"Daisy a Day" is a song written and performed by

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. It was produced by

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and

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and Costa also was the arranger. 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. In Canada, it reached No.3 on the

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, No.5 on the adult contemporary chart, and No.18 on the country chart. In

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it reached No.1. The song was featured on Strunk's 1973 album, '' Daisy a Day''. The single ranked No.89 on ''Billboard's'' Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1973.

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.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Danny Doyle version

Year-end charts

Other versions

* Dian Hart, as a single in 1972. * Danny Doyle, as a single in 1973; it reached No.1 in

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. *

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, as a single in the

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in 1973. *

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, on his 1973 album, ''Come Live with Me''. *

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, on his 1973 album, '' I've Got All the Heartaches I Can Handle''. *

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released it on his LP of the same name in 1974. * Kamahl, as the

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to his 1975 hit single, " The Elephant Song". * Patsy Montana, on her 1978 album, ''I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart''. * Wilma Lee Cooper and the Clinch Mountain Clan, on her 1979 album, ''A Daisy a Day''. *

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, as the B-side to his 1981 single, "I Don't Want to Know Your Name". It was featured on his album, '' It's the World Gone Crazy''. * Berni Flint, as a single in 1983. * Spike Jones, Jr. recorded a version of the song which has never been released. Dr. Demento played it on his nationally syndicated radio show multiple times. * Tony Kenny released his take in Ireland as the B-side to his 1990 single, " Where've You Been". * D'Arcy Broderick, on his 2006 album, ''By Request''.D'Arcy Broderick, ''By Request''
Retrieved February 20, 2016. *Dutch singer Conny Vandenbos released a Dutch take titled, ''Een Roosje Mijn Roosje'' ("A rose for my rose"), in 1974. A year later, she issued a German translation, ''Ein Röschen mein Röschen''. * Greg Page sings it on his ''Let It Be Me'' album.

References

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