Day Is Done (Peter, Paul and Mary song)
| "Day Is Done" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Peter, Paul and Mary | ||||
| from the album Peter, Paul and Mommy | ||||
| B-side | "Make Believe Town" | |||
| Released | March 24, 1969[1] | |||
| Format | Vinyl single | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:16 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros.-Seven Arts | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Peter Yarrow | |||
| Peter, Paul and Mary singles chronology | ||||
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"Day Is Done" is a song written by Peter Yarrow. It was recorded by Yarrow's group Peter, Paul and Mary and released as a single in 1969. The song reached No. 21 on Billboard Hot 100, and was ranked No. 48 on the Billboard year-end Top Easy Listening Singles chart of 1969.[2]
Background
"Day Is Done" was written by Peter Yarrow in 1968, and it was the last single that Peter, Paul and Mary recorded together as a group (their next single "Leaving on a Jet Plane" released later that year was recorded earlier for their Album 1700 released in 1967).[3] The song was released in March 1969 and reached No. 21 on Billboard Hot 100 for chart dated June 21, 1969.[4]
The song was written as an anti-war song during the Vietnam War era,[5] and Yarrow performed it as the opening song at a concert during the anti-war march he helped organized in Washington in November 1969.[6][7] It became one of the well-known protest songs in the era.[8] According to Yarrow, the message of the song is that "children will lead us to a better world".[9]
Yarrow later released a children book based on the lyrics of the song as part of his Songbook Series.[10] It contains a three-song CD with a version of the song he recorded with his daughter Bethany.[11]
Charts
| Chart (1969) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[12] | 5 |
| Canada Top Singles (RPM)[13] | 17 |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[14] | 7 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[15] | 21 |
References
- ↑ "Peter, Paul And Mary – Day Is Done". 45cat.
- ↑ "Top Records of 1969". Billboard. December 27, 1969.
- ↑ Amy Willis (September 17, 2009). "Peter, Paul and Mary: Career timeline". The Daily Telegraph.
- ↑ "The Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. June 21, 1969.
- ↑ "Peter Yarrow - Day Is Done". Politics and Prose. October 2, 2009.
- ↑ "Puff: Still Not a Drug Song". Chronogram.
- ↑ "How classical music reached half a million young people". On An Overgrown Path.
- ↑ "Protest Songs". Traditional Music Library.
- ↑ Lisa Torem (February 13, 2010). "Interview with Peter Yarrow". Penny Black Music.
- ↑ "Peter Yarrow - Day Is Done". Politics and Prose.
- ↑ Sonya Ellingboe (October 2, 2009). "Take my hand when day is done". Centennial Citizen.
- ↑ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 5922." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
- ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6026." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
- ↑ "Peter, Paul and Mary – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Peter, Paul and Mary.
- ↑ "Peter, Paul and Mary – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Peter, Paul and Mary.
External links
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics