# What's this song #378 ('morning,' '70s rock)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-song-378-morning-70s-rock/426894
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 18, 2007, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-song-378-morning-70s-rock/426894 "2007-11-18T03:14:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2007, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-song-378-morning-70s-rock/426894/1 "2007-11-18T03:14:10Z")
Very popular rock song, almost certainly from the 1970s. Female singer. Upbeat. Repeats ‘morning! mourning!’ (mourning?), possibly ‘Chico Fernandez’ or… something. Then a few jolty notes ‘ha ha ha!’ Probably obvious to everyone but me.
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2007, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-song-378-morning-70s-rock/426894/2 "2007-11-18T05:37:04Z")
[QUOTE=Cat Fight]
Very popular rock song, almost certainly from the 1970s. Female singer. Upbeat. Repeats ‘morning! mourning!’ (mourning?), possibly ‘Chico Fernandez’ or… something. Then a few jolty notes ‘ha ha ha!’ Probably obvious to everyone but me.
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Are you SURE it’s a female singer?
It sounds like it COULD be “Mourning Sad Morning” by Free, with Paul (Bad Company) Rodgers on vocals.
> **[Free (Free album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_(Free_album))**
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> Free is the second studio album by English rock band Free, recorded and released in 1969. It saw the burgeoning of the songwriting partnership between Paul Rodgers and 16-year-old bassist Andy Fraser; eight of the nine songs are credited to the two. The album performed poorly, failing to chart in the UK and in the US. The single releases, "Broad Daylight" and "I'll be Creepin'", also failed. Two songs from the album, "I'll be Creepin'" and "Woman", were later covered by the American rock band...
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### Author:  [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2007, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-song-378-morning-70s-rock/426894/3 "2007-11-18T06:27:23Z")
That’s what I suspected, only the only clips I found on iTunes make it sound like a slow song…
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### Author:  [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-song-378-morning-70s-rock/426894/4 "2007-11-18T16:16:07Z")
“The Mexican” by Babe Ruth, an English progressive rock group of the early to mid '70s… I think that track is from 1973. Lead singer=Janita Haan.
The song was a favorite with the disco crowd & was redone several times by dance-oriented acts such as Jellybean.
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### Author:  [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-song-378-morning-70s-rock/426894/5 "2007-11-18T23:01:10Z")
Here’s [The Mexican](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3_kgssjGjo) via youtube-
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### Author:  [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2007, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-song-378-morning-70s-rock/426894/6 "2007-11-19T16:11:27Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn]
Here’s [The Mexican](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3_kgssjGjo) via youtube-
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YESSSS! A million thank yous to everyone who played!
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### Author:  [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-song-378-morning-70s-rock/426894/7 "2007-11-19T20:00:09Z")
Holy crap! Why have I never heard of this band before now? I’m checking out the song “Wells Fargo” now. These guys were freakin’ awesome!
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### Author:  [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2007, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-song-378-morning-70s-rock/426894/8 "2007-11-19T21:23:08Z")
For some reason, The Mexican didn’t even make the US top 100- I assume it was released as a single…
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### Author:  [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2007, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-song-378-morning-70s-rock/426894/9 "2007-11-20T04:19:17Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn]
For some reason, The Mexican didn’t even make the US top 100- I assume it was released as a single…
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Possibly not. It was a track on their first album, _First Base_, which was really only popular in Canada. “Wells Fargo” was, I believe, the single from that album; “The Mexican” had to be rediscovered by disco DJs & later became an anthem for breakdancers.