Good Day Sunshine

Song infobox
Name = Good Day Sunshine


Artist = The Beatles
Album = Revolver
Released = 5 August 1966
track_no = 8
Recorded = Abbey Road Studios 8 June 1966
Genre = Pop rock, folk rock
Length = 2:09
Writer = Lennon/McCartney
Label = Parlophone
Producer = George Martin
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Revolver
Type = studio
Tracks = ;Side one
# "Taxman"
# "Eleanor Rigby"
# "I'm Only Sleeping"
# "Love You To"
# "Here, There and Everywhere"
# "Yellow Submarine"
# "She Said She Said";Side two
# "Good Day Sunshine"
# "And Your Bird Can Sing"
# "For No One"
# "Doctor Robert"
# "I Want to Tell You"
# "Got to Get You Into My Life"
# "Tomorrow Never Knows"

"Good Day Sunshine" is a song by The Beatles on the 1966 album "Revolver". It was written by Paul McCartney, though like all Beatles songs written by either of them, it is credited as Lennon/McCartney. Leonard Bernstein praised the song for its construction in a 1967 CBS News documentary. ["Beatlesongs"; William J Dowlding]

Recording

McCartney and Ringo Starr are the only members of the band to appear on this track instrumentally. John Lennon and George Harrison add harmony vocals during the choruses. ["The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions"; Mark Lewisohn] George Martin played the solo on the piano.Fact|date=February 2007 The song was recorded at Abbey Road 8 June 1966, with overdubs added the following day. ["Beatlesongs"; William J Dowlding]

McCartney's bass provides the opening line before Starr enters with a drum roll.

There is a phrase hidden in the song, just after Paul McCartney sings the line, "she feels good." Ringo can be heard very softly in the right channel. While it is not clear what he is saying, some Beatles enthusiasts say that he responds to McCartney's line, saying "she does."

Influences

McCartney said that he was influenced by The Lovin' Spoonful in writing this song, whose bouncy harmonies and upbeat lyrics recall the Spoonful's "good-time music."

Cover versions

* A cover version was recorded by The Tremeloes and released as their first single after they signed with CBS Records in 1966, though it never charted.
* Claudine Longet recorded a version in 1967 for her second A&M LP, "The Look of Love" and also released it as a single. The single peaked at #100 on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart and #36 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Chart.
* Don & The Goodtimes also recorded a version for their Epic LP, "So Good".
* The Bangles covered "Good Day Sunshine" for the 2006 album "All Together Now: Beatles Stuff for Kids of All Ages".
* The Punkles did a Punk cover of this song on their second album "Punk!".

Cultural references

*"Good Day Sunshine" was played as the wake-up music on the final day of the "Return to Flight" "Discovery" Space Shuttle mission in July 2005, as well as the wake-up music on day 4 of Shuttle Flight STS-121.

*The song is also played at Safeco Field, home of Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners when the retractable roof is retracted.

Personnel

*Paul McCartney- vocals, Harmony Vocal, Bass, Piano, Hand claps
*Ringo Starr- Drums, Tambourine, cymbals, Hand claps
*George Harrison and John Lennon- Harmony Vocals and Hand claps

*George Martin- Piano

Notes

External links

* [http://fab4lyrics.stonegauge.com/albums/revolver.htm#08 Song lyrics]
* [http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/AWP/gds.shtml Alan W. Pollack's Notes on "Good Day Sunshine"]