"Beautiful"
Single by Gordon Lightfoot
from the album Don Quixote
B-side"Don Quixote"
ReleasedMay 1972
GenreSoft rock, Folk rock
LabelReprise
Songwriter(s)Gordon Lightfoot
Producer(s)Lenny Waronker
Gordon Lightfoot singles chronology
"Summer Side of Life"
(1971)		 "Beautiful"
(1972)		 "Alberta Bound"
(1972)

"Beautiful" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. This song, which is in the key of B major, first appeared on Lightfoot's 1972 LP Don Quixote, the first of two singles to be released. The album's title track appeared on the B-side.

Reception

It reached number 13 in Canada and peaked at number 58 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 the week of July 29, 1972.[1][2] The song also hit number one on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart,[3] his second of seven to do so, and number 30 on the U.S. Easy Listening chart.[4]

Chart performance

Chart (1972) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Top Singles[5] 13
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary[6] 1
US Billboard Easy Listening 30
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 58

References

  1. ↑ Gordon Lightfoot, Billboard Hot 100 – Billboard.com. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  2. ↑ Billboard Hot 100, Week of July 29, 1972 – Billboard.com. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1972-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 146.
  5. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Singles - July 22, 1972" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1972-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  7. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
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