"Sunday Sunday" is a song by English alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band Blur

Blur (band)

Blur is an English alternative rock band. Formed in London in 1989 as Seymour, the group consists of singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Blur's debut album Leisure incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing...

, featured on their second album, Modern Life Is Rubbish

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Modern Life Is Rubbish is the second album by English alternative rock band Blur, released in May 1993. Although their debut album Leisure had been commercially successful, Blur faced a severe media backlash soon after its release, and fell out of public favour...

. It was released 4 October 1993 as the final single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 from that album, and charted at number 26 in the UK Singles Charts. This is the highest charting single from the album (although the lowest-selling single from the album); the record company thought the original album contained no singles, and had the band write the other two singles specifically for single release. Oddly, the band's original name, 'Seymour', are credited as guest performers on the single, as stated on the CD1 cover.

The song is about traditional British Sunday activities, like a Sunday roast

Sunday roast

The Sunday roast is a traditional British main meal served on Sundays , consisting of roasted meat, roast potato or mashed potato, with accompaniments such as Yorkshire pudding, stuffing, vegetables and gravy....

, seeing family and a walk in the park. The song "Daisy Bell

Daisy Bell

"Daisy Bell" is a popular song with the well-known chorus "Daisy, Daisy/Give me your answer do/I'm half crazy/all for the love of you" as well as the line "...a bicycle built for two".-History:"Daisy Bell" was composed by Harry Dacre in 1892...

" is a B-side on CD 2. Singer Damon Albarn

Damon Albarn

Damon Albarn is an English singer-songwriter and record producer who has been involved in many high profile projects, coming to prominence as the frontman and primary songwriter of Britpop band Blur...

 once mentioned that he would like to make music his grandparents would approve of. Graham Coxon

Graham Coxon

Graham Leslie Coxon is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and painter. He came to prominence as the lead guitarist, backing vocalist and occasional lead vocalist of rock band Blur, and is also a critically acclaimed solo artist, having recorded seven solo albums...

 has admitted that the cover versions of "Daisy Bell" and "Let's All Go Down The Strand" were one of the worst moments in Blur's career.

CD 2 is titled 'The Sunday Sunday Popular Community Song CD, making it rather like an extended play

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

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Track listings

• 7"

1. "Sunday Sunday"
2. "Tell Me, Tell Me" - featuring Seymour

• CD1

1. "Sunday Sunday"
2. "Dizzy" - featuring Seymour
3. "Fried" - featuring Seymour
4. "Shimmer" - featuring Seymour

• CD2 (the Popular Community Song CD)

1. "Sunday Sunday"
2. "Daisy Bell"
3. "Let's All Go Down The Strand"

• 12"

1. "Sunday Sunday"
2. "Long Legged" - featuring Seymour
3. "Mixed Up" - featuring Seymour

Personnel

• "Sunday Sunday" produced by Steve Lovell
• "Daisy Bell" and "Let's All Go Down The Strand" produced by Blur
• "Dizzy", "Fried", "Shimmer", "Long Legged" and "Mixed Up" produced by Graeme Holdaway and Blur