"Sunday Morning Sunshine" is a song written and performed by Harry Chapin. The song was included on his 1972 album, Sniper and Other Love Songs. The song was released as a single the same year as his top 20 hit, "Taxi" and debut album, Heads & Tales. Cash Box described it as a "realistic look at city life." Record World said to "look for this melodic self-penning to be covered often and well." The song charted on the Billboard Hot 100, however it received more commercial success when it charted as a top 30 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary. The song has also been included on numerous posthumous compilation albums. King Biscuit Flower Hour recorded a live performance of the song for the show.
Chart performance Weekly charts Chart (1972–73)PeakpositionU.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary30 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 75 U.S. Cashbox Top 100 77 CAN RPM Top 100 68
Year-end charts Chart (1972)PeakpositionU.S. Billboard Hot 100 429
Other uses The Swinging Blue Jeans covered the song on a single released in 1975. Tom Chapin and Steve Chapin's live performance is included on The Chapin Family's Harry Chapin: A Celebration in Song: Volume I album.
References