Lazy Day (Spanky and Our Gang song)
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"Lazy Day" is a popular song by the 1960s band Spanky and Our Gang
Spanky and Our Gang
Spanky and Our Gang was an American 1960s folk-rock band led by Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane. The band derives its name from Hal Roach's popular Our Gang comedies of the 1930s...

 that peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 chart after its 1967 release. It appeared on their album Spanky and Our Gang
Spanky and Our Gang (album)
-Track listing:# "Lazy Day" - 3:10# " Bird Avenue" - 2:36# "Ya Got Trouble " - 4:38# "Sunday Will Never Be the Same" - 2:58...

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The song stayed in the Top 40 four weeks longer than their other hit song, "Sunday Will Never Be The Same," which peaked higher on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Lazy Day" was featured on The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan....

and sold over one million copies.

Critical reception

Written by George Fischoff and Tony Powers, the song received generally positive reviews and is fondly remembered. According to AllMusic, "Lazy Day" "...is a giddy joy no matter what." Despite calling the lyrics frothy, The Milwaukee Journal writer Dick Young called the melody magnetic.
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