The song stayed in the Top 40 four weeks longer than "Sunday Will Never Be the Same", which peaked higher on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[2] "Lazy Day" was featured on The Ed Sullivan Show[3] 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 AllMusic, "Lazy Day" "...is a giddy joy no matter what."[4] Despite calling the lyrics frothy, The Milwaukee Journal writer Dick Young called the melody magnetic.[5]
Chart performance
"Lazy Day" peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart after its 1967 release[6] and hit number 1 in the Canadian RPM Magazine charts.
Lesley Gore, in May 1969 as a medley with "98.6", also written by Fischoff and Powers.[7]
The song's opening was sampled in Masta Ace's 2001 single "Take A Walk".[8]
Gas House Gang, a barbershop quartet, in 2003 on their album "The Gas House Gang's Fifth".[9]
A performance by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass appears on the Lost Treasures CD, Shout DK 32867, released in 2005 as part of "The Herb Alpert Signature Series".
