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. The song was produced by Larry Page and arranged by Boone.

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.

Boone re-released the song in the UK in 1974 where it reached #53 on the UK singles chart.

Boone re-released the song in Japan in 1976, where it reached #1 on the Oricon Singles Chart from March 22 to June 28. The song is still the best selling single by a foreign artist in Japan.

Weekly charts Chart (1972) Peak position Australia (ARIA) 8 Australia (Go-Set National Top 40) 6 Belgium (Flanders) 4 Canada (RPM 100) 4 Germany 1 Template:Singlechart Netherlands 14 New Zealand 1 Norway (VG-lista) 1 South Africa (Springbok Radio SA Top 20) 1 Switzerland 2 UK Singles (Official Charts Company) 21 US Easy Listening 6 Template:Singlechart US Cash Box Top 100 16 Chart (1974) Peak position UK 53 Chart (1976) Peak position Japan 1

Year-end charts Chart (1972) Rank Australia 50 Canada 30 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 42 U.S. Cash Box 77

In popular culture

The song is commonly used for the 'Slosh' dance. The dance is popular in Scotland where it's commonly played at wedding receptions.

The song is sung by fans of Scottish football club Dundee United.

In media

The song was used as the theme song for the 1975 - 1976 Japan's TBS morning show, Ohayo 720.

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.
• Kikki Danielsson and Roosarna released a version of the song on the 1996 album, Hem till Norden.
• The Ventures released an instrumental version of the song.
• 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.
• "Poyushchiye Gitary" ("The Singing guitars") - Soviet group, released a version of the song on the 1975 (Russian tex by M.Belyakov).