"It's a Beautiful Day" is a song by Canadian singer

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, released as the first single from his sixth studio album, ''

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''. The single was released on iTunes on February 25, 2013. It peaked at number ten on the

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and it was certified gold by the

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. The song also charted to top five in

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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

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on March 25, 2013 at a total length of three minutes and fifty-one seconds. It was filmed on

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, the same street that appeared as

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in the series '' Desperate Housewives''. Actress

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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

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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 ''

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'' on March 30, 2013, and during his performance,

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and

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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 "

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". Bublé performed It's a Beautiful Day (Swing Version) on ''

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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

* {{DEFAULTSORT:It's a Beautiful Day (Michael Buble song) 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