Daybreak (Barry Manilow song)

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"Daybreak"
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Single by Barry Manilow
from the album This One's for You
B-side "Jump Shout Boogie"
ReleasedSeptember 1977
Recorded1976
Genre Soft rock, pop
Length3:35
Label Arista
Songwriter(s) Barry Manilow and Adrienne Anderson
Producer(s) Ron Dante
Barry Manilow singles chronology
"Looks Like We Made It"
(1977)		"Daybreak"
(1977)		"It's Just Another New Year's Eve"
(1978)

"Daybreak" is an uptempo pop song by Barry Manilow. It was composed by Manilow and Adrienne Anderson and first appeared on Manilow's 1976 studio album This One's for You .

Contents

The single version was recorded live with the female backup group Lady Flash and was the second track of Side 3 on Barry Manilow Live . [1] The song spent ten weeks on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, debuting at number 82 the week of 1 October 1977 and peaking at number 23 the week of 19 November 1977. [2] [3] [4] It also reached number 7 on the Adult Contemporary chart. [5] On the Cash Box Top 100 it peaked at number 21 for two weeks. [6] It was a bigger hit in Canada, on both charts in which it appeared.

The song is prominently featured in the 1994 film Serial Mom , directed by John Waters and starring Kathleen Turner. [7] [8] [9]

Critical reception

Billboard described the song as "lively, upbeat, [and] irresistibly buoyant." [10] Record World said that it "has a bright, breezy pop flavor that will remind audiences of summer." [11]

Chart performance

References

  1. ↑ Grein, Paul. "Barry Manilow’s 25 Top 40 Hits, Ranked From Worst to Best: Critic’s Picks," Billboard.com, Friday 16 June 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  2. ↑ Barry Manilow, Billboard Hot 100 – Billboard.com. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  3. ↑ Billboard Hot 100, Week of 1 October 1977 – Billboard.com. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2000). Top Pop Singles 1955-1999. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research, Inc. p. 401. ISBN   0-89820-139-X.
  5. 1 2 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart". Billboard.com. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  6. 1 2 Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 19, 1977
  7. ↑ "1994 Stereo Review". Stereo Review . Vol. 59. 1994. p. 94. ISSN   0039-1220.
  8. ↑ Persall, Steve (April 15, 1994). "'Serial Mom' is a real killer". Tampa Bay Times . St. Petersburg, Florida. p. 6. Retrieved July 6, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Henderson, Eric (May 10, 2017). "Blu-ray Review: John Waters's Serial Mom Joins the Shout! Factory". Slant Magazine . Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Top Single Picks" (PDF). Billboard. September 24, 1977. p. 64. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  11. ↑ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. September 24, 1977. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  12. ↑ "Lyrics: Daybreak by Barry Manilow". Top40db.net. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  13. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2014-12-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2014-12-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2014-12-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN   0-89820-142-X.



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