"Beautiful" is a
song
A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice. The voice often carries the melody (a series of distinct and fixed pitches) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs have a structure, such as the common ABA form, and are usu ...
by Canadian singer-songwriter
Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved worldwide success and helped define the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s. Widely considered one of Canada's greatest songwriters, ...
. This song, which is in the key of B major, first appeared on Lightfoot's 1972 LP ''
Don Quixote
, the full title being ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'', is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts in 1605 and 1615, the novel is considered a founding work of Western literature and is of ...
'' and was the first of two singles released. The album's title track appeared on the B-side.
Reception
It reached number 13 in Canada. It peaked at #58 on the U.S.
''Billboard'' Hot 100 and #67 on the
Cash Box
''Cashbox'', also known as ''Cash Box'', is an American music industry trade magazine, originally published weekly from July 1942 to November 1996. Ten years after its dissolution, it was revived and continues as ''Cashbox Magazine'', an online ...
Top 100 in July, 1972. The song also hit number one on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart, his second of seven to do so, and number 30 on the U.S.
Easy Listening
Easy listening (including mood music) is a popular music genre and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to the 1970s. It is related to middle of the road (MOR) music and encompasses instrumental recordings of standards, hit s ...
chart.
Chart performance
References
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Gordon Lightfoot songs
1972 songs
1972 singles
Songs written by Gordon Lightfoot
Reprise Records singles
Song recordings produced by Lenny Waronker
Canadian soft rock songs
1970s ballads