| "Daybreak" | ||||
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| Single by Barry Manilow | ||||
| from the album This One's for You | ||||
| B-side | "Jump Shout Boogie" | |||
| Released | September 1977 | |||
| Recorded | 1976 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock, pop | |||
| Length | 3:35 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Barry Manilow and Adrienne Anderson | |||
| Producer(s) | Ron Dante | |||
| Barry Manilow singles chronology | ||||
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"Daybreak" is an uptempo pop song by Barry Manilow. It was composed by Manilow and Adrienne Anderson and first appeared on Manilow's 1976 studio album This One's for You.
The single version was recorded live with the female backup group Lady Flash. The song reached number 23 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] and number 7 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[2] On the Cash Box Top 100 it peaked at number 21 for two weeks.[3] It was a bigger hit in Canada, on both charts in which it appeared.
The song is prominently featured in the 1994 film Serial Mom, directed by John Waters and starring Kathleen Turner.[4][5][6]
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2000). Top Pop Singles 1955-1999. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research, Inc. p. 401. ISBN 0-89820-139-X.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary Music Chart". Billboard.com. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 19, 1977
- ^ "1994 Stereo Review". Stereo Review. Vol. 59. 1994. p. 94. ISSN 0039-1220.
- ^ Persall, Steve (April 15, 1994). "'Serial Mom' is a real killer". Tampa Bay Times. St. Petersburg, Florida. p. 6. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Henderson, Eric (May 10, 2017). "Blu-ray Review: John Waters's Serial Mom Joins the Shout! Factory". Slant Magazine. Retrieved July 6, 2023.