me another lover

[Bridge]

I was young and foolish, I didn't know what I was doin'

I didn't know what I'd lost 'til you were gone

She had a pretty face that drove men wild

I even wanted her to have my child

[Chorus]

Early in the morning (Early in the morning)

To find me another lover

So I gotta get up early in the morning (Early, early in the morning)

To find me another lover

So I gotta get up early in the morning (Early, early in the morning)

To find me another lover

So I gotta get up early in the morning (Get up early in the morning)

To find me another lover

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]

Early in the morning