"Good Morning Starshine" is a pop song from the musical Hair (1967). It was a No. 3 hit in the United States in July 1969, and a No. 6 hit in the United Kingdom in October 1969, for the singer Oliver.

The chorus makes extensive use of apparent nonsense words: "Glibby gloop gloopy, Nibby Nabby Noopy, La La La Lo Lo. Sabba Sibby Sabba, Nooby abba Nabba Le Le Lo Lo. Tooby ooby walla, nooby abba nabba, Early mornin' singin' song."^[1]

History

"Good Morning Starshine" is a song from the second act of the musical Hair (1967). It is performed by the character Sheila, played off-Broadway in 1967 by Jill O'Hara, and by Lynn Kellogg in the original 1968 Broadway production. In the 1979 film version of the musical, Sheila is portrayed by Beverly D'Angelo.^[2]

Chart performance

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1969)	Peak position
Australia (Go-Set)^[3]	8
Australia KMR^[4]	10
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary^[5]	1
Canada RPM Top Singles^[6]	1
Ireland (IRMA)^[7]	2
New Zealand (Listener) ^[8]	2
South Africa (Springbok Radio)^[9]	6
UK ^[10]	6
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[11]	3
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening^[12]	3
U.S. Cash Box Top 100^[13]	4

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1969)	Rank
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[14]	33
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ^[15]	43
U.S. Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[16]	24

Versions

Artists who have recorded the song

Eddie Hazelton (better known as Eddie Rambeau), Dynovoice DY-917 (1968)
Andy Williams with the Osmond Brothers, Get Together with Andy Williams (1969)^[17]
Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Rhythm of the Rain (1969)
Strawberry Alarm Clock, Good Morning Starshine (1969)
Chris Clark, CC Rides Again (1969)
Mort Garson, Electronic Hair Pieces (1969) (instrumental) ^[18]
Björn Skifs (1969) (as "God morgon stjärnljus")^[19] scoring a Svensktoppen hit for two weeks.^[20]
Tartaglia Good Morning Starshine (instrumental) (1969)^[21]
Sahlee Quizon, daughter of Dolphy and Engracia (Gracia) Dominguez, under Vicor Records (1970)
Hugo Montenegro, Colours of Love (1970)
Roger Whittaker, The Last Farewell (1971)
Lars Lönndahl (1971) (as "God morgon stjärnljus")^[22] scoring a 1972 Svensktoppen hit for two weeks.^[23]
Elaine Paige, Stages (1983)^[24]
Sarah Brightman, As I Came of Age (1990)
Sharon, Lois & Bram, Let's Dance! (1995)
Anna-Lotta Larsson (2004, as "God morgon stjärnljus")^[25]
Serena Ryder, If Your Memory Serves You Well (2006)

Artists who have performed/recorded the song live

Diana Ross and The Supremes on The Hollywood Palace (1969)
Bob McGrath as Bob Johnson with Jim Henson's Muppets on Sesame Street (1969)
Danielle White, on American Juniors (2007)

Appearances in other media

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Bob McGrath as his character Bob Johnson with some Muppets performed the song on Sesame Street on Episode #3, broadcast November 12, 1969.
An instrumental version was used as the theme to WEWS' The Alan Douglas Morning Exchange and The Morning Exchange from 1972 until the mid-1980s.
In 1977, the cast performed the song on an episode of The Brady Bunch Variety Hour.
In the television sitcom Family Ties, Steven Keaton (Michael Gross) sings some lyrics from the song through his puppets, "Fluffy" and "Marv" in the episode, "It's My Party, Part 2", which originally aired on August 13, 1987.
The Capitol Steps comedy group did a song parody, "Good Morning Starbucks".
In The Ren & Stimpy Show episode "Superstitious Stimpy" (1995), Stimpy uses the lyrics as an incantation to ward off evil on Tuesday the 17th.
In a 1996 episode of Wings, called "Life Could Be a Dream," Joe sings a couple lyrics during a fantasy sequence.
In the movie A Very Brady Sequel (1996), the villain, Trevor Thomas (played by Tim Matheson) (who posed as Roy Martin, Carol's first husband), ate psychoactive mushrooms in spaghetti that Alice cooked for him, and he daydreamed being in another world with this song.
In the Absolutely Fabulous episode "The Last Shout" (1996), the main character, Edina Monsoon, imagines this song being sung by dancing hippies.
In The Simpsons episode "The Springfield Files" (1997), the townspeople, Leonard Nimoy, Chewbacca, Dana Scully, and Fox Mulder all sing "Good Morning Starshine".^[26]
Burger King used the song in an advertisement in the late 1990s.^{[citation needed]}
In the movie The Dish (2000), the song was background music for a scene set on Thursday morning, July 17, 1969.
The song is featured in the ending of Maelström (2000) by Canadian director Denis Villeneuve.
Lyrics from the song are sung in The Simpsons episode "Simpson Safari" (2001).
In the movie Connie and Carla (2004), when the bar reopens as a dinner theater, Connie (Nia Vardalos) says the guys should enter from the back of the house on "Good Morning, Starshine". They enter, singing the opening verse of the song. That does not appear in the soundtrack of the film that was released, however.
In the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), the character Willy Wonka welcomed the children with lyrics from "Good Morning Starshine".^[27]

References

External links

Hair

Hair
Book & Lyrics by Gerome Ragni & James Rado • Music by Galt MacDermot
Songs	"Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" "Easy to Be Hard" "Good Morning Starshine" "Hair" "Three-Five-Zero-Zero"
Cast recordings	Off-Broadway (1967) Broadway (1968) London (1968)
Adaptation	1979 film soundtrack

Oliver

Oliver
Studio albums	Good Morning Starshine Again The Best of Oliver Prisms
Singles	"Good Morning Starshine" "Jean" "Sunday Mornin'"
Cover Songs	"Both Sides Now" "If You Go Away" "In My Life" "Leaving on a Jet Plane" "Ruby Tuesday" "The Twelfth of Never" "Until It's Time for You to Go" "Where Is Love?"

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