B-side "Truly Julie" Genre Pop rock Label Mercury Records 73281 | Released March 1972 Length 3:08 | |
Writer(s) Daniel Boone, Rod McQueen | ||
"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.
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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.
Boon 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.
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 Series 2 third episode entitled "Doactors".
The song was featured in the 2010 musical, I Dreamed a Dream, which is based on the life of Susan Boyle.