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-| artist   = [[Kanye West]]
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-"'''Good Morning'''" is a song by American [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] recording artist and record producer [[Kanye West]] from his third studio album ''[[Graduation (album)|Graduation]]'' (2007). The song was produced by West and contains [[Sampling (music)|samples]] from the recording "[[Someone Saved My Life Tonight]]" by English singer and pianist [[Elton John]]. As the opening track, the song serves as an introduction to the musical and lyrical themes of the album. West establishes the academic narrative of it, celebrating his graduation in the realm of [[hip hop]] and rapping about his skepticism of higher education over thumping, off-kilter [[boom bap]] drums.
-The composition of "Good Morning" is both light and dark in tone and retains [[Electronic keyboard|keyboard]]-laden, [[Electronic music|electronic]] instrumentation in addition to being imbued with poignant introspection. The song's atmospheric [[hip hop production]] harbors a subdued measure of [[Progressive music|progressiveness]] as West incorporates [[New-age music|New-Age]] and [[Ambient music|ambient]] elements. His pensive verses are largely built on [[Braggadocio (rap)|self-aggrandizing]] undercut with [[self-criticism]] and explore lyrical concerns pertaining to [[anti-establishment]]. The song's lyrics express motivational declarations of triumph and contain numerous [[Popular culture|pop-culture]] references.
-"Good Morning" received generally favorable reviews from contemporary [[Music journalism|music critics]], who praised its production as well as West's [[Word play|wordplay]]. West performed the song as the opener of the [[Setlist|set-list]] on his worldwide [[Glow in the Dark Tour]] (2008). In the years since its release, the song has been [[Cover version|covered]] and [[Remix#Urban music|remixed]] by a variety of hip hop artists, record producers and musical groups.
-Though not released as a [[Single (music)|single]], an animated [[music video]] was produced for "Good Morning". The video was directed by [[Japanese people|Japanese]] contemporary artist [[Takashi Murakami]], who had designed the [[album artwork]] of ''Graduation'' and the [[cover art]] for the album's singles. The surrealistic visuals of the video take influences from Japanese [[animé]] and utilises [[Cel shading|cel-shaded animation]]. The narrative is centered around West's [[Anthropomorphism#Modern literature|anthropomorphic]] teddy bear mascot Dropout Bear. He overcomes various obstacles while racing through a futuristic city in an effort to reach his college campus in time for his graduation ceremony. The short animated feature was released to widespread critical acclaim and is often cited as one of West's most artistic music videos. It was included in the 'best-of' lists of publications such as ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' and ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]'', and has been showcased in multiple [[art museum]]s.
-==Background==
-[[File:Kanye West @ Tim Festival (3001357178).jpg|thumb|right|West performing "Good Morning" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on October 24, 2008 during the [[Glow in the Dark Tour]]|alt=Kanye West performing "Good Morning" for the Tim Festival at Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on October 24, 2008 during the Glow in the Dark Tour.]]
-"Good Morning" was written and produced by West.<ref name=linernotes>{{cite AV media notes |others=Kanye West |title=Graduation |year=2007 |publisher=Roc-A-Fella Records }}</ref> Due to being the album's introductory track, the song's original title was "Good Morning (Intro)," but subsequently was changed.<ref name="Stoppelenburg" /> Unlike its predecessors, rather than a fake [[Bernie Mac]] intro or a Broke-Phi-Broke [[Hip hop skit|skit]], the album-opener instead begins with vocals from West.<ref name="Stoppelenburg">{{cite news|url=http://www.noripcord.com/reviews/music/kanye-west/graduation|title=Music Reviews – Kanye West: Graduation|author=Stoppelenburg, Japie|date=September 30, 2007|work=No Ripcord|access-date=April 12, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130085408/http://www.noripcord.com/reviews/music/kanye-west/graduation|archive-date=January 30, 2009|url-status=live|publisher=No Ripcord}}</ref><ref name="Marx">{{cite web|author=Marx, Nick|title=Kanye West Graduation|url=http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/kanye-west-graduation|work=[[Tiny Mix Tapes]]|publisher=Tiny Mix Tapes|date=September 2007|access-date=March 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110319052407/http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/kanye-west-graduation|archive-date=March 19, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Along with West's usage of the vocal samples, one of the most distinctive aspects of the production for "Good Morning" is the significant emphasis on [[Electronic music|electronics]].<ref name="Report"/><ref name="Broazay"/><ref name="Connections"/> The opening track signals his progression towards a more [[Electronic musical instrument|electronic]] soundscape.<ref name="D."/>
-The song contains [[Sampling (music)|samples]] from the recording "[[Someone Saved My Life Tonight]]" by English singer and pianist [[Elton John]].<ref name=linernotes/><ref name="Report">{{cite web|author=Breihan, Tom|title=The Quarterly Report: Status Ain't Hood's Favorite New Albums|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2007/10/03/the-quarterly-report-status-aint-hoods-favorite-new-albums-3/|work=[[The Village Voice]]|publisher=Village Voice, LLC|date=October 7, 2007|access-date=October 9, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123072844/https://www.villagevoice.com/2007/10/03/the-quarterly-report-status-aint-hoods-favorite-new-albums-3/|archive-date=January 23, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Broazay">{{cite web |author=Broazay|title=Kanye West's Best Songs That Weren't Singles|url=http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2015/03/kanye-west-best-album-songs/s/good-morning/|work=[[Pigeons and Planes|Pigeons & Planes]]|publisher=[[Complex Media Inc]]|date=March 18, 2015|access-date=May 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321193422/http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2015/03/kanye-west-best-album-songs/s/good-morning/|archive-date=March 21, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Connections">{{cite web|title=Tougher Than Leather Jackets: Elton's Hip-Hop Connections|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/features/tougher-than-leather-jackets-eltons-hip-hop-connections|work=[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]|publisher=Clashmusic.com|date=February 26, 2014|access-date=February 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123075236/http://www.clashmusic.com/features/tougher-than-leather-jackets-eltons-hip-hop-connections|archive-date=January 23, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Incidentally, John had professed a desire to work with West during a ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' interview on August 25, 2006.<ref name="Andy"/> John imparted that with the assistance from an artist such as West or [[Pharrell Williams]], both of whom he tremendously respects, he wanted to bring his songs and [[Melody|melodies]] to [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] [[Beat (music)|beats]].<ref name="Andy">{{cite news | author=Greene, Andy| title=Elton John: "My Next Record Will Be Hip-Hop"| url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/elton-john-my-next-record-will-be-hip-hop-20060825|work=[[Rolling Stone]]|publisher=[[Jann Wenner]]| date=August 25, 2006| access-date=July 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919063315/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/elton-john-my-next-record-will-be-hip-hop-20060825 |archive-date=September 19, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| author=Kenney, Samantha| title=Elton John To Make Hip-Hop Records?| url=http://www.vibe.com/2014/03/elton-john-hip-hop-records/| work=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]| publisher=Vibe Media Group, LLC| date=March 19, 2014| access-date=July 30, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709035858/http://www.vibe.com/2014/03/elton-john-hip-hop-records/| archive-date=July 9, 2017| url-status=live}}</ref> It was while he was discussing his forthcoming autobiographical studio album ''[[The Captain & the Kid]]'' (2006).<ref name="Andy"/> Being a [[concept album]], it acts as the sequel to his ninth album ''[[Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy]]'' (1975), which contains the song that West samples.<ref name=linernotes/> Years later, the two artists officially collaborated with one another on West's fifth studio album ''[[My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy]]'' (2010), which John described as "genius."<ref name="Connections"/> John played the piano and was one of many in a long roster of recording artists who provided [[Backing vocalist|background vocals]] for the fifth track "[[All of the Lights]]".<ref>{{cite web|author=Carson, Erin|title=Five Reasons 31 Elton John Albums Aren't Enough|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/09/five-reasons-31-elton-john-albums-arent-enough/|work=[[Consequence of Sound]]|publisher=Consequence of Sound|date=September 25, 2013|access-date=June 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307141948/http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/09/five-reasons-31-elton-john-albums-arent-enough/|archive-date=March 7, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
-"Good Morning" was first heard by music listeners when the [[Digital radio in the United Kingdom|digital]] radio station [[BBC Radio 1Xtra]] hosted an exclusive "Audience With Kanye West" venue at the BBC Radio Music Theatre in London on August 13, 2007.<ref name="MistaJam">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/mistajam/2007/08/kanyewest_graduation.shtml|title=kanYeWest – Graduation|author=MistaJam|date=August 14, 2007|work=[[BBC Online]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017095422/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/mistajam/2007/08/kanyewest_graduation.shtml|archive-date=October 17, 2007|url-status=live|access-date=August 15, 2007}}</ref> West guided a specially selected audience through ''Graduation'', playing the album in its entirety directly from his [[MacBook Air]] laptop via a speaker system.<ref name="MistaJam" /> The premiere was part of an extensive promotional campaign that West embarked on for his third album during a trip to the [[United Kingdom]].<ref name="Push">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1567552/kanye-enjoys-muchhyped-rivalry-with-50-cent.jhtml|title=Kanye West Thanks 50 Cent for Much-Hyped Rivalry: 'We Push Each Other'|author=Reid, Shaheem|date=August 21, 2007|publisher=MTV. Viacom|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222003521/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1567552/kanye-enjoys-muchhyped-rivalry-with-50-cent.jhtml|archive-date=February 22, 2012|url-status=live|access-date=September 20, 2007}}</ref> Two weeks later, "Good Morning" was played as an opener when West hosted an album listening session for ''Graduation'' in [[New York City]].<ref name="GradListen" /> The late-night album listening session was held at the [[New World Stages]] on August 28, 2007.<ref name="GradListen" /> Inside an auditorium, West explained the influences and aspirations that went into the making of his third album.<ref name="GradListen" /> Throughout the night, he played previews of its songs from start-to-finish without interruption, some with [[Video clip|video accompaniment]] to match.<ref name="Longfellow">{{cite web|url=http://allhiphop.com/2007/08/29/album-preview-kanye-wests-graduation/|title=ALBUM PREVIEW: Kanye West's Graduation|author=Longfellow, Robert|date=August 29, 2007|work=[[AllHipHop]]|publisher=AllHipHop.com Inc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006062158/http://allhiphop.com/2007/08/29/album-preview-kanye-wests-graduation/|archive-date=October 6, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=August 12, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Preview">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/statusainthood/2007/08/kanye_wests_gra.php|title=Kanye West's ''Graduation'': A Preview|author=Breihan, Tom|date=August 29, 2007|work=[[The Village Voice]]|publisher=Village Voice, LLC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023180552/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/statusainthood/2007/08/kanye_wests_gra.php|archive-date=October 23, 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=September 22, 2007}}</ref> When West played "Good Morning," scenes from the film ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' were broadcast on a screen while lights flashed in sequence with the thumping beat of the track.<ref name="GradListen" />
-==Recording==
-[[File:Sony Music Studio (537506745).jpg|thumb|210px|upright|[[Sony Music Studios]], in New York City was one of the [[recording studio]]s where "Good Morning" was recorded.]]
-"Good Morning" was the first track that West started working on for ''Graduation''.<ref name="Martins">{{cite web|author=Martins, Jordan|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2010/04/tony-williams-of-g-o-o-d-music-talks-most-memorable-studio-sessions-with-kanye|title=Tony Williams of G.O.O.D. Music Talks Most Memorable Studio Sessions With Kanye|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|publisher=Complex Media, LLC|date=April 19, 2010|access-date=July 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106110536/http://www.complex.com/music/2010/04/tony-williams-of-g-o-o-d-music-talks-most-memorable-studio-sessions-with-kanye|archive-date=January 6, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Recording sessions primarily took place at [[Sony Music Studios]] in [[New York City]] and at [[The Record Plant]] in [[Hollywood]], [[California]].<ref name=linernotes/> The track was then [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixed]] at the [[Chalice Recording Studios]] in Hollywood, California.<ref name=linernotes/> According to former [[GOOD Music]] recording artist [[The World Famous Tony Williams|Tony Williams]], West first booked a studio in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]] to begin working on the recording in February 2006.<ref name="Martins"/> He was in Detroit to perform for a pre-game concert held during [[VH1]]'s Pepsi Smash Super Bowl Bash festivities of [[Super Bowl XL]], when the [[Seattle Seahawks]] played against the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]].<ref name="Martins"/><ref>{{cite web |author=Graff, Gary |title=Pepsi Smash Super Bowl Bash / Feb. 2, 2006 / Detroit (State Theatre) |url=https://www.billboard.com/bbcom/reviews/live_review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001957145 |date=February 3, 2006 |work=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |access-date=February 5, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060220062051/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/reviews/live_review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001957145 |archive-date=February 20, 2006 |url-status=live }}</ref>
-Beginning in early 2006, West had overseen the recording and production of ''Graduation'' simultaneously with  ''[[Finding Forever]]'' (2007), the seventh studio album of his close friend, fellow [[Chicago]] hip hop artist and label affiliate [[Common (rapper)|Common]].<ref name=Ready>{{cite web |author1=Bland, Bridget |author2=Reid, Shaheem |author3=Richard, Yasmine |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1559402/20070511/west_kanye.jhtml |title=Kanye West Says He's 'Ready To Take Over The World Once Again' |publisher=MTV. Viacom |date=May 11, 2007 |access-date=June 2, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070601205430/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1559402/20070511/west_kanye.jhtml |archive-date=June 1, 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Frehsee, Nicole |title=Common Preps New Album "Finding Forever" With Help From Kanye, Lily Allen |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/common-preps-new-album-finding-forever-with-help-from-kanye-lily-allen-20070608 |work=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=[[Jann Wenner]] |date=June 8, 2007 |access-date=June 29, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115134621/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/common-preps-new-album-finding-forever-with-help-from-kanye-lily-allen-20070608 |archive-date=November 15, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> As a result, there was significant overlap in between the studio sessions for the two records.<ref name="Shipley">Shipley, Al. [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/kanye-wests-graduation-10-things-you-didnt-know-w501933 Kanye West's 'Graduation': 10 Things You Didn't Know] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203163048/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/kanye-wests-graduation-10-things-you-didnt-know-w501933|date=February 3, 2018}}. ''[[Rolling Stone]]''. Retrieved on September 11, 2017.</ref> Common was helpful in facilitating the composing process, as West producing songs for his album would sometimes either lead to the making of hip-hop beats or inspire creative ideas which were applied towards his own project.<ref name="Saponara">{{cite web|author=Saponara, Michael|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7957949/kanye-west-graduation-10-year-anniversary-interview|title=Grammy-Winning Engineer Anthony Kilhoffer Recalls Memorable Studio Sessions From Kanye's 'Graduation' Album|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=September 19, 2007|access-date=September 19, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912035433/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7957949/kanye-west-graduation-10-year-anniversary-interview|archive-date=September 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> "Good Morning" was a case of the latter in regards to its [[Programming (music)|programmed]] [[drums]].<ref name=Favorite/> The track's murky, slightly off-kilter [[Drum machine|drum-machine]] [[Drum beat|beat]] that West crafted aligns with the [[J Dilla]] methodology he channeled and maintained throughout ''Finding Forever'' in tribute to the recent passing of the [[underground hip hop]] producer.<ref name="Report"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/finding-forever-mw0000477178 |title=Finding Forever – Common |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=February 22, 2016 |last=Kellman |first=Andy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222221236/http://www.allmusic.com/album/finding-forever-mw0000477178 |archive-date=February 22, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> West's newfound fascination with [[House music|house-music]] also played a role on his approach to drum programming.<ref name="Report"/> He relied more on clipped [[electro (music)|electro]] tones for his rhythmic patterns, giving the drum beats more of a punch.<ref name="Report"/><ref name=Favorite/> In contrast to ''Finding Forever'', West set aside his trademark [[soul music|soul]] samples in favor of airy [[synthesizer]] [[Musical tone|tone]]s that would carry well when performed in arenas.<ref name="Serwer"/>
-[[File:Jay-zlivein2010.jpg|thumb|left|194px|alt=Jay-Z|"Good Morning" concludes with additional vocals that are provided by American rapper [[Jay-Z]].]]
-Like most of the material throughout his third album, West's songwriting on "Good Morning" is characterized by confessional [[storytelling]] and simplified lyricism.<ref name="McCabe"/><ref name="Burney"/> West shortened his lines for each [[Verse (music)|verse]] in order to more directly get his lyrical concerns across.<ref name="Beaumont, 2015. p. 232">Beaumont, 2015. p. 232</ref> As for his [[rapping]], after touring with and studying the live performances of European [[arena rock]] bands such as [[U2]] and [[the Rolling Stones]], West decided to simplify some of his rhymes due to not always being able to rock crowds with complex lyrics.<ref name=GradListen/> He opted for a less intricate lyrical delivery featuring lines built on anthemic sloganeering with a more universal context. This would work in combination with sing-along [[Hook (music)|hooks]] that tens of thousands of fans could [[chant]] in unison at his [[stadium]] concerts.<ref name="Burney">{{cite news|author=Burney, Lawrence|title=Kanye West's 'Graduation' Gave Birth to Rap's First Real Rock Star|url=http://noisey.vice.com/en_ca/article/nee8bk/kanye-wests-graduation-gave-birth-to-raps-first-real-rock-star|work=[[Vice (magazine)#Website|Noisey]]|publisher=[[Vice Media]]|date=September 11, 2017|access-date=September 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911230930/https://noisey.vice.com/en_ca/article/nee8bk/kanye-wests-graduation-gave-birth-to-raps-first-real-rock-star|archive-date=September 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Serwer">{{cite web|author=Serwer, Jesse|title=Kanye West|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/music/kanye-west-1|work=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out New York]]|publisher=[[Time Out (company)|Time Out Group Limited]]|date=August 13, 2007|access-date=July 9, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019134152/http://www.timeout.com/newyork/music/kanye-west-1|archive-date=October 19, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Lyons"/>
-"Good Morning" contains additional vocals provided by Australian singer [[Connie Mitchell]] of the [[Electronic dance music|dance music]] group [[Sneaky Sound System]], as well as [[Soul music|soul]] singer Tony Williams.<ref name=linernotes/> West had Connie Mitchell and Tony Williams sing a descending vocal line together over the [[Loop (music)|looped]] sample.<ref name="Martins"/><ref name=Favorite/> Their celestial [[unison]] singing and the floating [[Monophony|monophonic]] vocal loop combine to form a warm background [[harmony]].<ref name="Burney"/><ref name=Favorite/><ref name="Kathwadia2"/> The oohing vocals from the ethereal backing [[choir]] function as a [[Hook (music)|hook]] which serves to further engender moody atmosphere.<ref name="Kathwadia2"/><ref name="Bainbridge">{{cite news |author=Luke, Bainbridge |title=It's Kanye's World |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/aug/12/urban.kanyewest |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited |date=August 11, 2007 |access-date=March 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924131146/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/aug/12/urban.kanyewest |archive-date=September 24, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Chicago/><ref name="Anslema"/>
-The song also includes an [[Interpolation (popular music)|interpolation]] of vocals that were provided by rapper [[Jay-Z]] which are spliced into the song's [[Outro (music)|outro]].<ref name="Broazay"/><ref name="Anslema">{{cite web| author=Anslema, Samuel| title=Kanye West Graduation| url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2007/10/kanye-west-graduation/| work=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]| publisher=[[Harris Publications]]| date=October 11, 2007| access-date=July 20, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314024626/http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2007/10/kanye-west-graduation/| archive-date=March 14, 2016| url-status=live}}</ref> During the closing refrain, Jay-Z briefly recites a line from "The Ruler's Back", the rapper's own opening track for his album, ''The Blueprint''.<ref name="Anslema"/><ref name="Vozick-Levinson">{{cite web|author=Vozick-Levinson, Simon|title=Jay-Z's Brotherly Love|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2007/09/20/jay-z-toasts-kanye-wests-graduation|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|publisher=Entertainment Weekly Inc|date=September 20, 2007|access-date=September 22, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121174812/http://www.ew.com/article/2007/09/20/jay-z-toasts-kanye-wests-graduation|archive-date=January 21, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Similar to ''Finding Forever'', the album's [[record production]] had been handled primarily by West.<ref name="Blueprint">{{cite AV media notes |others=Jay-Z |title=The Blueprint|year=2001 |publisher=[[Roc-A-Fella Records]]}}</ref> West altered the rhythm of the phrase by omitting a word in order to place more emphasis on the beat.<ref name="reverbmachine">{{cite web|author=reverbmachine|title=Deconstructing Kanye West's Good Morning Beat|url=http://www.reverbmachine.com/blog/deconstructing-kanye-wests-good-morning-beat|work=Reverb Machine|date=April 19, 2018|access-date=June 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728071419/https://www.reverbmachine.com/blog/deconstructing-kanye-wests-good-morning-beat|archive-date=July 28, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', Jay-Z detailed some backstory in regards to his small contribution.<ref name="Vozick-Levinson"/> From a creative stance, West was apparently quite enthusiastic about the incorporation of his [[a capella]] into the track. Jay-Z explained, "You have to really care about the music ... [Kanye] was bragging about having the a capella. He's like, 'Yo, that's how I spun it, 'cause I had the a capella.' I'm like, wow! The things he cares about! That's not a big thing, but in his mind, 'I had the a capella, so I was able to put that in there without any [[Drum machine|drums]].'"<ref name="Vozick-Levinson"/> Although he does provide the additional vocals, ''Graduation'' marks the first studio album released by West not to feature a full-length [[Guest appearance#Contemporary music|guest]] rap verse from Jay-Z.<ref name=linernotes/><ref name=Favorite>{{cite news|author=Breihan, Tom|title=Ten Favorite Moments on Kanye West's Graduation|url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/statusainthood/2007/09/ten_favorite_mo.php|work=[[The Village Voice]]|publisher=Village Voice, LLC|date=September 11, 2007|access-date=September 11, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215609/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/statusainthood/2007/09/ten_favorite_mo.php|archive-date=October 4, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-==Composition==
-[[File:Kanye West GITD 2008 (3049212932) (cropped).jpg|upright|thumb|235px|The ambient song begins the album on a sparse, [[Beat (music)#Downbeat and upbeat|downbeat]] note. West's songwriting is structured on the usage of anthemic [[sloganeering]] and wafting [[Hook (music)|hooks]] intended for crowds of fans to [[chant]] and sing along to during his live concerts.|alt=Kanye West performing "Good Morning" at the Bercy Arena in Paris, France on November 20, 2008 during the Glow in the Dark Tour.]]
-"Good Morning" is an uptempo hip hop track that lasts for a duration of three minutes and 15 seconds.<ref name=linernotes/> The song's musical and lyrical content is both light and dark in tone.<ref name="Iandoli"/> It harbors an atmosphere that is sunny and largely optimistic, but also wary and sentimental.<ref name="Marx"/><ref>{{cite web|author=Hawking, Tom|title=The 50 Best Side One Track Ones in Music History|url=http://flavorwire.com/453647/the-best-side-one-track-ones-in-music-history/48|work=[[Flavorwire]]|publisher=Flavorpill Media|date=April 24, 2014|access-date=November 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209064120/http://flavorwire.com/453647/the-best-side-one-track-ones-in-music-history/48|archive-date=February 9, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The progressive hip hop song contains elements of [[electronic music|electronic]] and [[ambient music]] as well as New-Age keyboards.<ref name="D."/><ref name=NME>{{cite web|author=Pattison, Louis|title=NME Reviews – Kanye West: Graduation|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/kanye-west/8950|work=[[NME]]|publisher=IPC Media|date=September 13, 2005|access-date=September 13, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020032935/http://web.nme.com/reviews/kanye-west/8950|archive-date=October 20, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref>  It has a [[minimal music|minimal]] and [[Beat (music)#Downbeat and upbeat|downbeat]] electronic instrumentation which consists of [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[Mute (music)|muted]] [[Drum machine|drum]]s, and background vocals.<ref name=linernotes/><ref name=Favorite/><ref name=Chicago>Greg Kot (August 31, 2007). [http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2007/08/graduation-day-.html 'Graduation' day arrives: Kanye West exploits his growing pains] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107035406/http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2007/08/graduation-day-.html |date=November 7, 2007 }}. ''Chicago Tribune''. Accessed 2007-10-01.</ref> "Good Morning" begins when West utters controlled "uh" grunts before he unleashes the track's thumping, off-kilter [[boom bap]] drums.<ref name="Stoppelenburg"/><ref name="Report"/><ref name=Favorite/><ref name="Kathwadia">{{cite web|author=Kathwadia, Rajveer|title=Online Review: Kanye West – Graduation|url=http://www.rwdmag.com/articles/6015/Online-Review-Kanye-West--iGraduationi-.html|work=[[RWD Magazine]]|publisher=RWD Magazine|date=August 15, 2007|access-date=August 15, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821181830/http://www.rwdmag.com/articles/6015/Online-Review-Kanye-West--iGraduationi-.html|archive-date=August 21, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> The song's opening section then initiates an static [[Beat music#Back beat|backbeat]] derived from [[Echo#In music|echoed]]-out [[Cowbell (instrument)|cowbell]] hits.<ref name=Favorite/><ref name=Chicago/> Its steady, [[Metronome|metronomic]] cowbell beats punctuate the subversive, trembling [[bass drum]] rhythm and generate an insistent laid-back [[groove (music)|groove]].<ref name="Stoppelenburg"/><ref name="D.">{{cite web|author=D., Spence|title=Kanye West – Graduation Review|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/09/12/kanye-west-graduation-review|work=[[IGN]]|publisher=[[IGN Entertainment, Inc]]|date=September 12, 2007|access-date=June 17, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008192913/http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/09/12/kanye-west-graduation-review|archive-date=October 8, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Beaumont"/> The main accompaniment comes in the form of enigmatic, [[organ (music)|organ]]-like [[electric piano]] keys layered with a resounding, high-pitched electronic [[Synthesizer#Synth pad|synth]]-[[Drone (music)|drone]].<ref name="D."/><ref name=Favorite/>
-After its sparse [[Introduction (music)|introduction]], the building [[arrangement]] abruptly becomes awash in layers of keyboards at the arrival of the atmospheric refrain.<ref name=Chicago/><ref name="Kathwadia"/><ref name="Barber"/> "Good Morning" is simplistic in its gentle chorus, where West repeats the title of the track four times.<ref name="GradListen">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1568459/20070829/west_kanye.jhtml|title=Kanye's Graduation: Inside The NYC Listening Party For West's So-Called 'Comeback'|last=Reid|first=Shaheem|date=August 29, 2007|publisher=MTV. Viacom|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021054752/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1568459/20070829/west_kanye.jhtml|archive-date=October 21, 2007|url-status=live|access-date=August 29, 2007}}</ref><ref name="Brackett"/> Following each repetition of the titular phrase are haunting choral chants which are in turn accented by subtle instrumental [[Fill (music)|fills]].<ref name="Iandoli">{{cite news |author=Iandoli, Kathy|title=Kanye West's 'Graduation' At 10 Years Old|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/kanye-wests-graduation-10-years-old|work=[[Grammy|Grammy Award]] |publisher=[[The Recording Academy]]|date=September 12, 2017 |access-date=September 13, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Kathwadia"/><ref name="Perlah">{{cite web|author=Perlah, Jeff|title=CD Reviews: 50 Cent, Kanye West|url=http://www.soundandvision.com/content/cd-reviews-50-cent-kanye-west|work=[[Sound & Vision (magazine)|Sound & Vision]]|publisher=[[Bonnier Corporation|Bonnier Corp]]|date=November 5, 2007|access-date=December 8, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124070652/https://www.soundandvision.com/content/cd-reviews-50-cent-kanye-west|archive-date=January 24, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The echoing synth line from the introduction is accompanied by dreamy synth-[[Chord (music)|chords]].<ref name="reverbmachine"/> The song's [[Hook (music)|hook]] retains wafting [[vocal harmonies]] composed with the use of wordless [[falsetto]] vocal samples from the recording "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" by Elton John.<ref name="Broazay"/><ref name="Connections"/><ref name="D."/><ref name=Chicago/> West's style of [[rapping]] is slick and keenly aggressive during the three [[Bar (music)|eight-bar]] verses.<ref name=GradListen/> His straightforward lyrical delivery exhibits a slow-paced, less technical approach to [[Rapping#Flow|flow]].<ref name="Lyons">{{cite news|author=Lyons, Patrick|title=Kanye West's "Graduation," Ten Years On|url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/on-graduation-kanye-west-reached-for-the-stars-fell-and-landed-on-the-clouds-news.37177.html|work=HotNewHipHop|publisher=Urbanlinx Media|date=September 11, 2017|access-date=September 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912013424/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/on-graduation-kanye-west-reached-for-the-stars-fell-and-landed-on-the-clouds-news.37177.html|archive-date=September 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Beaumont"/> After its third verse, "Good Morning" elevates itself from a refrain to an [[Conclusion (music)#Outro|outro]] that features the voice of Jay-Z.<ref name="Brackett">Brackett, Nathan. [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/graduation-20070904 Review: ''Graduation''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614053838/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/graduation-20070904 |date=June 14, 2012 }}. ''[[Rolling Stone]]''. Retrieved on October 6, 2009.</ref> He utters lyrics from the opening lines of "The Ruler's Back".<ref name="Broazay"/> The musical composition reaches its [[Conclusion (music)|conclusion]] with the pairing of Jay-Z's additional vocals to [[synthesizer]] parts.<ref name=linernotes/><ref name="Chen">{{cite web|author=Chen, Brian|title=Kanye Knows What Works|url=http://www.michigandaily.com/content/kanye-knows-what-works|work=[[The Michigan Daily]]|publisher=The Michigan Daily|date=September 10, 2007|access-date=September 10, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222162830/https://www.michigandaily.com/content/kanye-knows-what-works|archive-date=December 22, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
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-Lyrically, "Good Morning" is a triumphant declaration of professional and financial achievement.<ref name="Rosenberg">{{cite web| author=Rosenberg, Tal| title=Who's the Octopus in Takashi Murakami's 'The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg'?| url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/takashi-murakami-octopus-eats-leg-mca-contemporary-art/Content?oid=27063603| work=[[Chicago Reader]]| publisher=[[Sun-Times Media Group]]| date=June 14, 2017| access-date=October 27, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918184126/https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/takashi-murakami-octopus-eats-leg-mca-contemporary-art/Content?oid=27063603| archive-date=September 18, 2017| url-status=live}}</ref> It continues the education [[Theme (narrative)|theme]] which was established by his previous studio albums ''[[The College Dropout]]'' (2004) and ''[[Late Registration]]'' (2005).<ref name="Kathwadia2">{{cite web |author=Kathwadia, Rajveer|title=Online Review 2: Kanye West – Graduation|url=http://www.rwdmag.com/articles/6137/Online-Review-2-Kanye-West--Graduation.html|work=[[RWD Magazine]]|publisher=RWD Magazine|date=September 14, 2007|access-date=September 14, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005202306/http://www.rwdmag.com/articles/6137/Online-Review-2-Kanye-West--Graduation.html|archive-date=October 5, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Chuck Arnold, Chris Strauss, Randy Vest, V.R. Peterson, Julie Jordan">{{cite web | author=Chuck Arnold, Chris Strauss, Randy Vest, V.R. Peterson, Julie Jordan | title=Critic's Choice Kanye West Graduation Rap | url=http://people.com/archive/music-vol-68-no-13/ | work=[[People (magazine)|People]] | publisher=[[Time Inc]] | date=September 24, 2007 | access-date=October 15, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728002915/https://people.com/archive/music-vol-68-no-13/ | archive-date=July 28, 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref> Both of the first two installments of West's planned album [[tetralogy]] began with an introductory track that involves a [[Head teacher|school administrator]] who labels him a disappointment.<ref>{{cite web | last=Patel | first=Joseph | title=Producer Kanye West's Debut LP Features Jay-Z, ODB, Mos Def | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1472302/20030604/index.jhtml?headlines=true | date=June 5, 2003 | publisher=[[MTV]].[[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]] | access-date=April 21, 2009 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504171249/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1472302/20030604/index.jhtml?headlines=true | archive-date=May 4, 2009 }}</ref><ref name="Bonaime2">{{cite web| author=Bonaime, Ross| title=Everybody Knows I'm A Monster: The Album Tracks of Kanye West, Ranked| url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/11/everybody-knows-im-a-monster-the-album-tracks-of-k.html?p=2| work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]| publisher=Paste Media Group| date=November 6, 2015| access-date=March 5, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012202539/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/11/everybody-knows-im-a-monster-the-album-tracks-of-k.html?p=2| archive-date=October 12, 2017| url-status=live}}</ref> By contrast, "Good Morning" starts off the third studio album with West [[Graduation|graduating]] to the next level of success and proceeding towards the next phase of his career.<ref name="Iandoli"/><ref name="Bonaime2"/> Accordingly, West uses the album-opener of ''Graduation'' to deliver an anthemic [[Commencement speech|commencement address]].<ref name="Beaumont">Beaumont, 2015. p. 231</ref><ref name="Comer"/> He announces that his record functions as a [[Thesis|dissertation]], making an [[analogy]] in which he likens his music to academia.<ref name="Kathwadia2"/><ref name="Rawls">{{cite web|author=Rawls, MJ|title=Kanye's Victory Lap: Celebrating 10 years of 'Graduation'|url=http://substreammagazine.com/2017/10/10-years-graduation-victory-lap-kanye-west/|work=[[Substream Magazine]]|publisher=Jason McMahon|date=October 10, 2017|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728101106/https://substreammagazine.com/2017/10/10-years-graduation-victory-lap-kanye-west/|archive-date=July 28, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> West compares overcoming life's hindrances to finishing a university most directly when he professes that, "You graduate when you make it up out of the streets."<ref name="Kathwadia2"/><ref name="Kathwadia"/><ref name="Beaumont"/>
-While primarily an uplifting anthem, West's lyrics are [[wiktionary:ouroboric|ouroboric]] in nature, being structured on [[Braggadocio (rap)|self-aggrandisement]] undercut with harsh [[Self criticism|self-criticism]].<ref name="McCabe">{{cite web|author=McCabe, Bret|title=The Pay-Per-Listen Rap Rivalry|url=http://www.nysun.com/arts/pay-per-listen-rap-rivalry/61803/|work=[[The New York Sun]]|publisher=Ronald Weintraub|date=September 4, 2007|access-date=September 17, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209063916/http://www.nysun.com/arts/pay-per-listen-rap-rivalry/61803/|archive-date=February 9, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Weiner"/><ref name="Stanley">{{cite web|author=Stanley, Sean|title=Revisiting Graduation, When Kanye Set His Sights On Stadiums|url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/37355/1/kanye-west-graduation-retrospective|work=[[Dazed]]|publisher=Dazed Media|date=September 11, 2017|access-date=September 13, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911180403/http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/37355/1/kanye-west-graduation-retrospective|archive-date=September 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> They suggest that every new success or achievement gives him more new reasons to doubt himself.<ref name="Ben">{{cite news |author=Thompson, Ben |title=Kanye West, Graduation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/sep/16/shopping.urban1 |work=[[The Observer]] |publisher=[[Guardian News and Media Limited]] |date=September 16, 2007 |access-date=September 17, 2007 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141005183532/http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/sep/16/shopping.urban1 |archive-date=October 5, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> His conflicted, confessional lyricism and delivery is emphasized by way of the disarmingly simple, easygoing quality of the track's beat.<ref name="McCabe"/><ref name="Boyer 2"/> The song's pensive verses discuss lyrical concerns related to [[Elitism#Anti-elitism|anti-elitism]] and [[anti-establishment]].<ref name="Broazay"/><ref name=Chicago/><ref name="Weiner"/> West critiques [[Social stratification|societal hierarchies]] produced by the homogenization of the [[Education in the United States|American education system]].<ref>Richardson, 2011. p. 97</ref><ref>Richardson, 2011. p. 101</ref> Alongside motivational declarations of triumph, the lyrics of "Good Morning" are home to energetic, amusing [[word play]] laced with numerous [[Popular culture|pop-culture]] references.<ref name="Broazay"/><ref name=Chicago/><ref name="Thompson"/> They pertain to actress [[Rosie Perez]], the 1989 [[Spike Lee]] film ''[[Do the Right Thing]]'', civil rights leader [[Malcolm X]], and the classic 1980s [[Science fiction film|science-fiction]] film series ''[[Back to the Future]]''.<ref name="Thompson">{{cite web|author=Thompson, Paul|title=Every Pop-Culture Reference Kanye West Has Ever Made|url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/01/every-pop-culture-reference-kanye-has-ever-made.html|work=[[Vulture (magazine)|Vulture]]|publisher=[[New York (magazine)|New York Media, LLC]]|date=January 15, 2016|access-date=September 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904185409/http://www.vulture.com/2016/01/every-pop-culture-reference-kanye-has-ever-made.html|archive-date=September 4, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> West lays bear the forward-thinking theme of the album and critiques his peers when he rhymes, "Good Morning, look at the valedictorian/scared of the future while I hop in the [[DeLorean time machine|DeLorean]]."<ref name="Kathwadia2"/><ref>{{cite web|author=Tharpe, Frazier|url=http://www.complex.com/sports/2014/02/kanye-wests-25-greatest-car-moments/|title=Kanye West's 25 Greatest Car Moments|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|publisher=Rich Antoniello|date=February 10, 2014|access-date=May 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624170154/http://www.complex.com/sports/2014/02/kanye-wests-25-greatest-car-moments/|archive-date=June 24, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> At the same time, the [[Interpolation (popular music)|interpolation]] of the line, "Hustlers, that's if you're still livin', get on down..." from Jay-Z's sixth studio album ''[[The Blueprint]]'' (2001) is one of many touching callbacks to the footsteps that once propelled West forward as a hip hop artist in the past found throughout his introspective third album.<ref name="Comer"/> The widespread acclaim of ''The Blueprint'' brought Jay-Z's record label [[Roc-A-Fella Records]] more attention to West's [[Record producer|production]] skills.<ref name="Comer">{{cite web|author=Comer, Sean|url=http://411mania.com/music/give-life-back-to-music-08-19-13-kanye-west-graduation/|title=Give Life Back To Music 08.19.13: Kanye West – Graduation|work=411MANIA|publisher=411mania.com, LLC|date=August 13, 2013|access-date=January 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817124114/http://411mania.com/music/give-life-back-to-music-08-19-13-kanye-west-graduation/|archive-date=August 17, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-==Critical reception==
-"Good Morning" was met with generally favorable reviews from contemporary [[Music journalism|music critics]]. John Wash for ''[[Hot Press]]'' called the musical composition "glorious." He elaborates that the track's "dark, neurotic beats may form the backdrop, but the deliciously cheesy sampling lifts the song firmly into the [[Popular music|pop]] spectrum."<ref>{{cite web|author=Walshe, John|title=Graduation|url=http://www.hotpress.com/music/reviews/albums/4085506.html|work=[[Hot Press]]|publisher=Hot Press|date=September 20, 2007|access-date=September 23, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503194452/http://www.hotpress.com/music/reviews/albums/4085506.html|archive-date=May 3, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''s Isabella Biedenharn noted, "the smooth, sublime 'Good Morning' is just so fresh and untethered — it's Kanye living in a pure, creative dream-space."<ref>{{cite web|author=Biedenharn, Isabella|title=Graduation Turns 10: An Appreciation of Old Kanye|url=https://ew.com/music/2017/09/08/graduation-kanye-west-10th-anniversary/|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|publisher=[[Time Inc]]|date=September 8, 2017|access-date=September 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913033204/http://ew.com/music/2017/09/08/graduation-kanye-west-10th-anniversary/|archive-date=September 13, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Natalie Weiner from ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' has named "Good Morning" as one of West's most uplifting anthems, saying, "The Elton John sample, combined with Kanye's [[anti-establishment]] fervor, will make anyone feel better about their relative lack of [[diploma]]s."<ref name="Weiner">{{cite web|author=Weiner, Natalie|title=Kanye West's 13 Most Uplifting Deep Cuts|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7580485/kanye-wests-most-uplifting-deep-cuts-election|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|date=November 19, 2016|access-date=April 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503102633/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7580485/kanye-wests-most-uplifting-deep-cuts-election|archive-date=May 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> ''RapReview''{{'}}s Jesa Padania also considered "Good Morning" to be a strong way to start the studio album and expressed affinity for the song's simple yet soulful hip-hop beat.<ref name="Padania">{{cite web|author=Padania, Jesal|title=Kanye West :: Graduation|url=http://www.rapreviews.com/feature3.html|work=RapReviews.com|publisher=RapReviews.com|date=September 11, 2007|access-date=September 11, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228123500/http://www.rapreviews.com/feature3.html|archive-date=February 28, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> Chase Hoffberger from ''[[The Austin Chronicle]]'' gave praise to the innovative manner in which West samples Elton John for the record production.<ref name="Hoffberger">{{cite news|author=Hoffberger, Chase|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2007-10-05/546591/|title=Graduation, Curtis Kanye West and 50 Cent|work=[[The Austin Chronicle]]|publisher=Austin Chronicle Corp|date=October 5, 2007|access-date=October 5, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107234818/http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2007-10-05/546591/|archive-date=November 7, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'' staff writer Ben Thompson listed "Good Morning" as one of the top five songs from ''Graduation''.<ref name="Ben"/>
-''[[The Michigan Daily]]'' writer Brian Chen claimed the recording "stands among the best of West's productions, combining [[Gospel music|gospel]] howls, [[synthesizer]]s and [[String instrument|strings]], all over a bone-crushing [[Bass (instrument)|bass]]."<ref name="Chen"/> ''[[Sound & Vision (magazine)|Sound & Vision]]'' reviewer Jeff Perlah viewed "Good Morning" as a demonstration of how West "continues to bounce hip-hop into exciting new realms that are artful."<ref name="Perlah"/> Rajveer Kathwadia of ''[[RWD Magazine]]'' cited the track as one of the best songs on ''Graduation''.<ref name="Kathwadia2"/> Although he withholds the belief that it's West's [[musicality]] that's a true measurement of his talent, Kathwadia nevertheless commended his improvement as a [[Rapping|rapper]] and marked the [[Malcolm X]] lyric as the album's standout line.<ref name="Kathwadia2"/><ref>{{cite web |author=Kathwadia, Rajveer|title=RWD Reviews: 50 V Kanye|url=http://www.rwdmag.com/articles/6131/RWD-Reviews-50-V-Kanye.html|work=[[RWD Magazine]]|publisher=RWD Magazine|date=September 12, 2007|access-date=September 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005200719/http://www.rwdmag.com/articles/6131/RWD-Reviews-50-V-Kanye.html|archive-date=October 5, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> Likewise, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' writer Evan Serpick called the Malcolm X reference a "classic [[One-liner joke|one-liner]]."<ref name="Serpick">{{Cite web|author=Serpick, Evan|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kanye-vs-50-cent-20070906|title=Kanye vs. 50 Cent|work=Rolling Stone|publisher=Jann Wenner|date=September 6, 2007|access-date=November 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123114924/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kanye-vs-50-cent-20070906|archive-date=November 23, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Dave Heaton from ''[[PopMatters]]'' also highlighted West's clever [[word play]], musing, "Bad [[pun]]s have been the foundation of West's lyrical approach since the beginning, and it works."<ref name="Heaton">{{cite web | author=Heaton, Dave | title=Kanye West Graduation – PopMatters Music Review | url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/kanye-west-graduation | work=[[PopMatters]] | publisher=PopMatters Media, Inc | date=September 10, 2007 | access-date=September 12, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216022235/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/kanye-west-graduation | archive-date=December 16, 2008 | url-status=live }}</ref> In a less enthusiastic review, Japie Stoppelenburg of ''No Ripcord'' described "Good Morning" as a "concise but slightly blunt effort." Stoppelenburg goes on to say "the track is innocuous and respectably fun, but it never really steps out of its modesty like so many of Kanye's earlier tracks have."<ref name="Stoppelenburg"/> In a retrospective article, Brendan Klinkenberg for ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]'' encapsulated the opening track:
-<blockquote>"... 'Good Morning' is [West's] cleanest opener, on his cleanest album; the perfect first step to what would be the capstone to the ''College'' trilogy, and the last time he would privilege cohesiveness in his catalogue. In his words, ''Graduation'' is his [[dissertation]], and its first track is its [[thesis]]. 'Ye would take over the world, watch it crumble around him, then get more artistically daring with each subsequent release—''Good Ass Job'' would never show up, and he would abandon the things that make this song great: it's focused, [[Verse-chorus form|three-verse]] [[Song structure|structure]], gently building beat, and sweet sense of [[Melancholia|melancholy]]. 'Ye would go on to burn his influences and talent down for scraps, and began to create weirder, bigger things. One thing he never lost, though, was his ability to start an album."<ref name="Barber">{{cite web|author=Barber, Andrew|url=http://www.complex.com/music/the-best-kanye-west-songs/good-morning|title=The 100 Best Kanye West Songs|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|publisher=Complex Media, LLC|date=2016-02-09|access-date=2016-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123073221/http://www.complex.com/music/the-best-kanye-west-songs/good-morning|archive-date=January 23, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref></blockquote>
-===Accolades===
-A columnist from ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' bestowed "Good Morning" with much acclaim and ranked it as West's 60th best album track. He declared, "'Good Morning' isn't West just waking himself up to the next level of his evolution, it's West waking up the world to its next legend."<ref name="Bonaime2"/> ''[[Pigeons & Planes]]'' placed the opener at number 12  under their list of West's 25 best songs that weren't released as [[Single (music)|singles]].<ref name="Broazay"/> ''[[Consequence of Sound]]'' listed it at number 18 among their top 20 West songs. To summarize the track's concept, editor Jeremy Larson wrote, "The morning of the [[Graduation|commencement]], a new day for 'Ye, the processional, the intro. It's all there in "Good Morning," the first taste of what would be the blasted [[synths]] and huge sound of ''Graduation.''<ref name="Larson">{{cite web|author=Chris Bosman, Jeremy D. Larson, Amanda Koellner, Dan Pfleegor|title=Kanye West's Top 20 Songs|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2013/06/top-20-kanye-west-songs/full-post/|work=[[Consequence of Sound]]|publisher=Consequence of Sound|date=June 22, 2013|access-date=November 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123072437/https://consequenceofsound.net/2013/06/top-20-kanye-west-songs/full-post/|archive-date=January 23, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Jake Boyer of ''[[Highsnobiety]]'' cited "Good Morning" as the sixth best song on ''Graduation'' and West's 28th best overall, writing, "Whether it's facing the sort of life-changing event like the graduation of its lyrics or easing yourself out of a particularly rough patch, this song is here, a healing salve for all wounds."<ref name="Boyer 2">{{cite web| author=Boyer, Jake| title=The 40 Best Kanye West Songs| url=http://www.highsnobiety.com/2017/06/08/best-kanye-west-songs/| work=[[Highsnobiety]]| publisher=Titelmedia GmbH| date=June 8, 2017| access-date=June 17, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611045303/http://www.highsnobiety.com/2017/06/08/best-kanye-west-songs/| archive-date=June 11, 2017| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Boyer">{{cite web| author=Boyer, Jake| title=Every Song on Kanye West's 'Graduation' Ranked From Worst to Best| url=https://www.highsnobiety.com/2017/09/11/kanye-west-graduation-song-ranking/| work=[[Highsnobiety]]| publisher=Titelmedia GmbH| date=September 11, 2017| access-date=September 17, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914221434/http://www.highsnobiety.com/2017/09/11/kanye-west-graduation-song-ranking/| archive-date=September 14, 2017| url-status=live}}</ref> He remarked that the track's sonic cues "[make] good on Kanye's narrative [[catharsis]]. Somehow, through all the bullshit, we made it to graduation day, and yes, it sounds this damn triumphant."<ref name="Boyer 2"/> [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] rapper [[Aminé (rapper)|Aminé]], who cites West as a musical influence, stated that the track is one of his favorite songs. He imparted, "'Good Morning' was a song that just made me feel good and I could still turn it on today. It was one of the first times where I started to hear bright, positive, hip-hop."<ref name="Iandoli"/> '' [[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]'' named "Good Morning" one of the 25 best Hip-Hop album intro's of the 21st century in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=25 of the Best Hip-Hop Album Intros Since 2000 |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/best-hip-hop-album-intros-since-2000/ |website=XXL Mag |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103050425/https://www.xxlmag.com/best-hip-hop-album-intros-since-2000/ |archive-date=3 November 2020 |date=9 August 2019}}</ref>
-==Music video==
-===Development===
-[[File:Takashi Murakami at Versailles Sept. 2010 (crop).jpg|thumb|upright|left|alt=Japanese Artist [[Takashi Murakami]] at the Palace of Versailles giving an interview to a film crew about his new exhibit 10th of September 2010|Japanese contemporary artist [[Takashi Murakami]], who designed the cover artwork for ''[[Graduation (album)|Graduation]]'' and its singles, directed the [[music video]].]]
-Even though it was not released as a single, a three-minute animated [[music video]] was produced for "Good Morning".<ref name="goodmorning">{{cite web |author1=Dukes, Rahman |author2=Reid, Shaheem |author3=Richard, Yasmine |url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/mixtape_monday/052107/ |title=Mixtape Monday: Kanye West Glows In The Dark; Pharrell Brings The B-More Beats |publisher=MTV. Viacom |date=May 21, 2007 |access-date=May 22, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523054756/http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/mixtape_monday/052107/ |archive-date=May 23, 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> West commissioned the video to be directed by [[Japanese people|Japanese]] contemporary artist [[Takashi Murakami]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Murakami Explains How Kanye's 'Graduation' Album Cover Was Created|url=http://eblnews.com/video/murakami-explains-how-kanyes-graduation-album-cover-was-created-167665|work=EBL News|publisher=Vallic|date=July 27, 2017|access-date=October 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310035118/https://eblnews.com/video/murakami-explains-how-kanyes-graduation-album-cover-was-created-167665|archive-date=March 10, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> He had been enlisted by West to oversee the art direction of ''Graduation'' and was behind the [[cover art]] designs for the album and its accompanying singles.<ref>{{cite news |author=Martin, Francesca |title=Kanye West Mixes Manga and Music With the 'Warhol of Japan' |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2007/aug/01/art.popandrock |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited |date=August 1, 2007 |access-date=September 5, 2007 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713063003/http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2007/aug/01/art.popandrock |archive-date=July 13, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> The collaboration first came about when West visited Murakami's [[Kaikai Kiki|Kaikai Kiki Co.]] studio in [[Roppongi Hills]] during a brief trip to [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] in the midst of touring the year prior.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Kato, Akiko|author2=Wilson, Wayne|title=???·?????????????????! Kanye West Visits the Studio!|url=http://www.kaikaikiki.co.jp/news/list/kanyewest_in_asaka/|work=[[Kaikai Kiki]]|publisher=Kaikai Kiki Co, Ltd|access-date=November 21, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409065335/http://www.kaikaikiki.co.jp/news/list/kanyewest_in_asaka/|archive-date=April 9, 2009}}</ref> Regarding his joint collaboration with the artist, West remarked, "Murakami, his work has been stunning to me because [[pop art]] is really expressive, representative and expressive and emotional, and it looks like something you can do yourself. [But] you cannot do no Murakami shit yourself. You cannot do this at home. He has this studio out in Japan that has 30 artists working at one time. I love [[Japanese culture]] and I was always into art, and Murakmi is a god in the art world."<ref name="goodmorning"/>
-The short animated feature expresses glossy, colorful [[pastel]] imagery that take cues from [[Superflat]], a [[Postmodern art|post-modern art]] movement influenced by Japanese [[manga]] and [[Anime|animé]] which was founded by Murakami.<ref name="S., Nathan">{{cite web|author=S., Nathan|title=Is Kanye West's "Graduation" Album a Masterpiece?|url=http://www.djbooth.net/index/news/entry/2015-05-13-kanye-west-graduation-debate|work=DJBooth.net|publisher=The DJ Booth LLC|date=February 18, 2015|access-date=May 8, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516040021/http://www.djbooth.net/index/news/entry/2015-05-13-kanye-west-graduation-debate|archive-date=May 16, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Barthel">{{cite web|author=Barthel, Mike|url=http://www.theawl.com/2010/11/understanding-kanye-sweet-sweet-robot-fantasy-baby|title=Understanding Kanye: Sweet, Sweet Robot Fantasy, Baby|work=[[The Awl]]|publisher=David Cho|date=October 15, 2010|access-date=October 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119231529/http://www.theawl.com/2010/11/understanding-kanye-sweet-sweet-robot-fantasy-baby|archive-date=November 19, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> Often called "the [[Andy Warhol|Warhol]] of Japan," Murakami's [[Surrealism|surrealistic]] visual art is characterized by [[cartoon]]ish creatures which appear friendly and cheerful at first glance, but possess dark, twisted undertones.<ref name="warhol">{{cite news | author=Gopnik, Blakel | title=Toying With Catastrophe | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/04/AR2008050401914.html | work=[[The Washington Post]] | date=May 4, 2008 | access-date=May 4, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108201004/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/04/AR2008050401914.html | archive-date=November 8, 2012 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author=Vogel, Carol | title=Watch Out, Warhol, Here's Japanese Shock Pop | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/02/arts/design/02mura.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=April 2, 2008 | access-date=August 30, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110092554/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/02/arts/design/02mura.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all | archive-date=January 10, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref> The artistic concept involves a fantastic, grotesque and sometimes dark universe of creatures like "Mr. Dob," "Smiley-Face Flowers," and colorful mushrooms.<ref name="Lu Stout">{{cite web| author=[[Kristie Lu Stout|Lu Stout, Kristie]]| title=Interview with Japanese Artist Takashi Murakam| url=http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1301/11/ta.01.html| work=[[CNN]]| publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]]| date=January 11, 2013| access-date=May 23, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209122211/http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1301/11/ta.01.html| archive-date=February 9, 2018| url-status=live}}</ref> The three-dimensional art technique blends artistry with Japanese anime and launched Murakami to fame in the 1990s.<ref name="Lu Stout"/> It also attracted the attention of [[Marc Jacobs]], creative director of [[Louis Vuitton]], who recruited Muramki to revise the traditional LV [[monogram]] brand logo for their line of handbags and accessories. The commercially successful venture paved the way for Murakami's artwork to cross over into commerce and other mediums, propelling him into an internationally recognized artist.<ref name="Lu Stout"/>
-For the music video, the technicolor [[Graduation (album)#Artwork|album artwork]] that Murakami designed for ''Graduation'' are brought to life through the use of [[Cel shading|cel-shaded animation]].<ref name="goodmorning"/><ref>{{cite web|author=Booksweet|url=https://ysolife.com/cover-art-kanye-west/|title=Kanye West??????,?????????|work=Ysolife|publisher=Ysolife|date=July 15, 2017|access-date=November 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051933/https://ysolife.com/cover-art-kanye-west/|archive-date=December 22, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Its narrative also contains numerous visual and thematic references to the sci-fi film ''[[Back to the Future]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Cho, Regina|title=Celebrating The Anniversary Of 'Back To The Future' Through The Eyes Of Hip-Hop|url=http://www.vibe.com/2018/07/back-to-the-future-hip-hop-impact/|work=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|date=July 3, 2018|access-date=July 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703182918/https://www.vibe.com/2018/07/back-to-the-future-hip-hop-impact/|archive-date=July 3, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The video was produced by Murakami's production and [[Artist management|artist-management]] company Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. in conjunction with [[OLM, Inc.|Oriental Light and Magic]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Muchnic, Suzanne|title=Murakami Animation Studio Coming to L.A.|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2008/11/murakami-studio.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=November 25, 2008|access-date=January 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013043350/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2008/11/murakami-studio.html|archive-date=October 13, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ANN">{{cite web|title=Murakami's Video for Kanye West Song is iTunes #1|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-08-27/murakami-video-for-kanye-west-song-is-itunes-no.1|work=[[Anime News Network]]|publisher=Anime News Network Inc|date=August 27, 2008|access-date=August 28, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080831035444/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-08-27/murakami-video-for-kanye-west-song-is-itunes-no.1|archive-date=August 31, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> The latter Japanese studio was responsible for the [[3D animation]] of the ''[[Pokémon]]'' film franchise as well as the 2001 feature-length animé film, ''[[Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time]]''.<ref name="ANN"/> Meanwhile, the storyline of the music video was written by West, himself a self-professed animé fan.<ref name="ANN"/> An edited version of the video was first displayed in an [[FYE (retailer)|F.Y.E.]] commercial used for promotion of ''Graduation'' days before the album's release date.<ref>{{cite web| author=Kwan, Michael| title=Kanye West: Graduation On Sale Today| url=http://btr.michaelkwan.com/2007/09/11/kanye-west-graduation-on-sale-today/| work=Beyond the Rhetoric| publisher=Michael Kwan Freelance Writing Services| date=September 11, 2007| access-date=July 26, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727212300/http://btr.michaelkwan.com/2007/09/11/kanye-west-graduation-on-sale-today/| archive-date=July 27, 2018| url-status=live}}</ref> A clip of the animated music video was [[Internet leak|leaked]] onto the [[Internet]] on November 12, 2007.<ref name="Stereogum">{{cite web|author=Stereogum|title=New Kanye West Video – "Good Morning"|url=https://www.stereogum.com/7141/new_kanye_west_video_good_morning/video/|work=[[Stereogum]]|publisher=[[SpinMedia]]|date=November 12, 2007|access-date=November 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728035702/https://www.stereogum.com/7141/new_kanye_west_video_good_morning/video/|archive-date=July 28, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The music video found its way online by means through a fan's camera after a private screening at the [[Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles|Geffen Contemporary]] in the [[Little Tokyo, Los Angeles|Little Tokyo]] district of [[Los Angeles]], [[California]].<ref name="Stereogum"/><ref>{{cite web|author=Singh, Amrit|title=New Kanye West Video (Again) – "Good Morning"|url=https://www.stereogum.com/17321/new_kanye_west_video_good_morning_1/video/|work=[[Stereogum]]|publisher=[[SpinMedia]]|date=August 26, 2008|access-date=August 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222162625/https://www.stereogum.com/17321/new_kanye_west_video_good_morning_1/video/|archive-date=December 22, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> West made the full version of the music video available on the [[iTunes Store]] on August 25, 2008.<ref name="itunes">{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/music-video/good-morning/288895406 |title=Good Morning by Kanye West |access-date=May 26, 2019 |work=[[iTunes Store]] |publisher=[[Apple Inc]]}}</ref>
-===Synopsis===
-[[Image:GoodMorningMusicVideo.PNG|270px|thumb|upright|alt=Screenshot of the music video for the song "Good Morning" by Kanye West.|A screenshot of Dropout Bear as he arrives at the college campus in time for his graduation ceremony in the [[animé]]-influenced music video, which features the use of [[cel-shaded animation]].]]
-The narrative of the music video centers around Dropout Bear, West's [[Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] teddy bear mascot.<ref name="Luckerson">{{cite web|author=Luckerson, Victor|title=Ten Years Ago, Kanye's 'Graduation' Aimed for the Stars|url=https://www.theringer.com/2017/9/11/16286016/kanye-west-graduation-10th-anniversary-space|work=[[The Ringer (website)|The Ringer]]|publisher=The Ringer|date=September 11, 2017|access-date=September 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208123606/https://www.theringer.com/2017/9/11/16286016/kanye-west-graduation-10th-anniversary-space|archive-date=February 8, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Dropout Bear first appeared sitting forlornly on an empty set of gymnasium bleachers wearing baggy jeans and a corduroy jacket on the cover art for his debut album, ''[[The College Dropout]]''.<ref name="Luckerson"/><ref>Graves, 2010. p. 25–26</ref> He later appeared dressed in a collegian outfit—a blazer with a school insignia—on the album cover of West's sophomore release, ''[[Late Registration]]''.<ref>{{cite news|author=Heffernan, Virginia|title=Kanye on Keyboards|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/magazine/10wwln-medium-t.html?pagewanted=all|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 8, 2008|access-date=March 17, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306032603/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/magazine/10wwln-medium-t.html?pagewanted=all|archive-date=March 6, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In the [[Surrealism|surrealistic]] video, Dropout Bear acts as the main protagonist while his journey takes place throughout a fictional futuristic metropolis known as Universe City.<ref name=Ready/> Dropout Bear contends with a variety of unfortunate setbacks and overcomes a series of trials and tribulations as he races through the city in an effort to reach his college campus in time to attend his graduation ceremony.<ref name="Kelly">{{cite web|author=Kelly, Madeline|title=9 Kanye West Music Videos You Should Watch Before Tonight's VMAs|url=http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/news/a11985/best-kanye-west-music-videos/|work=[[Harper's Bazaar]]|publisher=[[Hearst (media)|Hearst Communications, Inc]]|date=August 30, 2015|access-date=August 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831052936/http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/news/a11985/best-kanye-west-music-videos/|archive-date=August 31, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
-The story begins on a rainy day with Dropout Bear being woken up by his [[alarm clock]]. The album artwork for ''Graduation'', upon which this video is animated from, is seen on a poster behind his bed.<ref name="McDonald">{{cite web|author1=McDonald, Leighton|author2=Pasori, Cedar|title=The Design Evolution of Kanye West's Album Artwork|url=http://www.complex.com/style/2013/06/the-design-evolution-of-kanye-wests-album-artwork/graduation|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|publisher=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex Media Inc]]|date=July 17, 2012|access-date=November 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024211355/http://www.complex.com/style/2013/06/the-design-evolution-of-kanye-wests-album-artwork/graduation|archive-date=October 24, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Upon realizing that he's late, Dropout Bear jumps out of bed, brushes his teeth, dons a varsity jacket and runs out of his apartment to his car, which is modeled after a [[DMC DeLorean]].<ref name="Luckerson"/><ref name="Gicas"/> When the car's engine dies, Dropout Bear is forced to find an alternative means of transportation.<ref name="Luckerson"/> At first, he attempts to hail a taxi cab but it speeds right past him, soaking him with puddle water.<ref name="Stereogum"/> He then tries to get aboard a [[Rapid transit|metro rail]] but just misses it, slamming his face into the door of a [[Passenger car (rail)|subway car]] right before it pulls away.<ref name="Luckerson"/>
-As he races down sidewalks, Dropout Bear is chased down by a monstrous storm cloud that swallows him whole.<ref name="Stereogum"/> He is then transported to a bizarre pocket dimension populated by multi-eyed, living, technicolor [[mushroom]]s. Dropout Bear evades lightning bolts and a tornado before falling through a hole and being regurgitated by the storm cloud monster back onto the city streets.<ref name="Luckerson"/> At that moment, the raining ceases and the sky clears, revealing a bright, shining sun.<ref name="Stereogum"/> Dropout Bear then dons a pair of [[Shutter shades|Venetian Blind shades]], having reached the campus of his university.<ref name="Stereogum"/> He makes it to his ceremony just in time to stand before his colleagues, a wide variety of anthropomorphic creatures like himself. Dropout Bear sheds his attire to reveal a graduation robe and [[Square academic cap|academic cap]] and receives his [[bachelor's degree]] in hip-hop music from an elderly rabbit.<ref name="Luckerson"/> After he accepts his [[diploma]], which reads "Kanye West",  the visual narrative comes to a conclusion with Dropout Bear being blasted out of a cannon.<ref name="Luckerson"/><ref name="Gicas"/> He is shot from the university, through the heavens and beyond the stratosphere into space as depicted on the back cover of ''Graduation''.<ref name="McDonald"/><ref>Graves, 2010. p. 28</ref> Dropout Bear is last seen riding off into another galaxy with a few of his classmates in the flying DeLorean.<ref name="Luckerson"/> The song titles from the ''Graduation'' album are seen as they fly past.
-===Reception===
-Upon its official release, the "Good Morning" music video reached number-one on the [[iTunes Store]] music video chart in the United States just a day later.<ref name="ANN"/> The short animated feature was met with universal acclaim from fans, critics and media outlets and is often regarded as one of West's best, most artistic videos. Adam Itkoff from ''[[The Source]]'' complimented the video, stating that West's visual collaboration with Murakami is a testament to the way that his imagination can catalyze illustrious pieces of art.<ref>{{cite web|author=Itkoff, Adam|title=What We Learned From The Recent "Kanye Riots"|url=http://thesource.com/2016/06/13/what-we-learned-from-the-recent-kanye-riots/|work=[[The Source]]|publisher=[[L. Londell McMillan]]|date=June 13, 2016|access-date=August 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818235852/http://thesource.com/2016/06/13/what-we-learned-from-the-recent-kanye-riots|archive-date=August 18, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Writing for ''[[MSN Music]]'', writer Sam Greszes remarked, "Not only is the song itself great, but the video for "Good Morning" is a technicolor dreamscape full of [[Animation#3D animation|3D]] flair."<ref>{{cite web|author=Greszes, Sam|title=40 Essential Kanye West Tracks For His 40th Birthday|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/gallery/40-essential-kanye-west-tracks-for-his-40th-birthday/ss-BBCfFc6?fullscreen=true#image=31|work=[[MSN]]|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|date=June 7, 2017|access-date=January 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209063649/http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/gallery/40-essential-kanye-west-tracks-for-his-40th-birthday/ss-BBCfFc6?fullscreen=true#image=31|archive-date=February 9, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Ringer (website)|The Ringer]]'' praised the music video for "Good Morning" as West's best music video of all time.<ref name="Luckerson"/> ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]'' magazine cited the animated feature as West's 18th best music video, saying, "Murakami's art is incredible from a still viewpoint, but when presented in the form of his few full-length [[Animated cartoon|cartoon]] features, it practically explodes off the screen."<ref name="Staff">{{cite web|author=Staff|title=Ranking All 42 of Kanye West's Music Videos|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2013/03/ranking-all-42-of-kanye-wests-music-videos/good-morning|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|publisher=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex Media Inc]]|date=March 5, 2013|access-date=March 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308141111/http://www.complex.com/music/2013/03/ranking-all-42-of-kanye-wests-music-videos/good-morning|archive-date=March 8, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Comparing it to the recent release of West's [[puppet]]-themed music video for "[[Champion (Kanye West song)|Champion]]," Peter Gicas of ''[[E! Online]]'' was somewhat wary of the animated short, writing, "Yes, the creativity in both these cases is admirable, especially this latest effort ... It all just makes us a little nervous, though. After all, it's OK for hip-hop stars to show their softer side, but it can also be taken a bit too far."<ref name="Gicas">{{cite web|author=Gicas, Peter|title=Kanye West Gets All Cute and Cuddly|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/25952/kanye-west-gets-all-cute-and-cuddly|work=[[E! Online]]|publisher=[[E!|E! Entertainment Television, LLC]]|date=August 26, 2008|access-date=November 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209063255/http://www.eonline.com/news/25952/kanye-west-gets-all-cute-and-cuddly|archive-date=February 9, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Regina Cho of ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]'' found parallels between that of West and the film's protagonists. She explained that:<blockquote>While many may attribute Kanye's fascination with the film to his similarities with [[Marty McFly|Marty]], he also possesses an extremely [[Emmett Brown|Doc Brown]]-like quality—a frenetic nature that prompts him to bounce outrageous ideas around that have the people around him in initial disbelief, but his out-of-the-box propositions often came into fruition as ingenious works of art that were far ahead of their time ... Kanye is notoriously known for making a whole lot of last-minute decisions that will either make or break the anticipated outcome, similar to how Doc Brown's sudden assertions dictated whether or not someone would just stay stuck 30 years in the past forever.<ref>{{cite web|author=Cho, Regina |title=Celebrating The Anniversary Of 'Back To The Future' Through The Eyes Of Hip-Hop |url=http://www.vibe.com/2018/07/back-to-the-future-hip-hop-impact/|work=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] |date=2018-07-03|access-date=2018-07-06}}</ref></blockquote>
-[[File:Brooklyn Museum Exterior.jpg|thumb|upright|246px|left|alt=Kanye West performing at The Virgin Mobile Festival.|The animated feature became one of the few music videos ever to be showcased in multiple [[art museums]], such as the [[Brooklyn Museum]] which is located in New York City.]]
-On November 11, 2013, the animated music video was included on ''Pop Art: 13 Awesome Artist-Musician Collaborations'', a catalog compiled by ''Billboard''.<ref name="Wete">{{cite web|author1=Wete, Brad|author2=Lipshutz, Jason|title=Pop Art: 13 Awesome Artist-Musician Collaborations|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5785837/pop-art-13-awesome-artist-musician-collaborations|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|date=November 11, 2013|access-date=May 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801031617/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5785837/pop-art-13-awesome-artist-musician-collaborations|archive-date=August 1, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The publication lists joint ventures that have taken place between acclaimed [[Visual arts|visual artists]] and chart-topping musicians over the past decades. ''Billboard'' cited West's work with Murakami, which consists of the making of the video in addition to the creation of the album's artwork, as being among 13 pairings in the realms of music and [[High culture#High art|high-art]] that are amazing moments in true [[Art pop|art-pop]].<ref name="Wete"/> Under the same premise, writer Jennifer Wood of ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]'' magazine ranked  Murakami's direction of the music video for "Good Morning" at the eighth position for their list of ''The 10 Best Art and Music Collaborations of All Time''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Wood, Jennifer|title=The 10 Best Art and Music Collaborations of All Time|url=http://www.complex.com/style/2014/01/best-art-music-collaborations/|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|publisher=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex Media Inc]]|date=January 9, 2014|access-date=April 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910231301/http://www.complex.com/style/2014/01/best-art-music-collaborations/|archive-date=September 10, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In honor of his achievement of the [[Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award]] at the [[2015 MTV Video Music Awards]], women's fashion magazine ''[[Harper's Bazaar]]'' compiled a list of West's nine most essential music videos. The video for "Good Morning" was at number eight on the list, with columnist Madeline Kelly declaring that West is worthy of the recognition and there's no denying his talent.<ref name="Kelly"/> Sharing similar sentiments, [[MTV]] staff writer Adam Fleischer placed "Good Morning" at number 14 on the list of West's top 25 most innovative videos.<ref>{{cite web|author=Fleischer, Adam|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2249517/kanye-west-vma-vanguard-25-innovative-videos/|title=Kanye West Is A True Vanguard – Revisit His 25 Most Innovative Videos|access-date=August 27, 2015|date=August 29, 2017|publisher=MTV. Viacom|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150829033857/http://www.mtv.com/news/2249517/kanye-west-vma-vanguard-25-innovative-videos/|archive-date=August 29, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
-For his contribution, Murakami has benefited significantly from the artistic collaboration with West. Even though his monogram project with the fashion house [[Louis Vuitton]] had brought him international [[Mainstream media|mainstream]] attention five years earlier, Murakami acknowledges the fact that the [[Millennials|millennial]] youth who have gravitated towards his work learned about him through his joint efforts with musicians such as West and [[Pharrell Williams]].<ref name="Pasori"/> They opened up his [[contemporary art]]istry to a new generation of young music listeners.<ref name="Pasori">{{cite web|author=Pasori, Cedar|title=Takashi Murakami Brings His Art to the Masses With Vans and His Debut Film, "Jellyfish Eyes"|url=http://www.complex.com/sneakers/2015/07/takashi-murakami-vans-interview|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|publisher=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex Media Inc]]|date=July 22, 2015|access-date=August 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410053015/http://www.complex.com/sneakers/2015/07/takashi-murakami-vans-interview|archive-date=April 10, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> According to ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' editor Jeremy Larson, West's collaboration with Murakami for the "Good Morning" music video also struck a chord with Murakami's audience as conflating art and [[commerce]].<ref name="Larson"/> The short animated feature has since become one of the few music videos ever to be showcased in several prestigious [[art museum]]s, including the [[Brooklyn Museum]] in [[New York City]] and the [[Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles|Museum of Contemporary Art]] in Los Angeles, California.<ref name="Kelly"/><ref name="Staff"/>
-===Video clip===
-In addition to the animated music video, a special [[video clip]] was created for "Good Morning" prior to the release of ''Graduation''.<ref name=Preview/> It was displayed for the very first time as an opener when West hosted a late-night album listening session for ''Graduation'' in New York City at the [[New World Stages]] on August 28, 2007.<ref name=GradListen/><ref>{{cite web|author=MTV News Staff|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2573573/kanye-graduation-videos/|title=Kanye Graduation Videos|access-date=March 21, 2008|date=August 29, 2017|publisher=MTV. Viacom|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727212224/http://www.mtv.com/news/2573573/kanye-graduation-videos/|archive-date=July 27, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> West presented the [[gapless playback]] session inside an auditorium with an evocative [[Laser lighting display|light-show]] across a stage that featured [[Theatrical smoke and fog|theatrical smoke]] machines, [[laser]] beams, stage [[Spotlight (theatre lighting)|spotlights]] and other special effects.<ref name=GradListen/><ref name=Preview/><ref name="GoodMVid"/> The elaborate spectacle was synchronized with the music.<ref name=Preview/> While the music played, a large screen positioned in the middle of the stage flashed a [[Montage (filmmaking)|montage]] of imagery edited to [[Synchronization|sync]] up with "Good Morning".<ref name="Longfellow"/><ref name=Preview/> They were scenes taken from the 1968 [[science fiction film]] ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]''.<ref name=GradListen/> Similarly with the audio track, West went for a [[Minimalism (visual arts)|minimalist]] aesthetic in regards to the [[Sequence (filmmaking)|sequence]] of visual cues.<ref name="StrongerVid"/> The video clip for "Good Morning" was one of seven that were designed by West and Derrick Lee exclusively for the event.<ref name="GoodMVid">{{cite web | author=West, Kanye | title=Graduation Album Listening Experience Videos Pt. 1 – Good Morning|url=http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/?em3106=192928_-1__0_~0_-1_3_2008_0_0&em3161=&em3281=| work=kanYe West Blog | publisher=Kanye West/Mascotte Holdings, LLC | date=March 20, 2008 | access-date=March 21, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080322232605/http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/?em3106=192928_-1__0_~0_-1_3_2008_0_0&em3161=&em3281= | archive-date=March 22, 2008 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Derrick Lee was the [[Film editing|editor]] of the music video for "[[Flashing Lights (Kanye West song)|Flashing Lights]]" and was able to edit all seven video clips in the span of three days.<ref name="StrongerVid">{{cite web | author=West, Kanye | title=Graduation Album Listening Experience Videos Pt. 2 – Stronger|url=http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/?em3106=192938_-1__0_~0_-1_3_2008_0_0&em3161=&em3281=| work=kanYe West Blog | publisher=Kanye West/Mascotte Holdings, LLC | date=March 21, 2008 | access-date=March 21, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080322232646/http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/?em3106=192938_-1__0_~0_-1_3_2008_0_0&em3161=&em3281= | archive-date=March 22, 2008 | url-status=dead }}</ref> West later made the video clip available for viewing on his official [[blog]] on March 20, 2008.<ref name="GoodMVid"/>
-==Live performances==
-[[File:Kanye Virgin Festival 2008.jpg|upright|217px|thumb|alt=Kanye West performing at The Virgin Mobile Festival.|West often performed "Good Morning" as the opener of his concerts, including at his headlining appearance at the [[Virgin Festival|Virgin Mobile Festival]] in 2008.]]
-On April 4, 2008, West gave a live performance of "Good Morning" during a six-song setlist at the [[Brooklyn Museum]] in [[New York City]]. The concert was held in celebration of the opening of the "© MURAKAMI" exhibit by Takashi Murakami. The comprehensive retrospective features over 90 Murakami pieces and artwork that draw from [[Street art|street culture]], high-art and traditional [[Japanese painting]], and includes painting, drawings, [[sculpture]], wallpaper, [[Installation art|installation]] and animation.<ref name="Lumpkin">{{Cite web|author=Lumpkin, Bernard|title=Kanye West Album-Cover Artist Takashi Murakami Talks About Working With 'Ye, At His NYC Exhibit Opening|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1584891/kanye-west-album-cover-artist-takashi-murakami-talks-about-working-with-ye-at-his-nyc-exhibit-opening/|publisher=MTV. Viacom|date=April 4, 2008|access-date=April 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001011546/http://www.mtv.com/news/1584891/kanye-west-album-cover-artist-takashi-murakami-talks-about-working-with-ye-at-his-nyc-exhibit-opening/|archive-date=October 1, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> West took to the small stage surrounded by smoke and flashing lights below a large screen emblazoned with Murikami's artwork to perform before a mostly older audience.<ref name="Lumpkin"/><ref name="Checkoway">{{cite web |author=Checkoway, Laura |title=Kanye West Gets the Art Crowd High at Intimate Brooklyn Gig |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/04/04/kanye-west-gets-the-art-crowd-high-at-intimate-brooklyn-gig/ |date=April 4, 2008 |work=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=[[Jann Wenner]] |access-date=April 19, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407235616/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/04/04/kanye-west-gets-the-art-crowd-high-at-intimate-brooklyn-gig/ |archive-date=April 7, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> The very next day, West opened his concert for the World Wide Bape Heads Show during Springroove 2008 at [[Makuhari Messe]] in [[Chiba, Chiba|Chiba]], [[Japan]] with "Good Morning". His live performance was interwoven with visual elements and the setlist centered around songs from ''Graduation.''<ref>{{cite web| author=Masumoto, Toru| title=[EVENT REPORT] SPRINGROOVE 08/WORLD WIDE BAPE® HEADS SHOW 2008 (reprise) in SPRINGROOVE| url=http://amebreak.ameba.jp/news/2008/04/000188.html| work=[[Ameba (website)|Ameba]]| publisher=Amebreak| date=April 22, 2008| access-date=June 12, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727212232/http://amebreak.ameba.jp/news/2008/04/000188.html| archive-date=July 27, 2018| url-status=live}}</ref>
-West performed "Good Morning" every single night as the opener of the set-list of his [[Glow in the Dark Tour]], which began on April 16, 2008 at the [[KeyArena]] in [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]].<ref name="DeRogatis">{{cite web|title=Live: Kanye's Glow In The Dark Tour Made Us Rethink Our Lives|url=https://www.thefader.com/2008/05/14/live-kanye-s-glow-in-the-dark-tour-made-us-rethink-our-lives/|work=[[The Fader]]|publisher=Fader|date=May 14, 2008|access-date=May 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721042205/http://www.thefader.com/2008/05/14/live-kanye-s-glow-in-the-dark-tour-made-us-rethink-our-lives/|archive-date=July 21, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> West would often begin his elaborate concerts by playing a discordant [[leitmotif]] of "[[Stronger (Kanye West song)|Stronger]]," implying that he'd start the show with a performance of the [[hit single]], only to segue into a live rendition of "Good Morning".<ref name="Lang">{{cite web |author=Lang, George|title=Rapper Kanye West's Concept Show Puts Fans in Orbit|url=https://oklahoman.com/article/3237216/rapper-kanye-wests-concept-show-puts-fans-in-orbit? | work=[[The Oklahoman]] | publisher=Chris Reen| date=May 1, 2008| access-date=May 26, 2019}}</ref> The composition is but one of the many, various songs taken from West's first three studio albums that West utilisises for his conceptual concert.<ref name="Wilson">{{cite web|author=Wilson, Sarah|title=Kanye West Tells A Story With His Biggest Hits, At The Glow In The Dark Tour's L.A. Stop|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1586127/20080423/west_kanye.jhtml|work=MTV|publisher=MTV Networks|date=April 23, 2008|access-date=May 12, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501022157/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1586127/20080423/west_kanye.jhtml|archive-date=May 1, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> In the narrative, West does a live performance of "Good Morning" once he wakes up from [[Stasis (fiction)|hyper-sleep]] to find himself stranded.<ref name="O'Neal">{{cite web|author=O'Neal, Sean|title=The Biggest Star in the Universe|url=https://music.avclub.com/the-biggest-star-in-the-universe-1798213995|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|publisher=[[The Onion|Onion Inc]]|date=May 1, 2008|access-date=June 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051022/https://music.avclub.com/the-biggest-star-in-the-universe-1798213995|archive-date=December 22, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> After conversing with the disembodied female voice of an onboard computerter named Jane, West performs on a barren, tilted, moonlit stage shrouded in smoke before a large [[LED screen]] that depicts scenes from the [[science fiction film]] ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]''.<ref name="O'Neal"/><ref name="Madison">{{cite web| author=Crosley, Hillary| title=Kanye West / May 13, 2008 / New York (Madison Square Garden)| url=https://www.billboard.com/bbcom/reviews/live_review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003803221| work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media, Inc]]| date=May 14, 2008| access-date=January 26, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620093054/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/reviews/live_review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003803221| archive-date=June 20, 2008| url-status=live}}</ref> He  wore jeans, a sweater with one missing sleeve, shoulder pads and a red windbreaker tied around his waist.<ref name="Madison"/>
-Near the end of the tour's North American leg, with singers and a [[percussionist]]/DJ behind him, West performed "Good Morning" during the final night of [[Lollapalooza]] on August 3, 2008 in his hometown of [[Chicago]], where he co-headlined the festival with [[Nine Inch Nails]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Hasty, Katie |title=Kanye West, NIN Bring Lollapalooza To A Close |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1044590/kanye-west-nin-bring-lollapalooza-to-a-close |date=August 4, 2008 |work=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |access-date=September 14, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912224357/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1044590/kanye-west-nin-bring-lollapalooza-to-a-close |archive-date=September 12, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> West provided a live rendition of "Good Morning" during his headlining performance at [[Virgin Mobile Festival]] in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]] on August 10, 2008.<ref name="Gregory">{{cite web|author=Gregory, Jason|title=Kanye West Praises Nine Inch Nails' 'Good Music'|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/45323/Kanye-West-Praises-Nine-Inch-Nails-Good-Music|work=[[Gigwise]]|publisher=[[Giant Digital]]|date=August 12, 2008|access-date=April 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222105453/https://www.gigwise.com/news/45323/Kanye-West-Praises-Nine-Inch-Nails-Good-Music|archive-date=December 22, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Much like his Lollapalooza appearance in Chicago the weekend prior, West and Nine Inch Nails were both scheduled as headliners on different stages at the same time at opposite ends of the park.<ref name="Gregory"/> At the start of the concert, following a brief instrumental, West walked onstage and started performing the song.<ref name="Zimmerman">{{cite web|author=Zimmerman, Eric|title=Virgin Fest 8.09 & 8.10 Baltimore|url=https://www.jambase.com/article/virgin-fest-8-09-8-10-baltimore|work=[[JamBase]]|publisher=[[JamBase|JamBase Inc]]|date=August 18, 2008|access-date=October 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728035629/https://www.jambase.com/article/virgin-fest-8-09-8-10-baltimore|archive-date=July 28, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> West was alone on the stage engulfed in smoke and fog in front of a live musical band and background vocalists who added percussive textures and harmony to the track.<ref name="Zimmerman"/>
-==Cover versions and remixes==
-"Good Morning" has been [[Cover version|covered]] and [[Remix#Urban music|remixed]] by other hip hop artists, record producers and musical groups. [[Vitamin String Quartet]] composed a [[String section|string]]-laden [[cover version]] of "Good Morning" for the opening song of their [[Album#Tribute or cover|tribute album]], ''The String Quartet Tribute to Kanye West''.<ref>{{cite web| title=The String Quartet Tribute to Kanye West| url=http://www.vitaminstringquartet.com/kanye-west.html| work=[[Vitamin String Quartet]]| publisher=[[Vitamin Records]]| date=May 20, 2008| access-date=July 13, 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524011443/http://www.vitaminstringquartet.com/kanye-west.html| archive-date=May 24, 2015| url-status=dead}}</ref> In a similar composition, ''[[Rockabye Baby!]]'' featured an interpretation of "Good Morning" as the opening track of their tribute album, ''Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Kanye West''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Drewett, Meg|title=Kanye West 'Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions' Album Released|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/fun/news/a492409/kanye-west-rockabye-baby-lullaby-renditions-album-released/|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hearst Corporation|Hearst Magazines UK]]|date=June 22, 2013|access-date=February 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208064952/http://www.digitalspy.com/fun/news/a492409/kanye-west-rockabye-baby-lullaby-renditions-album-released/|archive-date=December 8, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Intended for [[infant]]s, the soothing rendition is a wordless [[lullaby]] instrumental, substituting [[Electronic keyboard|keyboards]] and drums in favor of [[xylophone]]s and [[Glockenspiel|bells]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Lullaby Renditions of Kanye West| url=http://www.rockabyebabymusic.com/lullaby-renditions-of-kanye-west-2140.html| work=[[Rockabye Baby!]]| publisher=Rockabye Baby!| date=May 18, 2010| access-date=May 20, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628062233/http://www.rockabyebabymusic.com/lullaby-renditions-of-kanye-west-2140.html| archive-date=June 28, 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref> The rendition was later featured on ''Good Day, Goodnight'', their five-year anniversary 2-CD compilation release. The compilation album contains the most requested songs from their previous releases, including "Good Morning," in addition to several exclusive new tracks.<ref>{{cite web| title=Good Day, Goodnight: 2-CD Compilation| url=http://www.rockabyebabymusic.com/lullaby-renditions-of-compilation.html| work=Rockabye Baby!| publisher=Rockabye Baby!| date=September 6, 2011| access-date=September 6, 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624120312/http://www.rockabyebabymusic.com/lullaby-renditions-of-compilation.html| archive-date=June 24, 2013| url-status=live}}</ref>
-Virginia hip hop duo [[Clipse]] used the instrumental of "Good Morning" and included the track on their 2008 mixtape ''[[We Got It 4 Cheap#We Got It for Cheap Volume 3|We Got It 4 Cheap, Volume 3]]''.<ref name="Pitchfork Media Inc">{{cite web|title=Re-Up Gang We Got It for Cheap, Vol. 3|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11161-we-got-it-for-cheap-vol-3/|work=Pitchfork Media|publisher=Pitchfork Media Inc|date=February 13, 2008|access-date=August 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808001011/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11161-we-got-it-for-cheap-vol-3/|archive-date=August 8, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Kelefa Sanneh]] from ''[[The New York Times]]'' praised [[No Malice|Malice]] and [[Pusha T]] for delivering, "almost nothing but witty, well-made [[stanzas]]."<ref>{{cite web|author=[[Kelefa Sanneh|Sanneh, Kelefa]]|title=New CDs|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/11/arts/music/11choi.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 11, 2008|access-date=August 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728002934/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/11/arts/music/11choi.html|archive-date=July 28, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Likewise, ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' reviewer Ryan Dombal described their song as a "well-chosen introspective pick."<ref name="Pitchfork Media Inc"/> A remix for "Good Morning" was produced by [[The Kickdrums]] for inclusion on ''Sky High'', a remix [[Mixtape#In hiphop|mixtape]] that was [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixed]] and [[Compilation album|compiled]] by DJ Benzi and [[Plain Pat]].<ref name="Patel">{{cite web| author=Patel, Joseph| title=New Kanye West Album — No, Not That One — Hits The Web| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1599564/new-kanye-west-album-no-not-that-one-hits-the-web/| work=[[MTV]]| publisher=[[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]]| date=November 17, 2008| access-date=November 17, 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405034437/http://www.mtv.com/news/1599564/new-kanye-west-album-no-not-that-one-hits-the-web/| archive-date=April 5, 2016| url-status=live}}</ref> The mixtape features remixes by various [[Disc jockey|DJs]] and [[record producer]]s of songs taken from West's first three studio albums. It was made in anticipation of the release of his fourth studio album ''[[808s & Heartbreak]]'' (2008).<ref name="Patel"/> The remix project was commissioned by West himself the year prior. He handed over [[a cappella]]s and other session tapes to DJ Benzi, who then spent his time trying to match different and DJs and producers to certain tracks.<ref name="Patel"/> Like every of the other tracks, "Good Morning" (The Kickdrums Remix) had at least five revisions recorded before being completely finished.<ref name="Patel"/> The song's refrain contains [[Electric guitar|guitar]]-driven production in addition to melancholic [[Crooner|crooning]]. The remix also features a guest verse from then-newly signed [[GOOD Music]] recording artist [[Big Sean]].<ref>{{cite web| author=Saba, Michael| title=Kanye West Drops Sky High mixtape on Imeem| url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/11/kanye-west-drops-sky-high-mixtape-on-imeem.html| work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]| publisher=Paste Media Group| date=November 18, 2008| access-date=May 5, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100112214933/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/11/kanye-west-drops-sky-high-mixtape-on-imeem.html| archive-date=January 12, 2010| url-status=live}}</ref>
-[[Speech (rapper)|Speech]] of the [[alternative hip hop]] group [[Arrested Development (group)|Arrested Development]] lyrically references "Good Morning" in the opening lines of "Any Tree But That" on their sixth studio album, ''[[Strong (Arrested Development album)|Strong]]'' (2010).<ref>{{cite web|author=Arnold, Paual|title=Speech Talks New Arrested Development, And BP Oil Spill|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.11541/title.speech-talks-new-arrested-development-and-bp-oil-spill|work=[[HipHopDX]]|publisher=Cheri Media Group|date=June 23, 2010|access-date=November 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825225232/http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.11541/title.speech-talks-new-arrested-development-and-bp-oil-spill|archive-date=August 25, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The song was the source of inspiration for the beat and chorus of "Hoodmorning" by [[Compton, California|Compton]] rapper [[The Game (rapper)|The Game]].<ref name="Udoh">{{cite web| author=Udoh, Meka| title=The Game, Hood Morning (No Typo): Candy Coronas| url=http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/reviews/2011/08/game-hood-morning-no-typo-candy-coronas/| work=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]| publisher=[[Harris Publications]]| date=August 9, 2011| access-date=October 12, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123072447/http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/reviews/2011/08/game-hood-morning-no-typo-candy-coronas/| archive-date=January 23, 2018| url-status=live}}</ref> Named after the rapper's signature [[Twitter]] phrase, "Hoodmorning" was produced by in-house record producer Mars and The Game released it as the opening track of his twelfth mixtape, ''[[Hoodmorning (No Typo): Candy Coronas]]''.<ref name="Udoh"/><ref name="RapUp">{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2011/07/28/game-says-hoodmorning-with-new-mixtape-cover-trailer/|title=Game Says 'Hoodmorning' With New Mixtape [Cover + Trailer]|work=[[Rap-Up]]|publisher=Devin Lazerine|date=July 28, 2011|access-date=October 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123072830/http://www.rap-up.com/2011/07/28/game-says-hoodmorning-with-new-mixtape-cover-trailer/|archive-date=January 23, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Hosted by [[DJ Skee]], the mixtape was made in promotion of the repeatedly delayed release of his fourth studio album ''[[The R.E.D. Album]]'' (2011).<ref name="Udoh"/><ref>{{cite web|author=COMPLEX|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2011/08/mixtape-dj-skee-game-hoodmorning-no-typo-candy-coronas|title=Mixtape: Game "Hoodmorning [No Typo] Candy Corona's"|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|publisher=Complex Media, LLC|date=August 1, 2011|access-date=October 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123073215/http://www.complex.com/music/2011/08/mixtape-dj-skee-game-hoodmorning-no-typo-candy-coronas|archive-date=January 23, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> On July 28, 2011, DJ Skee made available an exclusive preview trailer for the mixtape on [[YouTube]]. The trailer briefly displays The Game rapping in a recording booth and DJ Skee at his laptop before a [[mixing console]] inside the control room of a studio decked with bottles of [[Corona (beer)|Corona Extra]] as "Hoodmorning" plays in the background.<ref name="RapUp"/> Hip hop artist [[Evidence (rapper)|Evidence]] has used samples of the drums from "Good Morning" to produce the [[Instrumental#In popular music|instrumental]] track "Good Evening". It was for his fourth [[Hip hop production#Instrumental hip hop|instrumental hip hop]] album ''[[Green Tape Instrumentals]]'' (2013).<ref>{{cite web|author=Tardio, Andres|title=Evidence Speaks On Soundset, Dilated Peoples, & His Passion For Photography|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.19876/title.evidence-speaks-on-soundset-dilated-peoples-his-passion-for-photography#|work=[[HipHopDX]]|publisher=Cheri Media Group|date=May 25, 2012|access-date=March 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151230091115/http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.19876/title.evidence-speaks-on-soundset-dilated-peoples-his-passion-for-photography|archive-date=December 30, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
-==Personnel==
-Information taken from ''Graduation'' liner notes.<ref name=linernotes/>
-*[[Kanye West]] – lead vocals, production
-*[[Jay-Z]] – additional vocals
-*[[The World Famous Tony Williams|Tony "Penafire" Williams]] – additional vocals
-*[[Connie Mitchell]] – additional vocals
-*[[Andy Chatterley]] – keyboards
-*[[Andrew Dawson (record producer)|Andrew Dawson]] – recording
-*[[Anthony Kilhoffer]] – recording, mixing
-*Bram Tobey – assistant engineering
-*Jason Agel – assistant engineering
-*Nate Hertweck – assistant engineering
-*Matty Green – assistant engineering
-==References==
-{{Reflist}}
-==Bibliography==
-*{{cite book|last=Bailey|first=Julius|title=The Cultural Impact of Kanye West|year=2014|publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]]|isbn=978-1-137-57425-1}}
-*{{cite book|last=Beaumont|first=Mark |date=2015|title=Kanye West: God & Monster |url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=178323394X |location=London, England |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |isbn=9781783233946}}
-*{{cite book|last=Graves|first=Kirk Walker|title=Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy|year=2010|publisher=[[A&C Black]]|isbn=978-1-6235-6542-8}}
-==Further reading==
-*{{citation| last=Richardson| first=Chris | title=Can't Tell Me Nothing": Symbolic Violence, Education, and Kanye West | journal=Popular Music and Society | volume=34| issue=1 | date=February 2011 | pages=97–112 | doi=10.1080/03007766.2011.539831| s2cid=56118993 }}
-==External links==
-*{{YouTube|6CHs4x2uqcQ|"Good Morning" Music Video}}
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