"Lazy Day" is a song

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by Tony Powers (

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) and George Fischoff (

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), and recorded by the 1960s band

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. It appeared on their album ''

''. The song stayed in the Top 40 four weeks longer than "

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", which peaked higher on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Lazy Day" was featured on ''

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'' and sold over one million copies.

Critical reception

Written by George Fischoff and Tony Powers, the song received generally positive reviews and is fondly remembered. According to

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, "Lazy Day" "...is a giddy joy no matter what." Despite calling the lyrics ''frothy'', ''

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'' writer Dick Young called the melody ''magnetic''.

Chart performance

"Lazy Day" peaked at number 14 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart after its 1967 release and hit number 1 in the Canadian

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charts.

Other versions

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, in December 1967 on Decca (catalog no. F 12705; Vinyl 7"). * Lesley Gore, in May 1969 as a medley with " 98.6", also written by Fischoff and Powers. *The song's opening was sampled in

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's 2001 single "Take A Walk". *Gas House Gang, a barbershop quartet, in 2003 on their album "The Gas House Gang's Fifth". *A performance by

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and the Tijuana Brass appears on the Lost Treasures CD, Shout DK 32867, released in 2005 as part of "The Herb Alpert Signature Series".

References

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