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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 #4 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart, #14 on the ''Billboard'' pop chart, and #33 on the U.S. country chart in 1973. In Canada, it reached #3 on the

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, #5 on the adult contemporary chart, and #18 on the country chart. In

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it reached #1. The song was featured on Strunk's 1973 album, ''

Daisy a Day "Daisy a Day" is a song written and performed by Jud Strunk. It was produced by Mike Curb and Don Costa and Costa also was the arranger. It reached #4 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart, #14 on the ''Billboard'' pop chart, and #33 on the U ...

''. The single ranked #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 #1 in

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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, ''

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

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to his 1975 hit single, "

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, 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 a single in 1983. * Spike Jones, Jr. recorded a version of the song which has never been released.

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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, "

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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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