"It's a Beautiful Day" is a song by Canadian singer
Michael Bublé
Michael Steven Bublé ( ; born September 9, 1975) is a Canadian singer. A four-time Grammy Award winner, he is often credited for helping to renew public interest and appreciation for traditional pop standards and the Great American Songboo ...
, released as the first single from his sixth studio album, ''
To Be Loved
''To Be Loved'' is the eighth studio album by Canadian singer, Michael Bublé. The album was released on April 15, 2013, by 143 Records and Reprise Records. The album was preceded by the release of the lead single, " It's a Beautiful Day", rel ...
''. The single was released on
iTunes on February 25, 2013. It peaked at number ten on the
UK Singles Chart
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and it was certified gold by the
Federation of the Italian Music Industry
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. The song also charted to top five in
Belgium
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,
Finland
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,
Indonesia
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and
Japan.
Critical reception
Music blog ''POP! Goes the Charts'' described the song as "surprisingly cheerful", noting its full arrangement and descriptive lyrics, and concluding that it would be a "huge seller".
Music video
A music video to accompany the release of "It's a Beautiful Day" was first released onto
YouTube
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on March 25, 2013 at a total length of three minutes and fifty-one seconds. It was filmed on
Colonial Street
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, the same street that appeared as
Wisteria Lane
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in the series ''
Desperate Housewives''. Actress
Jaime Pressly
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plays Bublé's unfaithful girlfriend in the video. The video begins with Bublé catching his partner cheating on him in a house. Afterwards, Bublé calmly walks out of the house and starts performing the song while he walks down the street. While performing the song, he encounters many people, most of them being women who appear to be expressing romantic interest on Bublé, while his partner watches him from the window with discomfort. At the end of the video, Bublé is seen in front of an exploding house. The video includes a few
computer-generated images
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such as an animated bird perching on Bublé's finger and clouds with various animal shapes. As of May 2023, the music video has 62 million views on YouTube.
Live performances
On March 23, 2013 he performed the song live on long-running German-language entertainment television show ''
Wetten, dass..?''. He also performed the song live on ''
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
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'' on March 30, 2013, and during his performance,
Ant & Dec
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,
Simon Cowell
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and
Lewis Hamilton
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left the ITV studios on a golf buggy, and ran into a pub, Bublé then walks across the studio to find cardboard cutouts of Ant & Dec, he then leaves the studio with his band singing and walks to the pub and has a go at the karaoke version of "
Let's Get Ready to Rhumble
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". Bublé performed It's a Beautiful Day (Swing Version) on ''
The X Factor (U.S. season 3)
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'' Week 5 Result Show on November 28.
Track listing
* German CD single
# "It's a Beautiful Day" - 3:25
# "Hollywood" - 3:35
* 7" vinyl
# "It's a Beautiful Day" - 3:25
# "Hollywood" - 3:34
* It's A Beautiful Day EP
# "It's a Beautiful Day" - 3:25
# "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine"
# "Home"
# "Me and Mrs Jones"
# "At This Moment"
* Digital download
# "It's a Beautiful Day" - 3:25
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
References
External links
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2013 singles
Michael Bublé songs
Songs written by Michael Bublé
143 Records singles
Reprise Records singles
Songs written by Alan Chang
2013 songs
Song recordings produced by Bob Rock
Songs written by Amy S. Foster