Rainy Days and Mondays
"Rainy Days and Mondays" is a 1971 song by The Carpenters that went to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was certified Gold by the RIAA. It was also the duo's fourth #1 song on the Adult Contemporary singles chart.[1] However, the song failed to chart in the United Kingdom until it went to #63 in a reissue there in 1993.
The song was composed in 1971 by then fairly unknown composers Roger Nichols and Paul Williams. It was released as the first track on the album Carpenters. The B-side on the single is "Saturday."
Olivia Newton-John, one of Karen's best friends, recorded a cover version of this song in her album Indigo: Women of Song as a tribute to Karen.
Chart |
Peak
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |
2 |
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening |
1 |
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 |
2 |
Canadian Singles Chart |
3 |
Oricon (Japanese) Singles Chart |
71 |
UK Singles Chart (1993) |
63 |
Compilations
- Yesterday Once More
- From the Top
- Interpretations
- Love Songs
- The Essential Collection
- Carpenters: Gold 35th Anniversary Edition
See also
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 47.
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Book:The Carpenters · Category:The Carpenters
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