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It reached No.4 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart, No.14 on the Billboard pop chart, and No.33 on the U.S. country chart in 1973. In Canada, it reached No.3 on the pop chart, No.5 on the adult contemporary chart, and No.18 on the country chart. In Australia it reached No.1. The song was featured on Strunk's 1973 album, Daisy a Day. The single ranked No.89 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1973.

Background

During the song, the singer tells a story about the relationship between a boy and girl as they grow up together and ultimately grow old together. For every single day of their joined lives, he gives her a daisy as a sign of their love. In the last verse, she has died but her widower husband continues to make daily visits to her grave … and he still gives her a daisy a day.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1973)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)	1
Canada RPM Top Singles	3
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary	5
Canada RPM Country	18
New Zealand (Listener)	4
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)	4
US Billboard Hot 100	14
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	33
US Cash Box Top 100	10

(Danny Doyle version)

Chart (1973)	Peak position
Ireland (IRMA)	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1973)	Rank
Australia	10
Canada RPM Top Singles	101
US Billboard Hot 100	89
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)

Other versions

Dian Hart, as a single in 1972.
Danny Doyle, as a single in 1973; it reached No.1 in Ireland.
The Settlers, as a single in the United Kingdom in 1973.
Roy Clark, on his 1973 album, Come Live with Me.
Ernest Tubb, on his 1973 album, I've Got All the Heartaches I Can Handle.
Hank Snow released it on his LP of the same name in 1974.
Kamahl, as the B-side to his 1975 hit single, "The Elephant Song".
Patsy Montana, on her 1978 album, I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart.
Wilma Lee Cooper and the Clinch Mountain Clan, on her 1979 album, A Daisy a Day.
Glen Campbell, as the B-side to his 1981 single, "I Don't Want to Know Your Name". It was featured on his album, It's the World Gone Crazy.
Berni Flint, as a single in 1983.
Spike Jones, Jr. recorded a version of the song which has never been released. Dr. Demento played it on his nationally syndicated radio show multiple times.
Tony Kenny released his take in Ireland as the B-side to his 1990 single, "Where've You Been".
D'Arcy Broderick, on his 2006 album, By Request.
Dutch singer Conny Vandenbos released a Dutch take titled, Een Roosje Mijn Roosje ("A rose for my rose"), in 1974. A year later, she issued a German translation, Ein Röschen mein Röschen.
Greg Page sings it on his Let It Be Me album.

References

Jud Strunk, "Daisy a Day" single release Retrieved February 20, 2016.
Jud Strunk, "Daisy a Day" US chart positions Retrieved February 20, 2016.
Jud Strunk, Daisy a Day Retrieved February 20, 2016.
"Billboard Top 100 - 1973". Archived from the original on November 25, 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
"A Daisy a Day". 22 July 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 297. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
Flavour of New Zealand, 30 July 1973
"Jud Strunk Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
"Jud Strunk Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
"Jud Strunk Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
"Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 26, 1973". Archived from the original on February 17, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
"The Irish Charts – Search Results – Daisy a Day". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
Canada, Library and Archives (July 13, 2017). "Image : RPM Weekly". Library and Archives Canada.
Musicoutfitters.com
"Billboard Top 100 - 1973". Archived from the original on November 25, 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
Dian Hart, "Daisy a Day" single release Retrieved February 20, 2016.
Danny Doyle, "Daisy a Day" single release Retrieved February 20, 2016.
The Settler, "A Daisy a Day" single release Retrieved February 20, 2016.
Roy Clark, Come Live with Me Retrieved February 20, 2016.
Ernest Tubb, I've Got All the Heartaches I Can Handle Retrieved February 20, 2016.
Kamahl, "The Elephant Song" single release Retrieved February 20, 2016.
Patsy Montana, I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart Retrieved February 20, 2016.
Wilma Lee Cooper and the Clinch Mountain Clan, A Daisy a Day Retrieved February 20, 2016.
Glen Campbell, "I Don't Want to Know Your Name" single release Retrieved February 20, 2016.
Berni Flint, "A Daisy a Day" single release Retrieved February 20, 2016.
Tony Kenny, "Where've You Been" single release Retrieved February 20, 2016.
D'Arcy Broderick, By Request Retrieved February 20, 2016.

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