Beautiful Sunday (song)
| "Beautiful Sunday" | ||||
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| Single by Daniel Boone | ||||
| from the album Beautiful Sunday | ||||
| B-side | "Truly Julie" | |||
| Released | February 1972 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:08 | |||
| Label | Penny Farthing Records | |||
| Songwriter(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 (real name David Balfe),[2] and performed by Daniel Boone. It appeared on his 1972 album Beautiful Sunday[3] and was produced by Larry Page and arranged by Boone.[4]
It has been described as the biggest international hit in the British bubblegum pop genre.[5] Robin Carmody of Freaky Trigger praised the song for its "timelessly, wonderfully obvious chord sequence" and euphoric tone, "without any hint that driving to and from your day's pleasure and relaxation might even contain anything sexual, let alone anything depressing, tedious and ugly."[5] He named it the greatest British bubblegum pop song, deeming it "a neo-folk song structure of almost religious, redemptive simplicity / sublimity. One of the greatest singles of the 70s, if not ever."[1]
Chart performance[edit]
"Beautiful Sunday" was released by Penny Farthing Records, but by Mercury Records in the US, in 1972. It peaked at No. 15 on Billboard Hot 100 on 16–23 September 1972 and at No. 1 on WCFL on 21 October 1972.[6] The song also made the charts in New Zealand (gold record), France, Japan, South Africa, Mexico, and Germany, where it held the No. 1 position from May 1972 to late June 1972.[7]
Boone re-released the song in the UK in 1974; it reached No. 53 on the UK singles chart.[8]
Boone re-released the song in Japan in 1976; it topped the Oricon Singles Chart from March 22 to June 28.[9] "Beautiful Sunday" is still the best selling single by a foreign artist in Japan.
Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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In popular culture[edit]
The song is commonly used for the 'Slosh' dance.[26] The dance is popular in Scotland where it is commonly played at wedding receptions. [27]
In media[edit]
"Beautiful Sunday" was the theme song in 1975-76 on Japan's TBS morning show, Ohayo 720.[28]
The song was featured in the Scottish sitcom Still Game's second series episode 3, "Doactors" (Doctors). Characters Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade dance the Slosh to it.
The 2010 musical I Dreamed a Dream, based on the life of singer Susan Boyle, includes the tune.
The song appears in the HBO Max series The Righteous Gemstones, in the second season's ninth episode, "I Will Tell of All Your Deeds".
Other versions[edit]
- Jack Reno, as a single in 1973. It went to No. 67 on the U.S. country chart.[29]
- Kikki Danielsson and Roosarna on the 1996 album Hem till Norden.[30]
- NRBQ, on the 2002 album Atsa My Band.
- The Ventures released an instrumental rendition.[31]
- Seiji Tanaka released a Japanese version of "Beautiful Sunday" as a single in 1976. It reached #4 on the Japan singles chart and has sold 0.5 million copies.[32]
- "Poyushchiye Gitary" ("The Singing guitars") - a Soviet group, recorded it in 1975. (Russian text by M.Belyakov).
- Brazilian musician Rossini Pinto wrote a Portuguese-language version of the song, entitled "Domingo Feliz" ("Happy Sunday"), in 1972, which has been since covered by many bands and artists such as Renato e Seus Blue Caps, Ângelo Máximo and Maurício Pereira.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Carmody, Robin (1 January 2002). "The Cottage Industry of Moments". Freaky Trigger. p. 3. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "David Balfe, 74: Musician and collaborator on Chelsea FC's song Blue is the Colour". The Times. 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Daniel Boone - Beautiful Sunday (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ^ "Daniel Boone - Beautiful Sunday / Truly Julie - Mercury - USA - 73281". 45cat.com. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ^ a b Carmody, Robin (1 January 2002). "The Cottage Industry of Moments". Freaky Trigger. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "All Hit Music in the Midwest". WCFL. 1972-10-21. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
- ^ a b "Riding high with Penny Farthing around the globe". Billboard. 1972-11-11. p. 61. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
- ^ a b "Beautiful Sunday (song by Daniel Boone) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Musicvf.com. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ^ a b "日本オリコン総合,1位曲(洋楽データベース)". Archived from the original on 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2014-07-23.
- ^ a b Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
- ^ "Go-Set Australian charts - 26 August 1972". Poparchives.com.au. 1972-08-26. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ^ "Daniel Boone - Beautiful Sunday". Ultratop.be. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ^ "RPM 100 Singles - October 7, 1972", RPM, Volume 18, No. 8, October 10, 1972.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Beautiful Sunday". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
- ^ "Billboard "Hits of the World"". 18 November 1972. p. 86. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Daniel Boone - Beautiful Sunday". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ^ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Daniel Boone - Beautiful Sunday". Norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ^ "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Songs (A-B)".
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Daniel Boone - Beautiful Sunday". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ^ a b "Beautiful Sunday (song by Daniel Boone) • Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Musicvf.com. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ^ "Daniel Boone Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 9/30/72". Tropicalglen.com. 1972-09-30. Archived from the original on 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972". Musicoutfitters.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-27. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ^ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1972". Tropicalglen.com. 1972-12-30. Archived from the original on 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ^ "Slosh Dance Steps". ourpasttimes.com. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
- ^ "When women knew how to slosh about the dance floor". heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
- ^ "報道史". Archived from the original on 2015-01-21. Retrieved 2014-07-23.
- ^ "Beautiful Sunday (song by Jack Reno) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Musicvf.com. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ^ "Hem till Norden". Svensk mediedatabas. 1996. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ "The Last Album on Liberty - The Ventures | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ^ "ベストテン・クラシックス〜１９７６年６月 - Lonesome-happy-days". D.hatena.ne.jp. 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
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