Good Day Sunshine
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"Good Day Sunshine" is a song by The Beatles on the 1966 album Revolver. It was written by Paul McCartney, though like all songs written by either of them, it is credited as Lennon-McCartney. Paul's bass provides the opening line before Ringo Starr comes in with a drum roll. A cover version was recorded by The Tremeloes and released as their first single after they signed with CBS Records in 1966, though it never charted.
McCartney and Starr are the only Beatles to appear on this track instrumentally. John Lennon and George Harrison add harmony vocals during the choruses.[1] George Martin played the solo on the piano.[citation needed]
"Good Day Sunshine" was played as the wake-up music on the final day of the "Return to Flight" Discovery Space Shuttle mission in July 2005, as well as the wake-up music on day 4 of Shuttle Flight STS-121.
The song is also played at Safeco Field, home of Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners when the retractable roof is retracted.
Notes
- ^ The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions; Mark Lewisohn