"Cloudy Day" | ||||
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Single by Tones and I | ||||
from the album Welcome to the Madhouse | ||||
Released | 10 June 2021 | |||
Length | 3:05 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Toni Watson | |||
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Tones and I singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Cloudy Day" on YouTube |
"Cloudy Day" is a song by Australian singer Tones and I. It was released on 10 June 2021 through Bad Batch Records, distributed by Sony Music in Australia and New Zealand and globally by Elektra Records as the third single from her debut studio album, Welcome to the Madhouse .
At the 2022 ARIA Music Awards, the song won for ARIA Award for Song of the Year. [1]
It was later been used in the animated movie Migration and during an episode of Beavis And Butthead.
Discussing the song's origins, Tones and I said that after her friend Ben Tournier (aka "T") died in January 2021, she was struggling to complete her album. She was called into Denis Handlin's office (the then-CEO of Sony Music Australia) who told her this saying from his late mother — "on a cloudy day, look up into the sky and find the sun". [2] Tones said "I knew I wanted to use that as a lyric and the next time I went into the studio I wrote 'Cloudy Day'". [3]
Greta Brereton from NME opined that the song "is reminiscent of her 2020 "Fly Away", saying it features "soaring chorus crescendos and choir-style vocal accompaniment, big brass and rhythmic clapping add to the gospel feel of the track, which also arrived alongside an animated music video". [3] Leena Tailor from Variety called the song "the perfect pandemic anthem". [2]
Chart (2021) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA) [4] | 31 |
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [5] | 33 |
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [6] | 26 |
US Adult Top 40 ( Billboard ) [7] | 31 |
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [8] | 47 |
US Mainstream Top 40 ( Billboard ) [9] | 35 |
Chart (2021) | Position |
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Australian Artist (ARIA) [10] | 22 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [11] | Platinum | 70,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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