Daisy a Day explained

Daisy a Day
Cover:	Daisy_a_Day_-_Jud_Strunk.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Jud Strunk
Album:	Daisy a Day
B-Side:	The Searchers
Released:	November 1972
Genre:	Country
Label:	MGM
Producer:	Mike Curb, Don Costa
Prev Title:	Bill Jones General Store
Prev Year:	1971
Next Title:	Next Door Neighbor's Kid
Next Year:	1973

"Daisy a Day" is a song written and performed by Jud Strunk. It was produced by Mike Curb and Don Costa^[1] and Costa also was the arranger.

It reached No.4 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart, No.14 on the Billboard pop chart, and No.33 on the U.S. country chart in 1973.^[2] In Canada, it reached No.3 on the pop chart, No.5 on the adult contemporary chart, and No.18 on the country chart. In Australia it reached No.1. The song was featured on Strunk's 1973 album, Daisy a Day.^[3] The single ranked No.89 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1973.^[4]

Background

During the song, the singer tells a story about the relationship between a boy and girl as they grow up together and ultimately grow old together. For every single day of their joined lives, he gives her a daisy as a sign of their love. In the last verse, she has died but her widower husband continues to make daily visits to her grave … and he still gives her a daisy a day.^[5]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1973)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[6]	1
Canada RPM Top Singles	3
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary	5
Canada RPM Country	18
New Zealand (Listener)^[7]	4
US Cash Box Top 100^[8]	10

(Danny Doyle version)

Year-end charts

Chart (1973)	Rank
Australia	10
Canada RPM Top Singles^[9]	101
US Billboard Hot 100^[10] ^[11]	89
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)

Other versions

• Dian Hart, as a single in 1972.^[12]
• Danny Doyle, as a single in 1973; it reached No.1 in Ireland.^[13]
• The Settlers, as a single in the United Kingdom in 1973.^[14]
• Roy Clark, on his 1973 album, Come Live with Me.^[15]
• Ernest Tubb, on his 1973 album, I've Got All the Heartaches I Can Handle.^[16]
• Hank Snow released it on his LP of the same name in 1974.
• Kamahl, as the B-side to his 1975 hit single, "The Elephant Song".^[17]
• Patsy Montana, on her 1978 album, I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart.^[18]
• Wilma Lee Cooper and the Clinch Mountain Clan, on her 1979 album, A Daisy a Day.^[19]
• Glen Campbell, as the B-side to his 1981 single, "I Don't Want to Know Your Name".^[20] It was featured on his album, It's the World Gone Crazy.
• Berni Flint, as a single in 1983.^[21]
• Spike Jones, Jr. recorded a version of the song which has never been released. Dr. Demento played it on his nationally syndicated radio show multiple times.
• Tony Kenny released his take in Ireland as the B-side to his 1990 single, "Where've You Been".^[22]
• D'Arcy Broderick, on his 2006 album, By Request.^[23]
• Dutch singer Conny Vandenbos released a Dutch take titled, Een Roosje Mijn Roosje ("A rose for my rose"), in 1974. A year later, she issued a German translation, Ein Röschen mein Röschen.
• Greg Page sings it on his Let It Be Me album.

Notes and References

1. http://www.45cat.com/record/k14463 Jud Strunk, "Daisy a Day" single release
2. http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Daisy+a+Day+by+Jud+Strunk&id=23507 Jud Strunk, "Daisy a Day" US chart positions
3. https://www.discogs.com/Jud-Strunk-Daisy-A-Day/release/1517724 Jud Strunk, Daisy a Day
4. Web site: Billboard Top 100 - 1973. February 20, 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101125102658/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1973.php. November 25, 2010.
5. Web site: A Daisy a Day. 22 July 2010 . February 20, 2016.
6. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 297.
7. http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=1443#n_view_location Flavour of New Zealand, 30 July 1973
8. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 26, 1973 . May 27, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150217005023/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1973.html . February 17, 2015 . dead .
9. Web site: Image : RPM Weekly. Library and Archives. Canada. . July 13, 2017.
10. http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1973.htm Musicoutfitters.com
11. Web site: Billboard Top 100 - 1973. February 20, 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101125102658/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1973.php. November 25, 2010.
12. http://www.45cat.com/record/amt146 Dian Hart, "Daisy a Day" single release
13. http://www.45cat.com/record/rl671 Danny Doyle, "Daisy a Day" single release
14. http://www.45cat.com/record/syk559 The Settler, "A Daisy a Day" single release
15. https://www.discogs.com/Roy-Clark-Come-Live-With-Me/release/7480215 Roy Clark, Come Live with Me
16. https://www.discogs.com/Ernest-Tubb-Ive-Got-All-The-Heartaches-I-Can-Handle-The-Texas-Troubadour/release/2667566 Ernest Tubb, I've Got All the Heartaches I Can Handle
17. https://www.discogs.com/Kamahl-The-Elephant-Song-A-Daisy-A-Day/release/2273284 Kamahl, "The Elephant Song" single release
18. https://www.discogs.com/Patsy-Montana-I-Want-To-Be-A-Cowboys-Sweetheart/release/6542195 Patsy Montana, I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart
19. https://www.discogs.com/Wilma-Lee-Cooper-And-The-Clinch-Mountain-Clan-A-Daisy-A-Day/release/3011909 Wilma Lee Cooper and the Clinch Mountain Clan, A Daisy a Day
20. https://www.discogs.com/Glen-Campbell-I-Dont-Want-To-Know-Your-Name-Daisy-A-Day/release/5716151 Glen Campbell, "I Don't Want to Know Your Name" single release
21. https://www.discogs.com/Bernie-Flint-A-Daisy-A-Day/release/5190753 Berni Flint, "A Daisy a Day" single release
22. http://www.45cat.com/record/loon55 Tony Kenny, "Where've You Been" single release
23. http://www.fredsrecords.com/site/shop/darcy-broderick-by-request/ D'Arcy Broderick, By Request