"Beautiful" | ||||
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Single by Gordon Lightfoot | ||||
from the album Don Quixote | ||||
B-side | "Don Quixote" | |||
Released | May 1972 | |||
Genre | Soft rock, Folk rock | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
Songwriter(s) | Gordon Lightfoot | |||
Producer(s) | Lenny Waronker | |||
Gordon Lightfoot singles chronology | ||||
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"Beautiful" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. This song, which is in the key of B major, first appeared on Lightfoot's 1972 LP Don Quixote, the first of two singles to be released. The album's title track appeared on the B-side.
It reached number 13 in Canada and peaked at number 58 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 the week of July 29, 1972. [1] [2] The song also hit number one on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart, [3] his second of seven to do so, and number 30 on the U.S. Easy Listening chart. [4]
Chart (1972) | Peak position |
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Canadian RPM Top Singles [5] | 13 |
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary [6] | 1 |
US Billboard Easy Listening | 30 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [7] | 58 |