Sunday Morning Sunshine

1972 single by Harry Chapin

"Sunday Morning Sunshine"

Single by Harry Chapin
from the album  Sniper and Other Love Songs
B-side| "Burning Herself"
Released| October 1972
Recorded| 1972
Genre| Folk rock
Length| 3:28
Label| Elektra 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)

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"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

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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

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U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [8] | 429

## Other uses

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* The Swinging Blue Jeans covered the song on a single released in 1975.[9]
* Tom Chapin and Steve Chapin's live performance is included on The Chapin Family's Harry Chapin: A Celebration in Song: Volume I album.[3]

## 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.

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* Mike Masters
* Doug Walker
* Howie Fields
* Ron Evanuik
* Kim Scholes
* Yvonne Cable

Studio albums|

* Heads & Tales
* Sniper and Other Love Songs
* Short Stories
* Verities & Balderdash
* Portrait Gallery
* On the Road to Kingdom Come
* Dance Band on the Titanic
* Living Room Suite
* Sequel

Live albums|

* Greatest Stories Live
* Legends of the Lost and Found

Posthumously produced|

* Harry Chapin Tribute
* The Last Protest Singer
* The Bottom Line Encore Collection

Compilations|

* Anthology of Harry Chapin
* Remember When the Music
* The Gold Medal Collection
* Story of a Life
* Onwards and Upwards

DVDs|

* Rockpalast Live
* Remember When: The Anthology

Singles|

* "Taxi"
* "Could You Put Your Light On, Please"
* "Sunday Morning Sunshine"
* "A Better Place to Be"
* "W.O.L.D."
* "Cat's in the Cradle"
* "I Wanna Learn a Love Song"
* "What Made America Famous?"
* "Dreams Go By"
* " A Better Place to Be (Live)"
* "Dance Band on the Titanic"
* "Flowers Are Red"
* "Sequel"
* "Remember When the Music"
* "Story of a Life"

Other songs|

* "30,000 Pounds of Bananas"
* "Corey's Coming"
* "Circle"
* "Halfway to Heaven"
* "The Mayor of Candor Lied"
* "Mr. Tanner"
* "Six String Orchestra"
* "Sniper"

Related articles|

* Discography
* The Night That Made America Famous
* Cotton Patch Gospel
* Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something

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