Daisy a Day

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"Daisy a Day"
Daisy a Day - Jud Strunk.jpg
Single by Jud Strunk
from the album Daisy a Day
B-side "The Searchers"
Released November 1972
Genre Country
Length2:48
Label MGM
Songwriter(s) Jud Strunk
Producer(s) Mike Curb, Don Costa
Jud Strunk singles chronology
"Bill Jones General Store"
(1971)
"Daisy a Day"
(1972)
"Next Door Neighbor's Kid"
(1973)

"Daisy a Day" is a song written and performed by Jud Strunk. It was produced by Mike Curb and Don Costa [1] and Costa also was the arranger.

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It reached No.4 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart, No.14 on the Billboard pop chart, and No.33 on the U.S. country chart in 1973. [2] In Canada, it reached No.3 on the pop chart, No.5 on the adult contemporary chart, and No.18 on the country chart. In Australia it reached No.1. The song was featured on Strunk's 1973 album, Daisy a Day . [3] The single ranked No.89 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1973. [4]

Background

During the song, the singer tells a story about the relationship between a boy and girl as they grow up together and ultimately grow old together. For every single day of their joined lives, he gives her a daisy as a sign of their love. In the last verse, she has died but her widower husband continues to make daily visits to her grave … and he still gives her a daisy a day. [5]

Chart performance

Other versions

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