| Sunday Morning Sunshine | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Harry Chapin |
| Album: | Sniper and Other Love Songs |
| B-Side: | Burning Herself |
| Released: | October 1972 |
| Recorded: | 1972 |
| Genre: | Folk rock |
| Length: | 3:28 |
| Label: | Elektra Records |
| Producer: | Fred Kewley |
| Prev Title: | Could You Put Your Light On, Please |
| Prev Year: | 1972 |
| Next Title: | A Better Place to Be |
| Next Year: | 1973 |
"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 (1972–73) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |