| Sunday Sunrise | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Brenda Lee |
| Album: | New Sunrise |
| B-Side: | "Must I Believe" |
| Released: | July 23, 1973 |
| Recorded: | June 1973 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Label: | MCA Records 40107 |
| Producer: | Owen Bradley |
| Prev Title: | Nobody Wins |
| Prev Year: | 1973 |
| Next Title: | Wrong Ideas |
| Next Year: | 1974 |
| Sunday Sunrise | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Anne Murray |
| Album: | Together |
| B-Side: | "Out on the Road Again" |
| Released: | 1975 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Label: | Capitol Records 4142 |
| Producer: | Tom Catalano |
| Prev Title: | "A Stranger in My Place" (Re-release) |
| Prev Year: | 1975 |
| Next Title: | The Call |
| Next Year: | 1976 |
"Sunday Sunrise" is a song written by Mark James and recorded by Brenda Lee and Anne Murray. Lee's version was a Top Ten U.S. and Canadian Country hit in 1973. Murray's rendition reached #13 on both the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart and the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart in 1975.[1] The song appeared on Murray's 1975 album, Together[2] and was produced by Tom Catalano.[3]
The song is about the new hope that the dawning of the day brings.
Brenda Lee released a version in 1973 that reached No. 6 on the Hot Country Songs chart in October 1973.[4] For Lee, it was the second single release of a song written by Mark James, the first being "Always On My Mind." With the song's top 10 placement on the chart, it marked back-to-back top 10 hits for Lee, the teen-aged pop star from the 1960s who had in the meantime developed a strong following among country fans; her previous single, the Kris Kristofferson-penned "Nobody Wins," reached No. 5 in May 1973.
| Chart (1973) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 8 | |
| U.S. Country | 6 |
| Chart (1975) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary | 13 | |
| U.S. Country[5] | 49 | |
| Billboard Hot 100[6] | 98 | |
| U.S. Adult Contemporary | 13 |