"Good Day Sunshine"
Song by The Beatles
from the album Revolver
Released	August 5, 1966
Recorded	April 6-June 21, 1966
Genre	Rock
Length	2:09
Label	Parlophone
Writer(s)	Lennon-McCartney
Producer(s)	George Martin
Revolver track listing
Side one "Taxman" "Eleanor Rigby" "I'm Only Sleeping" "Love You To" "Here, There, and Everywhere" "Yellow Submarine" "She Said She Said" Side two "Good Day Sunshine" "And Your Bird Can Sing" "For No One" "Doctor Robert" "I Want to Tell You" "Got to Get You Into My Life" "Tomorrow Never Knows"

"Good Day Sunshine" is a song by The Beatles on the 1966 album Revolver. It was written by Paul McCartney, though like all songs written by either of them, it is credited as Lennon-McCartney. Paul's bass provides the opening line before Ringo Starr comes in with a drum roll. A cover version was recorded by The Tremeloes and released as their first single after they signed with CBS Records in 1966, though it never charted. Cover of The Beatles album Revolver. ... [[ For other uses, see Song (disambiguation). ... The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. ... For the album by The Haunted, see rEVOLVEr. ... August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Rock and roll. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Parlophone is a record label which was founded in Germany prior to World War I by the Carl Lindstrom Company. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... The songwriting credit Lennon/McCartney appears on all Beatles songs that were written by John Lennon and/or Paul McCartney without the aid of the other two Beatles, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For the album by The Haunted, see rEVOLVEr. ... For the profession, see Tax collector. ... Eleanor Rigby is a song by the Beatles, originally released on the 1966 album Revolver. ... Im Only Sleeping is a song by The Beatles that appeared on their studio album Revolver (in the US on the Yesterday and Today album). ... Love You To is a song by the Beatles off of the album Revolver. ... Here, There and Everywhere is a song attributed to John Lennon and Paul McCartney (though largely the work of McCartney), recorded for The Beatles album Revolver (1966). ... |- |- |- ! style=background: #E6E8FA; text-align: center colspan=3 | Yellow Submarine track listing |- style=text-align: center; font-size: 0. ... She Said She Said is a song by the Beatles on the album Revolver. ... And Your Bird Can Sing is a song by the British rock and roll group The Beatles, released on their 1966 album Revolver (but on Yesterday. ... For No One is a song written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon/McCartney) that originally appeared on The Beatles seventh album, Revolver. ... Doctor Robert is a song by The Beatles on the album Revolver, recorded April 15, 1966 with vocals overdubbed April 16. ... I Want to Tell You is a song by the Beatles on the album Revolver. ... Got To Get You Into My Life is a song by The Beatles on the album Revolver. ... Tomorrow Never Knows is the final track of The Beatles 1966 studio album Revolver, but it was the first to be recorded for the album. ... The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. ... See also: 1965 in music, other events of 1966, 1967 in music, 1960s in music and the list of years in music Hot 100 No. ... For the album by The Haunted, see rEVOLVEr. ... Sir James Paul McCartney MBE (born June 18, 1942) is a Grammy Award-winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ... The songwriting credit Lennon/McCartney appears on all Beatles songs that were written by John Lennon and/or Paul McCartney. ... Richard Starkey, MBE (born 7 July 1940 in Liverpool), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer and actor, best known as the drummer of the Beatles. ... Here Comes My Baby: The Ultimate Collection cover. ... Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. ...

McCartney and Starr are the only Beatles to appear on this track instrumentally. John Lennon and George Harrison add harmony vocals during the choruses.^[1] George Martin played the solo on the piano.^{[citation needed]} The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 as part of their first tour of the United States, promoting their first hit single there, I Want To Hold Your Hand. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ...

"Good Day Sunshine" was played as the wake-up music on the final day of the "Return to Flight" Discovery Space Shuttle mission in July 2005, as well as the wake-up music on day 4 of Shuttle Flight STS-121. STS-114 was the first return to flight Space Shuttle mission following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. ... Ongoing events • 2005 Atlantic and Pacific hurricanes • 2005 Maharashtra floods • 2005 Gujarat Flood • Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan • Fuel prices • Gomery Comm. ... This article is becoming very long. ...

The song is also played at Safeco Field, home of Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners when the retractable roof is retracted. Safeco Field, sometimes simply referred to as Safeco for short or even The Safe, is the home of the Seattle Mariners baseball club. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Major league affiliations American League (1977–present) West Division (1977–present) Current uniform Name Seattle Mariners (1977–present) Ballpark Safeco Field (1999–present) The Kingdome (1977-1999) Major league titles World Series titles (0) None AL Pennants (0) None West Division titles (3) [1] 2001 â€¢ 1997 â€¢ 1995 Wild card berths...

This song also contains undeleted profanity buried in the drum track, a first for the Beatles and possibly a first for a song airing on the radio. Listen for the mumbling after Paul sings "She feels good" for Ringo's comment.

Notes

1. ^ The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions; Mark Lewisohn

Mark Lewisohn (born 1958) is one of the worlds foremost experts on The Beatles. ...

External links

• Song lyrics
• Alan W. Pollack's Notes on "Good Day Sunshine"