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Sunday Morning Sunshine

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"Sunday Morning Sunshine"
Single by Harry Chapin
from the album Sniper and Other Love Songs
B-side"Burning Herself"
ReleasedOctober 1972
Recorded1972
GenreFolk rock
Length3:28
LabelElektra Records
Songwriter(s)Harry Chapin
Producer(s)Fred Kewley
Harry Chapin singles chronology
"Could You Put Your Light On, Please"
(1972)
"Sunday Morning Sunshine"
(1972)
"A Better Place to Be"
(1973)

"Sunday Morning Sunshine" is a song written and performed by Harry Chapin. The song was included on his 1972 album, Sniper and Other Love Songs. The song was released as a single the same year as his top 20 hit, "Taxi" and debut album, Heads & Tales. Cash Box described it as a "realistic look at city life."[1] Record World said to "look for this melodic self-penning to be covered often and well."[2] The song charted on the Billboard Hot 100, however it received more commercial success when it charted as a top 30 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary. The song has also been included on numerous posthumous compilation albums.[3] King Biscuit Flower Hour recorded a live performance of the song for the show.[3]

Chart performance

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1972–73) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[4] 30
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [5] 75
U.S. Cashbox Top 100 [6] 77
CAN RPM Top 100 [7] 68

Year-end charts

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Chart (1972) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [8] 429

Other uses

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References

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  1. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. October 7, 1972. p. 21. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  2. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. October 7, 1972. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  3. ^ a b c "Harry Chapin Wiki". Anyoldkindofday.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-02. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  4. ^ "Billboard, Sunday Morning Sunshine". Billboard.com. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  5. ^ "Billboard, Sunday Morning Sunshine". Billboard.com. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  6. ^ "Cashbox, 1970-1979" (PDF). Myweb.tiscali.co.uk. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  7. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - December 9, 1972" (PDF).
  8. ^ "1972 Year End". Bullfrogspond.com. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  9. ^ "The Swinging Blue Jeans - Sunday Morning Sunshine". 45cat.com.