"Lazy Day" | ||||
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Single by Spanky and Our Gang | ||||
from the album Spanky and Our Gang | ||||
B-side | "(It Ain't Necessarily) Byrd Avenue" | |||
Released | October 1967 | |||
Genre | Sunshine pop | |||
Length | 3:10 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Songwriter(s) | George Fischoff, Tony Powers | |||
Producer(s) | Jerry Ross | |||
Spanky and Our Gang singles chronology | ||||
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"Lazy Day" is a song written by Tony Powers ( lyrics) and George Fischoff ( music), and recorded by the 1960s band Spanky and Our Gang. It appeared on their album Spanky and Our Gang.
The song stayed in the Top 40 four weeks longer than " Sunday Will Never Be the Same", which peaked higher on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [1] "Lazy Day" was featured on The Ed Sullivan Show [2] and sold over one million copies.
Written by George Fischoff and Tony Powers, the song received generally positive reviews and is fondly remembered. According to AllMusic, "Lazy Day" "...is a giddy joy no matter what." [3] Despite calling the lyrics frothy, The Milwaukee Journal writer Dick Young called the melody magnetic. [4]
"Lazy Day" peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart after its 1967 release [5] and hit number 1 in the Canadian RPM Magazine charts.