Day Is Done (song)
| "Day Is Done" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| B-side | "Make Believe Town" |
"Day Is Done" is a song written by Peter Yarrow. It was recorded by Yarrow's group Peter, Paul and Mary and released as a single in 1969. The song reached No. 21 on Billboard Hot 100, and was ranked No. 48 on the Billboard year-end Top Easy Listening Singles chart of 1979.[2]
Background
"Day Is Done" was written by Peter Yarrow in 1968, and it was the last single that Peter, Paul and Mary recorded together as a group (their last single actually released "Leaving on a Jet Plane" was recorded earlier for Album 1700 from 1967).[3] The song was written as an anti-war song during the Vietnam War era,[4] and Yarrow performed it as the opening song at a concert during the anti-war march he helped organized in Washington in November 1969.[5][6] It became one of the well-known protest songs in the era.[7] According to Yarrow, the message of the song is that "children will lead us to a better world".[8]
Yarrow later released a children book based on the lyrics of the song as part of his Songbook Series.[9] It contains a three-song CD with a version of the song he recorded with his daughter Bethany.[10]
Charts
| Chart (1969) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[11] | 5 |
| Canada Top Singles (RPM)[12] | 17 |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[13] | 7 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[14] | 21 |
References
- ^ "Peter, Paul And Mary – Day Is Done". 45cat.
- ^ "Top Records of 1969". Billboard. December 27, 1969.
- ^ Amy Willis (September 17, 2009). "Peter, Paul and Mary: Career timeline". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "Peter Yarrow - Day Is Done". Politics and Prose. October 2, 2009.
- ^ "Puff: Still Not a Drug Song". Chronogram.
- ^ "How classical music reached half a million young people". On An Overgrown Path.
- ^ "Protest Songs". Traditional Music Library.
- ^ Lisa Torem (February 13, 2010). "Interview with Peter Yarrow". Penny Black Music.
- ^ "Peter Yarrow - Day Is Done". Politics and Prose.
- ^ Sonya Ellingboe (October 2, 2009). "Take my hand when day is done". Centennial Citizen.
- ^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 5922." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
- ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6026." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
- ^ "Peter, Paul and Mary Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
- ^ "Peter, Paul and Mary Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
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