One Fine Day (song)
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"One Fine Day" has been recorded by a diverse array of artists including Susie Allanson
, the Carpenters
as part of the oldies
medley
on their album Now and Then, Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
, Even in Blackouts
, Kids Incorporated
, David Lasley
, Natalie Merchant
(to serve as theme song for the 1996 film One Fine Day), the Mountain Goats
, Aaron Neville
, the Nylons
, Cliff Richard
and S Club Juniors.
The Mindbenders
cut a version which served as the B-side of their #28 UK hit "Can't Live With You (Can't Live Without You)" (1966).
In 1967 Ken Sparkes
, then a dee jay
at 3AK
Radio in Melbourne
, recorded a version of "One Fine Day" which that March reached the Melbourne hit parade at #49, ranking at #86 on the chart for Australia.
The first remake of "One Fine Day" to chart in the US was that by veteran cabaret singer Julie Budd whose disco
version - credited to Julie - reached #93 in 1976; Budd's only charting track, "One Fine Day" was produced by top '60s producer Herb Bernstein
.
"One Fine Day" next charted in the autumn of 1979 for Rita Coolidge
whose version, prominently featuring Michael McDonald
, reached #66 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #15 on Billboard
s Easy Listening chart
. Coolidge's version of "One Fine Day" also reached #68 in Australia.
Carole King herself had the first major hit remake of her composition when her version of "One Fine Day" reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100
in the summer of 1980, the track's parent album being Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King
which mostly comprised King's renditions of Pop classics she'd co-written with Gerry Goffin. King's version of the "One Fine Day", which ranked at #73 on Billboards list of the top 100 hits of 1980, was to be her final Hot 100 appearance.
One Fine Day served as title cut for a 2005 release by Sandy Posey
on which she returned to the countrypolitan sound of her own '60s successes via covers of classic Pop hits.
entitled One Fine Day featured as its theme an acoustic-style remake of the Chiffons' hit by Natalie Merchant
, with the Chiffons' original also being featured in the film's soundtrack. The Chiffons' version has made numerous other soundtrack appearances including Fingers
(1978), The Hollywood Knights
(1980), The Flamingo Kid
(1984), Desperately Seeking Susan
(the track's classic piano riff opens the film) (1985), A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
(1988), The Joy Luck Club
(1993), Riding in Cars with Boys
(2001), The Wedding Date
(2005), And When Did You Last See Your Father?
(2007) and Flipped
(2010). The song is also featured in The Simpsons
episode Bart the Murderer
.
The version of "One Fine Day" by Julie Budd
is featured in the film The Driver
(1978).
Susie Allanson
Susie Allanson is an American country music singer and actress. Susie was raised in Burbank and lived in Las Vegas from 1963-71. Before beginning her singing career in the mid-1970s, she toured as part of Jesus Christ Superstar and appeared in the film of the same name...
, the Carpenters
The Carpenters
Carpenters were an American vocal and instrumental duo, consisting of sister Karen and brother Richard Carpenter. The Carpenters were the #1 selling American music act of the 1970s. Though often referred to by the public as "The Carpenters", the duo's official name on authorized recordings and...
as part of the oldies
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
medley
Medley (music)
In music, a medley is a piece composed from parts of existing pieces, usually three, played one after another, sometimes overlapping. They are common in popular music, and most medleys are songs rather than instrumental. A medley which is a remixed series is called a megamix, often done with tracks...
on their album Now and Then, Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods
Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods are an American pop music group, known mainly for their 1970s hit singles, "Billy Don't Be A Hero" and "Who Do You Think You Are".-History:The band was formed in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1965 by their leader Bo Donaldson...
, Even in Blackouts
Even in Blackouts
Even in Blackouts, known occasionally by the acronym EiB, were an acoustic pop-punk band from Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 2002 by veteran pop-punk guitarist John 'Jughead' Pierson following the demise of the pop-punk band Screeching Weasel, for which Pierson had performed since 1986...
, Kids Incorporated
Kids Incorporated
Kids Incorporated, is an American children's television program that was produced from 1984 to 1993. It was largely a youth-oriented program with musical performances as an integral part of each and every storyline....
, David Lasley
David Lasley
David Lasley is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his contributions as a background singer for such artists as Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor and Luther Vandross....
, Natalie Merchant
Natalie Merchant
Natalie Anne Merchant is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She joined the alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981 and left it to begin her solo career in 1993.-Early life:...
(to serve as theme song for the 1996 film One Fine Day), the Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats is an American indie rock band formed in Claremont, CA by singer-songwriter John Darnielle. For many years, the sole member of the Mountain Goats was Darnielle himself, despite the plural moniker....
, Aaron Neville
Aaron Neville
Aaron Neville is an American soul and R&B singer and musician. He has had four top-20 hits in the United States along with four platinum-certified albums...
, the Nylons
The Nylons
The Nylons are an a cappella group founded in 1978 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Best known for their covers of The Turtles' "Happy Together", Steam's "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye", and The Tokens' version of the traditional "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"....
, Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard
Sir Cliff Richard, OBE is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor, and philanthropist who has sold over an estimated 250 million records worldwide....
and S Club Juniors.
The Mindbenders
The Mindbenders
The Mindbenders was a 1960s beat group from Manchester, England. They were part of the mid 1960s British Invasion with their chart-toppers "Game of Love" and "A Groovy Kind of Love"....
cut a version which served as the B-side of their #28 UK hit "Can't Live With You (Can't Live Without You)" (1966).
In 1967 Ken Sparkes
Ken Sparkes
Ken Sparkes is an Australian radio and television personality. He has been a presenter of radio programs, including presenting the breakfast program on Adelaide's 5AD....
, then a dee jay
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
at 3AK
3AK
3AK is the call sign of SEN 1116 and earlier the on-air name of a former Melbourne talk-back radio and music station, which, in 2003, leased its licence to sports network SEN 1116...
Radio in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, recorded a version of "One Fine Day" which that March reached the Melbourne hit parade at #49, ranking at #86 on the chart for Australia.
The first remake of "One Fine Day" to chart in the US was that by veteran cabaret singer Julie Budd whose disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
version - credited to Julie - reached #93 in 1976; Budd's only charting track, "One Fine Day" was produced by top '60s producer Herb Bernstein
Herb Bernstein
- Professional Life :Bernstein arranged and produced records for many artists in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. These artists include Laura Nyro, John Denver, Joel Grey, The Four Seasons, Bob Dylan, The Monkees, Dusty Springfield, Tina Turner, The Happenings, Julie Budd, Lainie Kazan, Frankie Valli,...
.
"One Fine Day" next charted in the autumn of 1979 for Rita Coolidge
Rita Coolidge
Rita Coolidge is a multiple Grammy Award-winning American vocalist. During the 1970s and 1980s, she charted hits on Billboard's Pop, Country, Adult Contemporary and Jazz charts.-Career:...
whose version, prominently featuring Michael McDonald
Michael McDonald (singer)
Michael McDonald is a five-time Grammy Award winning American singer and songwriter. McDonald is known for a soulful baritone singing style and a multi-octave range. He began his career singing back-up vocals with Steely Dan...
, reached #66 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #15 on Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
s Easy Listening chart
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...
. Coolidge's version of "One Fine Day" also reached #68 in Australia.
Carole King herself had the first major hit remake of her composition when her version of "One Fine Day" reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
in the summer of 1980, the track's parent album being Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King
Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King
Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King is an album by American singer-songwriter Carole King, released in 1980. It produced Carole King's last hit to date, One Fine Day, which reached number 12 on the charts.-Track listing:...
which mostly comprised King's renditions of Pop classics she'd co-written with Gerry Goffin. King's version of the "One Fine Day", which ranked at #73 on Billboards list of the top 100 hits of 1980, was to be her final Hot 100 appearance.
One Fine Day served as title cut for a 2005 release by Sandy Posey
Sandy Posey
Sandy Posey is an American popular singer, who enjoyed success in the 1960s with singles such as her 1966 recording of Martha Sharpe's composition, "Single Girl." She is often described as a country singer, although, like Skeeter Davis her output has varied...
on which she returned to the countrypolitan sound of her own '60s successes via covers of classic Pop hits.
Soundtrack appearances
The 1996 romcomRomantic comedy film
Romantic comedy films are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles. One dictionary definition is "a funny movie, play, or television program about a love story that ends happily"...
entitled One Fine Day featured as its theme an acoustic-style remake of the Chiffons' hit by Natalie Merchant
Natalie Merchant
Natalie Anne Merchant is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She joined the alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981 and left it to begin her solo career in 1993.-Early life:...
, with the Chiffons' original also being featured in the film's soundtrack. The Chiffons' version has made numerous other soundtrack appearances including Fingers
Fingers (1978 film)
Fingers is a 1978 drama film directed by James Toback.-Synopsis:The film features Harvey Keitel as a pianist who also works for his loan shark father as a "collector"...
(1978), The Hollywood Knights
The Hollywood Knights
The Hollywood Knights is an American motion picture comedy written and directed by Floyd Mutrux depicting the crass and mischievous antics and practical jokes of the remaining members of a 1950s-era car club turned social fraternity in and around Beverly Hills and Hollywood in 1965...
(1980), The Flamingo Kid
The Flamingo Kid
The Flamingo Kid is a 1984 comedy film directed by Garry Marshall, written by Marshall, Neal Marshall and Bo Goldman. It stars Matt Dillon, Richard Crenna, Hector Elizondo, and Janet Jones...
(1984), Desperately Seeking Susan
Desperately Seeking Susan
Desperately Seeking Susan is a 1985 American comedy-drama film directed by Susan Seidelman and starring Rosanna Arquette and Madonna.-Plot:...
(the track's classic piano riff opens the film) (1985), A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon is a 1988 film about a high school graduate who must find out if he wants to go to business school at the request of his father or go his own way and get a full time job. He shows he's rebellious throughout the film but eventually comes to understand what his...
(1988), The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club (film)
The Joy Luck Club is a 1993 American film about the relationships between Chinese-American women and their Chinese mothers. It is based on the 1989 novel of the same name by Amy Tan, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ronald Bass. The film was produced by Oliver Stone and directed by Wayne Wang...
(1993), Riding in Cars with Boys
Riding in Cars with Boys
Riding in Cars with Boys is a 2001 film based on the autobiography of the same name by Beverly Donofrio, about a woman who overcame difficulties including being a teen mother to earning a master's degree from the span of 1961 to 1986. It stars Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, Brittany Murphy, and James...
(2001), The Wedding Date
The Wedding Date
The Wedding Date is a 2005 romantic comedy directed by Clare Kilner, who also directed How to Deal . The release was successful achieving $47 million worldwide at the box office against a budget of $15 million...
(2005), And When Did You Last See Your Father?
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
And When Did You Last See Your Father? is a 2007 British drama film directed by Anand Tucker. The screenplay by David Nicholls is based on the 1993 memoir of the same title by Blake Morrison.-Plot:...
(2007) and Flipped
Flipped (film)
Flipped is a 2010 romantic comedy drama film directed by Rob Reiner. It is an adaptation of the novel Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen. It had a limited release in the US on August 6, 2010. The film had a wide release on August 27, 2010....
(2010). The song is also featured in The Simpsons
The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
episode Bart the Murderer
Bart the Murderer
"Bart the Murderer" is the fourth episode of The Simpsons third season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 10, 1991. In the episode, Bart stumbles upon the Mafia bar, Legitimate Businessman's Social Club, after having a terrible day at school. The owner of the...
.
The version of "One Fine Day" by Julie Budd
Budd
-Given name:* Budd Boetticher , film director during the classical period in Hollywood* Budd Dwyer , American politician who committed suicide during a televised press conference...
is featured in the film The Driver
The Driver
The Driver is a 1978 crime film directed by Walter Hill and starring Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, and Isabelle Adjani. Based upon similarities in plot elements, it is heavily influenced by Jean-Pierre Melville's film Le Samouraï...
(1978).