Day After Day (Badfinger song)

"Day After Day"
"Day After Day"
Single by Badfinger
from the album Straight Up
B-side	"Money" (US); "Sweet Tuesday Morning" (UK);
Released	10 November 1971 (US); 14 January 1972 (UK)
Genre	Pop rock
Length	3:11
Label	Apple
Songwriter(s)	Pete Ham
Producer(s)	George Harrison
Badfinger singles chronology

"Day After Day" is a song by the British rock band Badfinger from their 1971 album Straight Up. It was written by Pete Ham and produced by George Harrison, who also plays slide guitar on the recording. The song was issued as a single and became Badfinger's biggest hit, charting at number 4 in the United States and number 10 in the UK, ultimately earning gold accreditation from the Recording Industry Association of America.

Recording[]

"Day After Day" was written and sung by Pete Ham and produced by George Harrison,^[2] who plays some of the slide guitar parts of the song along with Ham.^[3] The record also features Leon Russell on piano. As the song was unfinished at the time Harrison left the Badfinger album to produce the Concert for Bangladesh, the final mix was done by Todd Rundgren, who took over Straight Up after Harrison's departure.

Release[]

Released as a single in the US in November 1971 (January 1972 elsewhere), it would become the group's highest charting single there, peaking at number 4 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart.^[4] It also peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1972. It remains one of the band's best-known songs, most notably for the slide guitar solos. It went Gold in March 1972, becoming the band's first and only gold single. "Day After Day" reached number 10 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart.^[5]

Personnel[]

Badfinger

Pete Ham – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, slide guitar
Tom Evans – backing vocals, bass guitar
Joey Molland – backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Mike Gibbins – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

George Harrison – slide guitar
Leon Russell – piano

Chart performance[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1971–72)	Peak position
Australian (Go-Set National Top 40)^[6]	7
Australian (Kent Music Report)	6
Canadian RPM 100	2
Ireland (IRMA)^[7]	13
New Zealand (Listener) ^[8]	3
UK Singles Chart	10
US Billboard Hot 100^[9]	4
US Billboard Easy Listening^[10]	10
US Cash Box Top 100^[9]	3
US Record World Singles Chart^[9]	1

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1972)	Rank
Canada	52
US Billboard Hot 100^[11]	39
US Cash Box^[12]	48

Cover versions and other uses[]

In 1972 The Lettermen released an album Lettermen 1 with this song on side 1.
Also in 1972 Engelbert Humperdinck covered the song for his album In Time.
Also in 1972 The Brady Bunch covered the song on their album Meet the Brady Bunch.
In 1986 Savatage covered the song on their album Fight for the Rock.
In 1990 Athens, Georgia rock band Dreams So Real covered the song for their album Gloryline.
In 1990 synthpop band Exotic Birds covered the song for their album Equilibrium.
In 2006 Rod Stewart covered the song on his album Still the Same… Great Rock Classics of Our Time.
In 2006 Neal Morse covered the song on his album Cover to Cover.
In 2006 an instrumental version of the song can be heard near the end of the ″Join the Club" episode of The Sopranos.
In 2007 the song was used in a TV commercial for the NBA celebrating the revival of the Boston Celtics.
In 2007 the song was featured in "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind", a Season 19 episode of the animated TV series The Simpsons.
In 2008 Midge Ure covered the song on his album 10.
In 2017 the song was used in the movie My Friend Dahmer.
In 2019 the song was used in the movie Annabelle Comes Home.
In 2020 the song was used in the movie Boss Level.

References[]

^ Joe, Bosso (21 November 2010). "Badfinger's Joey Molland on The Beatles, Apple Records reissues and tragedy". MusicRadar. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
^ Castleman, Harry; Podrazik, Walter J. (1977). "1971 – My Sweet Lord, He's So Fine". All Together Now – The First Complete Beatles Discography 1961–1975 (Second ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 106. ISBN 0-345-25680-8.
^ Rodriguez, Robert (2010). Fab Four FAQ 2.0: The Beatles' Solo Years, 1970–1980 (illustrated ed.). New York: Backbeat Books. p. 41. ISBN 9780879309688.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 42.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Record Research. p. 26.
^ "Go-Set Australian charts – 15 April 1972". poparchives.com.au. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Day After Day". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
^ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Whitburn, Joel (2015). The Comparison Book. Menonomee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-89820-213-7.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 22.
^ "Top Pop 100 Singles" Billboard December 30, 1972: TA-3
^ "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1972". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 1 March 2015.

External links[]

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

[1] Joe, Bosso (21 November 2010). "Badfinger's Joey Molland on The Beatles, Apple Records reissues and tragedy". MusicRadar. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

[ATN-2] Castleman, Harry; Podrazik, Walter J. (1977). "1971 – My Sweet Lord, He's So Fine". All Together Now – The First Complete Beatles Discography 1961–1975 (Second ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 106. ISBN 0-345-25680-8.

[FAQ41-3] Rodriguez, Robert (2010). Fab Four FAQ 2.0: The Beatles' Solo Years, 1970–1980 (illustrated ed.). New York: Backbeat Books. p. 41. ISBN 9780879309688.

[4] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 42.

[5] Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Record Research. p. 26.

[auschart-6] "Go-Set Australian charts – 15 April 1972". poparchives.com.au. Retrieved 26 October 2017.

[sc_Ireland2_-7] "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Day After Day". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved October 8, 2019.

[8] "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 3 October 2016.

[Whitburn-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Whitburn, Joel (2015). The Comparison Book. Menonomee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-89820-213-7.

[10] Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 22.

[11] "Top Pop 100 Singles" Billboard December 30, 1972: TA-3

[12] "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1972". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 1 March 2015.

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