Beautiful Sunday (song)
| "Beautiful Sunday" | ||||
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| 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 | |||
| 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 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]
Boone 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.
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In popular culture
The song is commonly used for the 'Slosh' dance.[23] The dance is popular in Scotland where it's commonly played at wedding receptions.[24]
The song is sung by fans of Scottish football club Celtic Football Club.
In media
The song was used as the theme song for the 1975 - 1976 Japan's TBS morning show, Ohayo 720.[25]
The song was featured in the Scottish sitcom Still Game on the third episode of the second series titled "Doactors" (Doctors).
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.[26]
- Kikki Danielsson and Roosarna released a version of the song on the 1996 album, Hem till Norden.[27]
- The Ventures released an instrumental version of the song.[28]
- 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.[29]
- "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 (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ↑ "Daniel Boone - Beautiful Sunday / Truly Julie - Mercury - USA - 73281". 45cat.com. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- 1 2 "Riding high with Penny Farthing around the globe". Billboard. 1972-11-11. p. 61. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
- ↑ "Beautiful Sunday (song by Daniel Boone) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Musicvf.com. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2014-07-23.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ http://www.rock.co.za/files/sa_charts_1969_1989_songs_(A-B).html
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "Daniel Boone - Beautiful Sunday". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- 1 2 "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. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ↑ "Beautiful Sunday (song by Daniel Boone) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Musicvf.com. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2014-07-23.
- ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ↑ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1972". Tropicalglen.com. 1972-12-30. 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.
- ↑ "Archived copy". 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.