Rainy Days and Mondays

Infobox Single
Name = Rainy Days and Mondays


Caption =
Artist = The Carpenters
from Album = Carpenters
A-side = "Rainy Days and Mondays"
B-side = "Saturday"
Released = April 23, 1971
Format = 7" single
Recorded = 1971
Genre = Pop
Length = 03:36
Label = A&M Records
1260
Writer = Paul Williams; Roger Nichols
Producer = Jack Daugherty
Certification = RIAA Gold Single
Chart position = * #2 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100)
Last single = "For All We Know" (1971)
This single = "Rainy Days and Mondays" (1971)
Next single = "Superstar" (1971)| Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Carpenters
Type = studio
Tracks = ;Side one
# "Rainy Days and Mondays"
# "Saturday"
# "Let Me Be the One"
# "(A Place to) Hideaway"
# "For All We Know";Side two
# "Superstar"
# "Druscilla Penny"
# "One Love"
# "Bacharach/David Medley"
# "Sometimes"

"Rainy Days and Mondays" is a 1971 song by The Carpenters that went to #2 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart and was certified Gold by the RIAA. It was also the duo's fourth #1 song on the Adult Contemporary singles chart; however, it failed to chart in the United Kingdom until it went to #63 in a reissue there in 1993.

The song was composed in 1971 by then fairly unheard of composers Roger Nichols and Paul Williams. It was released as the first track on the album "Carpenters." The B-side on the single is "Saturday." It has been covered by Olivia Newton John, Sarah Vaughan, The Intruders, Emmy Rossum and Cracker.

Compilations

* Yesterday Once More
* From the Top
* Interpretations
* Love Songs
* The Essential Collection
* Carpenters: Gold 35th Anniversary Edition