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"Daisy a Day" is a song written and performed by Jud Strunk. It was produced by Mike Curb and Don Costa[1] and Costa also was the arranger.

"Daisy a Day"
Single by Jud Strunk
from the album Daisy a Day
B-side	"The Searchers"
Released	November 1972
Genre	Country
Length	2:48
Label	MGM
Songwriter(s)	Jud Strunk
Producer(s)	Mike Curb, Don Costa
Jud Strunk singles chronology
"Bill Jones General Store" (1971) "Daisy a Day" (1972) "Next Door Neighbor's Kid" (1973)

It reached #4 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart, #14 on the Billboard pop chart, and #33 on the U.S. country chart in 1973.[2] In Canada, it reached #3 on the pop chart, #5 on the adult contemporary chart, and #18 on the country chart. In Australia it reached #1. The song was featured on Strunk's 1973 album, Daisy a Day.[3] The single ranked #89 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1973.[4]

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.[5]

Chart performance

Other versions

• Dian Hart, as a single in 1972.[16]
• Danny Doyle, as a single in 1973; it reached #1 in Ireland.[17]
• The Settlers, as a single in the United Kingdom in 1973.[18]
• Roy Clark, on his 1973 album, Come Live with Me.[19]
• Ernest Tubb, on his 1973 album, I've Got All the Heartaches I Can Handle.[20]
• Hank Snow released it on his LP of the same name in 1974.
• Kamahl, as the B-side to his 1975 hit single, "The Elephant Song".[21]
• Patsy Montana, on her 1978 album, I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart.[22]
• Wilma Lee Cooper and the Clinch Mountain Clan, on her 1979 album, A Daisy a Day.[23]
• Glen Campbell, as the B-side to his 1981 single, "I Don't Want to Know Your Name".[24] It was featured on his album, It's the World Gone Crazy.
• Berni Flint, as a single in 1983.[25]
• 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".[26]
• D'Arcy Broderick, on his 2006 album, By Request.[27]
• 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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