Beautiful Sunday (song)

"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]

"Beautiful Sunday"
Single by Daniel Boone
from the album Beautiful Sunday
B-side"Truly Julie"
ReleasedMarch 1972
GenrePop rock
Length3:08
LabelMercury Records 73281
Songwriter(s)Daniel Boone, Rod McQueen
Producer(s)Larry Page
Daniel Boone singles chronology
"Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast"
(1971)		 "Beautiful Sunday"
(1972)		 "Annabelle"
(1972)

Chart performance

The song also made the charts in New Zealand (gold record), France, Japan, South Africa, and Germany, where it held the number-one position from May 1972 to late June 1972.[3]

Boone re-released the song in the UK in 1974 where it reached number 53 on the UK singles chart.[4]

Boone re-released the song in Japan in 1976, where it reached number one 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.

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 Dundee United and also adopted by fans of 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) featuring the characters Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade dancing to it.

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 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.

References
  1. "Daniel Boone - Beautiful Sunday (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  2. "Daniel Boone - Beautiful Sunday / Truly Julie - Mercury - USA - 73281". 45cat.com. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  3. "Riding high with Penny Farthing around the globe". Billboard. 1972-11-11. p. 61. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  4. "Beautiful Sunday (song by Daniel Boone) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Musicvf.com. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2014-07-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  7. "Go-Set Australian charts - 26 August 1972". Poparchives.com.au. 1972-08-26. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  8. "Daniel Boone - Beautiful Sunday". Ultratop.be. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  9. "RPM 100 Singles - October 7, 1972", RPM, Volume 18, No. 8, October 10, 1972.
  10. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Beautiful Sunday". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  11. Steffen Hung. "Daniel Boone - Beautiful Sunday". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  12. "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  13. Steffen Hung. "Daniel Boone - Beautiful Sunday". Norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  14. http://www.rock.co.za/files/sa_charts_1969_1989_songs_(A-B).html
  15. Steffen Hung. "Daniel Boone - Beautiful Sunday". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  16. "Beautiful Sunday (song by Daniel Boone) • Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Musicvf.com. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  17. "Daniel Boone Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  18. "Cash Box Top 100 9/30/72". Tropicalglen.com. 1972-09-30. Archived from the original on 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  19. "Beautiful Sunday (song by Daniel Boone) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Musicvf.com. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  20. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2014-07-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  21. "Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972". Musicoutfitters.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-27. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  22. "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1972". Tropicalglen.com. 1972-12-30. Archived from the original on 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  23. "Slosh Dance Steps". ourpasttimes.com. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  24. "When women knew how to slosh about the dance floor". heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  25. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-21. Retrieved 2014-07-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  26. "Beautiful Sunday (song by Jack Reno) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Musicvf.com. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  27. "Hem till Norden". Svensk mediedatabas. 1996. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  28. "The Last Album on Liberty - The Ventures | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  29. "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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.