Beautiful (Gordon Lightfoot song)

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"Beautiful"
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Single by Gordon Lightfoot
from the album Don Quixote
B-side "Don Quixote"
ReleasedMay 1972
Genre Soft rock, Folk rock
Label Reprise
Songwriter(s) Gordon Lightfoot
Producer(s) Lenny Waronker
Gordon Lightfoot singles chronology
"Summer Side of Life"
(1971)		"Beautiful"
(1972)		"Alberta Bound"
(1972)

"Beautiful" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. This song, which is in the key of B major, first appeared on Lightfoot's 1972 LP Don Quixote and was the first of two singles released. The album's title track appeared on the B-side.

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Reception

It reached number 13 in Canada. It peaked at #58 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #67 on the Cash Box Top 100 in July, 1972. [1] [2] The song also hit number one on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart, [3] his second of seven to do so, and number 30 on the U.S. Easy Listening chart. [4]

Chart performance

Chart (1972)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Top Singles [5] 13
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary [6] 1
US Billboard Easy Listening30
US Billboard Hot 100 [7] 58

References

  1. ↑ Gordon Lightfoot, Billboard Hot 100 – Billboard.com. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  2. ↑ Billboard Hot 100, Week of July 29, 1972 – Billboard.com. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  3. ↑ Canada, Library Archives (1972-06-24). "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 146.
  5. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Singles - July 22, 1972" (PDF).
  6. ↑ Canada, Library Archives (1972-06-24). "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  7. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN   0-89820-089-X
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