Retro Video of the Week: "Then The Morning Comes" by Smash Mouth

As you likely know, this last weekend was a rough one for pop singers, as Jimmy Buffett, Smash Mouth lead singer Steve Harwell, and "Dream Weaver" singer Gary Wright all died.  Harwell was the youngest of the bunch, at 56.

Smash Mouth had a few good years in the late '90s and early '00s, highlighted by their triple-platinum 1999 album Astro Lounge, which reached #6 on the Billboard album chart.  The album produced three of their most memorable songs:  "Can't Get Enough Of You" (which was featured in the fil Can't Hardly Wait), "All Star" (their biggest hit, which reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100), and "Then The Morning Comes" (which went to #11).

Despite being the band's second-highest charting song, "Then The Morning Comes" kind of gets lost in the mix when you think of Smash Mouth songs, but it might be my favorite song by the band.  The verses are very psychedelic and in a minor key, and then the chorus switches to a major key and makes you feel happy.

The video features Harwell having nightmares about embarrassing himself in front of a beautiful lady -- 1995 Playboy Playmate of the Year Stacy Sanches -- but then in the last dream, they're wearing the same polka-dotted pajama pants in a bar.  Then the morning comes, and he wakes up next to -- get this -- 1995 Playboy Playmate of the Year Stacy Sanches!