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Sunday Morning Fever Lyrics

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Monsignor howard:
[welcome back, faithful followers old and
New!
And now to raise the temperature
Even higher,
We have a brand new hymn
By our very own
Queen of angels - or
Should i say
Disco queen of angels -
Choir!
Hit it, sisters!]

Deloris/nuns:
Spread the news!
It's time to rock the pews!
We've got the sunday
Morning fever!
It's a sound
That turns your soul around
Until it makes you a believer.

Every priest,
Every deacon,
Everyone who feels the beat
Starts freakin'.
Catch the bug!
Ride the groove!
Boogie 'til you feel your spirit move!
Come and get that
Sunday morning fever.

Give the lord a try!

Mother superior:
[queen of angels is not your grandma's
Church anymore. God help your
Grandmother if it were.]


Everything that woman does
Infects us more and more.
Things were bad the way it was,
But lord, you're killing us with
The cure!

Monsignor howard:
[welcome back, o multitudes! Our humble
Sanctuary overflows with your fabulous
Devotion! So, get down, get
Down, get down
On your knees, and show the lord
How deep is your love.]

Mary patrick:
Girls and boys, come make a
Joyful noise
And do the sunday morning hustle!
Bump that thing in praise of
Christ the king
Until you pull your pelvic muscle!

Nuns
Get confessed!
Get anointed!
Then get down
Like you were double-jointed!

Feel the flow! Dig the scene!
Shake it like you're mary magdalene!
Come and let that sunday
Morning fever!
Make your footsies fly!

Eddie:
[?By popular demand, queen of angels
Church has expanded to eight mosses per
Sunday, all fuelled by the high octane
Choir direction of the fabulous sister mary

Clarence.? Deloris - what part of
"hiding out" don't you understand?]

This keeps goin'
And crowds keep growin' ?
The word is gonna spread.
Every mention
Just brings more attention.
And you won't be so fabulous if
You're dead.

All nuns:
Now, put your hands in the air!
And wave 'em all around in prayer!
Let your funky behavior
Show that you and the savior
Got each other like sonny and cher!

Mary lazarus:
A hip, hop. A hippity a hippity
A ding dong dippity dee!
I'm a celibate sister,
But i'm hot as a blister
So hang onto your rosary!
Now i may be a fossil,
But my skills
Are colossal,
And i rock the mig just like an apostle,
And i don't stop
'Til your doubts go pop.
And i take you over the top!

We got matt, mark, (matt, mark)
Luke and john. (luke, john)
Those guys are pros,
And that ain't no con.

So let's party on
'Til the break-break-a-dawn
Like a sanctifunkadelic
Orgasmatron!

Nuns:
Get the vibe, make some noise!
Do the bus stop with the altar boys!
You can bet that
Sunday morning fever
Is the reason why!

Mary robert/nuns:
(aw - beep beep!)
Dudes and chicks, (beep deep!)

Whip out your crucifix,
(toot, toot)
And join the sunday celebration!
(uh-huh! Join the celebration!)
Genuflect, (toot, toot)
Give god his due respect.

(beep, beep)
Then put your backside in rotation!
(well, well, well, well)
Raise your hands! (uh-huh!)
Get them clappin?! (uh-huh!)
And you?ll see that miracles can
Happen! (aw - beep, beep!)

Monsignor howard:
[sisters, sisters! I bear remarkable news!
A miracle has happened! Bishop donahue
Read last week?s newspaper article about
Our choir?]


Nuns:
Ooh!

Monsignor howard:
[no, no, no? Wait that?s not the news!
He called
Archbishop narsutis, who colled cardinal
Mccanna, who has invited us to sing
This week?]

Nuns:
Ooh!

Monsignor howard:
[uh uh hum, uh uh hum let me finish! He has invited us to
Sing this week for a special visitor... A very
Special visitor from the vatican!]

Mary patrick:
[you mean the po-ho-ho - the po-ho-ho -]

Mother superior:
[calm down, sister! You mean the po-ho-ho -]

Monsignor howard:
[that?s right ? Can you believe it?
The po-ho-ho himself!]

Deloris/nuns/construction workers:
Praise the lord! Join the flock!
Party 'til you make the cloister rock!
Won't regret that sunday
Morning fever ?
Kiss those sins goodbye!
Fill the church! Pass the plate!
Everybody transubstantiate
Come and get that sunday
Morning fever.

Supernatural high!
Mass appeal was never so real
And can'tcha feel that sunday fever...

Mother superior:
Just imagine what the pope
Will make of them!
Every sequined booty-shake
Of them.
Let us pray he isn't too censorial,
And that somehow god's trae
Glory'll rise.
Sunday fiver rise!

Eddie:
Cool it down,
Ya gotta promise me ya will.
Or you'll blow it, guarantee ya will.
And the odds that shank will see
Ya will rise.
Sunday fever rise!

Monsignor howard:
Good lord!
Thanks to you!
All this, right in front of our eyes.
Sunday fever rise!

Nuns/workers:
Rise! Rise! Rise! Rise!
Rise! Rise! Rise! Rise!
Thank god it's sunday!
Sunday fever rise!

Song Overview

Sunday Morning Fever lyrics by Sheila Hancock
Sheila Hancock leads the London company in 'Sunday Morning Fever' on the Original London Cast recording.

Sunday Morning Fever explodes at the top of Act II in Sister Act. The parish has caught the groove, donations are flowing, and Mother Superior is quietly panicking while Monsignor Howard beams. The London Palladium production fixed this number as the montage where the church goes from near-empty to standing room, a pivot preserved on the Original London Cast Recording and later distributed in the U.S. by Ghostlight.

Review and Highlights

Scene from Sunday Morning Fever by Sheila Hancock and company
'Sunday Morning Fever' in the official London cast sequence.

Alan Menken writes a disco-forward praise party, all octave bass, bright guitars, and handclaps. Glenn Slater’s lyric pushes a fine line: joyful hype that still lands as church. The staging doubles as a newsreel montage - services multiply, the neighborhood floods in, the convent gets refurbished, and the Monsignor leans all the way in. Sheila Hancock’s Mother Superior watches this wildfire with equal parts dread and reluctant awe.

Creation History

West End, London Palladium - opening June 2, 2009 - with Patina Miller, Sheila Hancock, Ian Lavender, and the original company. The U.S. digital release of the London album arrived March 22, 2011, via Ghostlight, with physical copies following. The cut-sheet and licensing song lists fix “Sunday Morning Fever” as Act II’s opener.

Song Meaning and Annotations

Sheila Hancock performing Sunday Morning Fever exposing meaning
Music video exposing meaning of the song.

Plot

After Deloris has retooled the choir, this number shows the aftershocks: a church suddenly alive, media attention building, and danger rising because success makes hiding harder. It sets the stakes for the Act II chase while cash registers and collection plates ring.

Song Meaning

Call it liturgy translated. The show argues that form can change without losing the core. A secular groove can pull people back into a sacred space, and that turnout saves the parish. The lyric’s winks work because they are sung as welcome, not mockery - a disco catechism that builds community fast.

Annotations

“Sanctifunkadelic”
Shot of Sunday Morning Fever by Sheila Hancock and company
Short scene from 'Sunday Morning Fever' - the parish catches fire, musically.
Style and instrumentation

1970s club DNA, choir-forward. Rhythm section carries four-on-the-floor, brass punches light up the tags, and the ensemble’s chants double as congregational responses. Mother Superior’s interjections keep a comic counterpoint running through the hype.

Emotional arc

It starts as celebration, becomes phenomenon, then tips into risk. That last beat - the fear that fame will expose Deloris - is why the high needs tempering.

Key Facts

  • Artist: Sheila Hancock with the Original London Cast of Sister Act
  • Composer: Alan Menken
  • Lyricist: Glenn Slater
  • Album: Sister Act: A Divine Musical Comedy - Original London Cast Recording
  • Release: 2009 UK issue on First Night/Stage Entertainment; U.S. digital release by Ghostlight on March 22, 2011
  • Stage placement: Act II opener in the West End and Broadway running orders
  • Notable London cast around the number: Patina Miller, Sheila Hancock, Ian Lavender, Chris Jarman, Katie Rowley Jones, Claire Greenway, Julia Sutton
  • Album producers: Doug Besterman, Michael Kosarin, Alan Menken
  • YouTube audio ID: P-rU55FIbiw

Questions and Answers

Where does “Sunday Morning Fever” sit in the show?
It opens Act II, showing the choir’s surge in popularity and the parish’s revival.
Is there an official audio upload?
Yes. The London recording streams on major services, and an official “Provided to YouTube” audio is available.
Who was in the West End company when this number premiered?
Patina Miller, Sheila Hancock, Ian Lavender, Chris Jarman, and the London ensemble.
Did the London album receive a later U.S. release?
Yes. Ghostlight released the London cast album digitally in the U.S. on March 22, 2011, with physical availability following.
What does the number do for the plot?
It proves Deloris’s approach can save the parish, but it also raises the risk of her being found.

Awards and Chart Positions

Awards and nominations, production context: The West End production featuring this track was led by Patina Miller and Sheila Hancock, who were central to the show’s awards attention in 2010.

UK album performance: The Original London Cast album peaked at no. 8 on the Official Independent Albums Chart, no. 99 on the Official Physical Albums Chart, and no. 32 on the Official Album Downloads Chart in August 2009.

How to Sing Sunday Morning Fever

Pocket and pulse: Aim for a steady four-on-the-floor feel. Let claps sit clean on 2 and 4. Keep the choir’s unisons tight before blooming into triads on tags.

Lead and commentary: Mother Superior’s lines ride drier, nearer speech. Deloris and the ensemble sell warmth and welcome. The contrast is the comedy.

Diction that grooves: Hit the call-and-response cues like cues at a gig - short, front-of-beat consonants that still sound like prayer.

Montage energy: Build from parish pep to citywide buzz. If you’re staging, craft quick visual beats for press cameras, construction scaffolds, and extra services to match the lyric’s snowball.

Additional Info

The title’s wink toward 70s dance culture signals the score’s palette. Licensing song lists and production materials consistently place this number as Act II’s on-ramp, right before the plot tightens around Deloris’s safety.

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Sister Act The Musical Lyrics: Song List

  1. Act 1
  2. Prologue
  3. Take Me to Heaven
  4. Fabulous, Baby!
  5. Here Within These Walls
  6. How I Got the Calling
  7. When I Find My Baby
  8. Do The Sacred Mass
  9. I Could Be That Guy
  10. Raise Your Voice
  11. Take Me to Heaven (Reprise)
  12. Act 2
  13. Sunday Morning Fever
  14. Lady in the Long Black Dress
  15. Bless Our Show
  16. Here Within These Walls (Reprise)
  17. The Life I Never Led
  18. Fabulous, Baby! (Reprise)
  19. Sister Act
  20. The Life I Never Led (Reprise)
  21. Sister Act (Reprise)
  22. Spread The Love Around

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