Beautiful Sunday (song)
| "Beautiful Sunday" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Daniel Boone | ||||
| from the album Beautiful Sunday | ||||
| B-side | "Truly Julie" | |||
| Released | March 1972 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 3:08 | |||
| Label | Mercury Records 73281 | |||
| Writer(s) | Daniel Boone, Rod McQueen | |||
| Producer(s) | Larry Page | |||
| Daniel Boone singles chronology | ||||
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"Beautiful Sunday" is a song written by Daniel Boone and Rod McQueen and performed by Daniel Boone. The song appeared on his 1972 album, Beautiful Sunday.[1] The song was produced by Larry Page and arranged by Boone.[2]
Chart performance
The song also made the charts in New Zealand (gold record), Argentina, France, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, and Germany, where it held the #1 position from May 1972 to late June 1972.[3]
Boone re-released the song in the UK in 1974 where it reached #53 on the UK singles chart.[4]
Boon re-released the song in Japan in 1976, where it reached #1 on the Oricon Singles Chart from March 22 to June 28.[5] The song is still the best selling single by a foreign artist in Japan.
| Charts | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (Go-Set National Top 40)[6] | | |
| Belgium (Flanders)[7] | | |
| Canada (RPM 100)[8] | | |
| Netherlands[9] | | |
| Norway (VG-lista)[10] | | |
| Switzerland[11] | | |
| UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[12] | | |
| US Easy Listening chart[12] | | |
| US Billboard Hot 100[13] | 15 |
In media
The song was used as the theme song for the 1975 - 1976 Japan's TBS morning show, Ohayo 720.[14]
The song was featured in the 2010 musical, I Dreamed a Dream, which is based on the life of Susan Boyle.
Other versions
- Jack Reno released the song as a single in 1973. The song went to #67 on the U.S. country chart.[15]
- Kikki Danielsson and Roosarna released a version of the song on the 1996 album, Hem till Norden.[16]
- The Ventures released an instrumental version of the song.[17]
- Seiji Tanaka released a Japanese version of the song as a single in 1976. The song went to #4 on the Japan single chart and has sold 0.5 million copies.[18]
- "Poyushchiye Gitary" ("The Singing guitars") - Soviet group, released a version of the song on the 1975 (Russian tex by M.Belyakov).
References
- ↑ Daniel Boone, Beautiful Sunday Retrieved January 22, 2014
- ↑ Daniel Boone, "Beautiful Sunday" single release Retrieved January 22, 2014
- ↑ "Riding high with Penny Farthing around the globe". Billboard. 1972-11-11. p. 61. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
- ↑ Daniel Boone, "Beautiful Sunday" Chart Position for 1974 release Retrieved January 22, 2014
- ↑ Foreign singers on Oricon No.1 Retrieved July 23, 2014
- ↑ "Go-Set National Top 40", Go-Set, August 26, 1972. Accessed July 30, 2015
- ↑ Daniel Boone - Beautiful Sunday, Ultratop. Accessed July 30, 2015
- ↑ "RPM 100 Singles - October 7, 1972", RPM, Volume 18, No. 8, October 10, 1972.
- ↑ Daniel Boone - Beautiful Sunday, Dutch Charts. Accessed July 30, 2015
- ↑ Daniel Boone - Beautiful Sunday, norwegiancharts.com. Accessed July 30, 2015
- ↑ Daniel Boone - Beautiful Sunday, hitparade.ch. Accessed July 30, 2015
- 1 2 "Beautiful Sunday - By: Daniel Boone", MusicVF.com, Retrieved July 30, 2015
- ↑ "Daniel Boone – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Daniel Boone. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
- ↑ TBS Ohayo 720 Retrieved July 23, 2014
- ↑ Jack Reno, "Beautiful Sunday" Chart Position Retrieved January 22, 2014
- ↑ "Hem till Norden". Svensk mediedatabas. 1996. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ↑ The Ventures, The Last Album on Liberty Retrieved January 22, 2014
- ↑ Best10 classics 1976 Retrieved July 23, 2014