Rainy Days and Mondays

"Rainy Days and Mondays" is a 1971 song by The Carpenters, with instrumental backing by L.A. session musicians from the Wrecking Crew,^[1] that went to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and it was the duo's fourth number 1 song on the Adult Contemporary singles chart.^[2] However, the song failed to chart in the United Kingdom until it went to number 63 in a reissue there in 1993. "Rainy Days and Mondays" was certified Gold by the RIAA

The song was composed in 1971 by the then-fairly unknown composers Roger Nichols and Paul Williams. It was released as the first track on the album Carpenters, popularly known as the Tan Album, and the B-side on the single is "Saturday", written and sung by Richard Carpenter.

Personnel

Karen Carpenter - lead and backing vocals
Richard Carpenter - backing vocals, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, orchestration
Joe Osborn - bass
Hal Blaine - drums
Tommy Morgan - harmonica
Bob Messenger - tenor saxophone

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1971)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100	2
US Billboard Easy Listening	1
US Cash Box Top 100	2
Canada	3
New Zealand^[3]	19
Australia	35
Japan (Oricon)	71

Chart (1993)	Peak position
United Kingdom	63

Year-end charts

Chart (1971)	Rank
Australia	122
Canada^[4]	42
US Billboard Hot 100^[5]	37
US Easy Listening (Billboard)^[6]	4
US Cash Box Top 100^[7]	33

Compilations

Yesterday Once More
From the Top
Interpretations
Love Songs
The Essential Collection
Carpenters: Gold 35th Anniversary Edition

References

↑ Hartman, Kent (2012). The Wrecking Crew. St. Martin’s Griffin. pp. 261–263. ISBN 978-1-250-03046-7.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 47.
↑ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
↑ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7590&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062
↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1971/Top 100 Songs of 1971". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
↑ Billboard. Books.google.co.uk. 1971-12-25. p. 15. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
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The Carpenters singles

1960s	1966 "Looking for Love" 1969 "Ticket to Ride"

1970s	1970 "(They Long to Be) Close to You" "We've Only Just Begun" "Merry Christmas, Darling" 1971 "For All We Know" "Rainy Days and Mondays" "Superstar" "Bless the Beasts and Children" 1972 "Hurting Each Other" "It's Going to Take Some Time" "Goodbye to Love" 1973 "Sing" "Yesterday Once More" "Top of the World" 1974 "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" "I Won't Last a Day Without You" "Please Mr. Postman" "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" 1975 "Only Yesterday" "Solitaire" 1976 "There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)" "I Need to Be in Love" "Goofus" "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" 1977 "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song" "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" 1978 "Sweet, Sweet Smile" "I Believe You"

1980s	1981 "Touch Me When We're Dancing" "(Want You) Back in My Life Again" "Those Good Old Dreams" 1982 "Beechwood 4-5789" 1983 "Make Believe It's Your First Time" 1984 "Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore" "Now" "Little Altar Boy" 1986 "Honolulu City Lights" 1987 "Something in Your Eyes" 1989 "If I Had You"

1990s	1991 "Let Me Be the One" 1994 "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again" 1996 "Ave Maria"

2000s	2001 "The Rainbow Connection"

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