| "Afternoon Delight" | ||||
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| Single by Starland Vocal Band | ||||
| from the album Starland Vocal Band | ||||
| B-side | "Starland" | |||
| Released | April 1976 | |||
| Recorded | November 1975 | |||
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| Length | 3:12 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Bill Danoff[3] | |||
| Producer(s) | Milt Okun | |||
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| "Afternoon Delight" on YouTube | ||||
"Afternoon Delight" is a song recorded by Starland Vocal Band. It was written by band member Bill Danoff. In the US, it became a #1 single on July 10, 1976,[4] and earned a gold record.
- ^ "VH1's 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs". Stereogum. SpinMedia. May 31, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
- ^ a b Breihan, Tom (September 6, 2019). "The Number Ones: Starland Vocal Band's "Afternoon Delight"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
The final product stands out as a kind of throwback to sunshiney '60s folk-pop, and to countrified early-'70s soft rock.
- ^ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- ^ Bronson, Fred (2003). "Afternoon Delight". The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits (5th ed.). Billboard Books. p. 438. ISBN 0-8230-7677-6.