Rainy Days and Mondays

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"Rainy Days and Mondays"
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Single by Carpenters
from the album Carpenters
B-side "Saturday"
ReleasedApril 23, 1971 (1971-04-23)
Recorded1971
Genre
Length3:36
Label A&M
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Jack Daugherty
Carpenters singles chronology
"For All We Know"
(1971)		"Rainy Days and Mondays"
(1971)		"Superstar"
(1971)

"Rainy Days and Mondays" is a song by the Carpenters from their self-titled third album, with instrumental backing by the Wrecking Crew. [3] It was written by Paul Williams (lyrics) and Roger Nichols (music), who had previously written "We've Only Just Begun", another hit for the duo. The B-side on the single is "Saturday", a song written and sung by Richard Carpenter.

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A demonstration for the song was initially sent to Richard Carpenter by Williams and Nichols. Upon hearing it, Richard felt that the song was perfect for Karen Carpenter and him to record. The song was recorded a few weeks before Karen’s 21st birthday. Richard wanted to keep the song’s arrangement sparse to showcase her vocal talent. [4]

“Rainy Days and Mondays” peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, spending seven weeks in the top 10, and was kept from number one by "It's Too Late"/"I Feel the Earth Move" by Carole King. [4] It also became Carpenters' fourth consecutive top-five single in the Billboard Hot 100. The song was also the duo's fourth number-one single on the Adult Contemporary singles chart. [5] However, the song failed to chart in the United Kingdom until it went to number 63 in a reissue there in 1993. "Rainy Days and Mondays" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for 500,000 copies sold in the United States.

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References

  1. ↑ "Soft Rock Music Songs". AllMusic.
  2. ↑ Harcourt, Nic (2005). "Brothers and Sisters". Music Lust. Seattle: Sasquatch Books. p. 29. ISBN   1570614377.
  3. ↑ Hartman, Kent (2012). The Wrecking Crew . St. Martin’s Griffin. pp.  261–263. ISBN   978-1-250-03046-7.
  4. 1 2 "richardandkarencarpenter.com".
  5. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 47.
  6. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Singles - June 26, 1971" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "RPM Top AC Singles - June 26, 1971".
  8. ↑ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  9. ↑ "Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec" (PDF) (in French). BAnQ. 5 June 1971. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  10. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Singles of '71 - January 8, 1972" (PDF).
  11. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1971/Top 100 Songs of 1971". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  12. ↑ Billboard. 1971-12-25. p. 15. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  13. ↑ "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1971". Cashbox Magazine . Archived from the original on 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2016-05-30.


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