| "Beautiful Sunday" | ||||
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| Single by Daniel Boone | ||||
| from the album Beautiful Sunday | ||||
| B-side | "Truly Julie" | |||
| Released | 25 February 1972 | |||
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| Length | 3:08 | |||
| Label | Penny Farthing | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Daniel Boone, Rod McQueen | |||
| Producer(s) | Larry Page | |||
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"Beautiful Sunday" is a song written by Daniel Boone and Rod McQueen (real name David Balfe)[3] and performed by Boone. It appeared on his 1972 album Beautiful Sunday and was produced by Larry Page and arranged by Boone.[4]
It has been described as the biggest international hit in the British bubblegum pop genre.[5] Robin Carmody of Freaky Trigger praised the song for its "timelessly, wonderfully obvious chord sequence" and euphoric tone, "without any hint that driving to and from your day's pleasure and relaxation might even contain anything sexual, let alone anything depressing, tedious and ugly."[5] He named it the greatest British bubblegum pop song, deeming it "a neo-folk song structure of almost religious, redemptive simplicity / sublimity. One of the greatest singles of the 70s, if not ever."[1]
- ^ a b c Carmody, Robin (1 January 2002). "The Cottage Industry of Moments". Freaky Trigger. p. 3. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (15 October 1996). "Born To Be Mild: Soft Rock". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 32. ISBN 031214704X.
- ^ "David Balfe, 74: Musician and collaborator on Chelsea FC's song Blue is the Colour". The Times. 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Daniel Boone - Beautiful Sunday / Truly Julie - Mercury - USA - 73281". 45cat.com. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ a b Carmody, Robin (1 January 2002). "The Cottage Industry of Moments". Freaky Trigger. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2022.