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Daydream (The Lovin' Spoonful song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Daydream'" is a popular song written by John Sebastian, first released in 1966. It was originally recorded that year by Sebastian's group the Lovin' Spoonful and appeared on their album of the same title.
Sebastian played the harmonica, as well as doing his own whistling in the instrumental section plus the coda before the song's fade.
Background
"Daydream" originated with Sebastian's attempt to rewrite The Supremes' "Baby Love".
John Sebastian spoke about the success of the song:
This song influenced the Beatles. John Lennon's jukebox included both this and "Do You Believe in Magic." It was also a major inspiration for Paul McCartney's Beatles composition "Good Day Sunshine."
'Billboard' described the song as "An off-beat shuffle-blues rhythm that will quickly equal their 'You Didn't Have to Be So Nice' success." 'Cash Box' described the single as an "easy-going, funky blues-soaked happy-go-lucky item with a real infectious chorus portion."
Chart performance
The song reached No. 2 on the U.S. 'Billboard' Hot 100, behind (You're My) Soul and Inspiration by The Righteous Brothers. Outside the US, "Daydream" went to No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. In New Zealand, the song spent three weeks at No. 1. It also reached No. 1 in Canada, and No. 13 in Australia.
Charts
Weekly charts
{|class="wikitable sortable"|-
! Chart (1966)
! Peak
position
|-
|Australia (Kent Music Report)
| style="text-align:center;"|13
|-
| Canada (CHUM)
|align="center"|5
|-
|Canada ('RPM') Top Singles
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|Finland ('Soumen Virallinen')
|style="text-align:center;"|20
|-
|New Zealand ('Listener')
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|UK Singles Chart (Official Charts Company)
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|Sweden (Kvllstoppen)
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|US 'Billboard' Hot 100
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|Sweden ('Tio i Topp')
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|US 'Cashbox' Top 100
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|Netherlands (Single Top 100)
| style="text-align:center;"|4
|}
Year-end charts
Recorded versions
Following the 1966 Lovin' Spoonful recording, "Daydream" has been recorded by such artists as:
*Chet Atkins, on his 1988 album, 'C.G.P.'
*Otto Brandenburg (in Danish, under the title "Dagdrm") (1966)
*David Cassidy, Bell catalog number #45-386, released July 5, 1973, with the flip side "Can't Go Home Again"
*Bobby Darin, on his December 1966 album 'If I Were a Carpenter'
*Dino, Desi, & Billy, on their May 1966 album 'Memories Are Made of This'
*Art Garfunkel, on his June 1997 album 'Songs from a Parent to a Child'[http://www.artgarfunkel.com/songs.html Art Garfunkel Official Site]
*Vince Gill and Kermit the Frog for the 1994 album 'Kermit Unpigged'. This version peaked at No. 65 on the 'RPM' Country Tracks chart in Canada.
*Gary Lewis and the Playboys, on their 1966 album 'Hits Again'
*Lars Lilholt Band (November 24, 2008) (in Danish, under the title "Dagdrmmerdreng")
*The Guess Who performed this song on CBC Winnipeg's radio show "The Swingers" in 1967.
*The Mar-Keys, on their 1969 album 'Damifiknow!'
*Maria Muldaur (1989)
*Ricky Nelson, on his album 'Another Side of Rick', released November 13, 1967
*Right Said Fred, on their 1992 single ""Those Simple Things"/"Daydream"
*Lewis Ross, on his 1996 album of the same name
*The Sandpipers, on their 1967 album 'Misty Roses'
*Bud Shank (1967)
*Sheila (in French, under the title "Le rve") (June 1966)
*The Sweet, on their album 'Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be,' released in 1971
*Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings recorded it for their third album, 'Groovin', in 2000.
*Candye Kane, on her album 'White Trash Girl,' released in November 1971
*Doris Day - 'My Heart' (2011)
*Terry Holley, on his 2010 album 'Acoustic Covers'
*Mike Vickers, on his 1968 album 'I Wish I Were a Group Again.'
*M. Ward feat. Alia Farah as a single in 2020.
References
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