It's a Beautiful Day (Michael Bublé song)

"It's a Beautiful Day" is a song by Canadian singer Michael Bublé, released as the first single from his sixth studio album, To Be Loved (2013). The song was written by Bublé, Alan Chang and Amy S. Foster, and produced by Bob Rock. The single was released on iTunes on February 25, 2013 by 143 Records and Reprise Records.^[3] It peaked at number ten on the UK Singles Chart and it was certified gold by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry.^[4] The song also charted to top five in Belgium, Finland, Indonesia and Japan.

"It's a Beautiful Day"
Single by Michael Bublé
from the album To Be Loved
Released	February 25, 2013
Recorded	2013
Genre	Sunshine pop[1]
Length	3:19
Label	143 Reprise
Songwriter(s)	Michael Bublé Alan Chang Amy S. Foster[2]
Producer(s)	Bob Rock
Michael Bublé singles chronology
"White Christmas" (2012) "It's a Beautiful Day" (2013) "Close Your Eyes" (2013)
Music video
"Michael Bublé - It's A Beautiful Day [Official Music Video]" on YouTube

Critical reception

Music blog POP! Goes the Charts described the song as "surprisingly cheerful", noting its full arrangement and descriptive lyrics, and concluding that it would be a "huge seller".^[5]

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "It's a Beautiful Day" was first released onto YouTube on March 25, 2013 at a total length of three minutes and fifty-one seconds. It was filmed on Colonial Street, the same street that appeared as Wisteria Lane in the series Desperate Housewives. Actress Jaime Pressly plays Bublé's unfaithful girlfriend in the video. The video begins with Bublé catching his partner cheating on him in a house. Afterwards, Bublé calmly walks out of the house and starts performing the song while he walks down the street. While performing the song, he encounters many people, most of them being women who appear to be expressing romantic interest on Bublé, while his partner watches him from the window with discomfort. At the end of the video, Bublé is seen in front of an exploding house. The video includes a few computer-generated images such as an animated bird perching on Bublé's finger and clouds with various animal shapes. As of July 2024, the music video has 66 million views on YouTube.^[6]

Live performances

On March 23, 2013 he performed the song live on long-running German-language entertainment television show Wetten, dass..?. He also performed the song live on Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway on March 30, 2013, and during his performance, Ant & Dec, Simon Cowell and Lewis Hamilton left the ITV studios on a golf buggy, and ran into a pub, Bublé then walks across the studio to find cardboard cutouts of Ant & Dec, he then leaves the studio with his band singing and walks to the pub and has a go at the karaoke version of "Let's Get Ready to Rhumble".^[7] Bublé performed It's a Beautiful Day (Swing Version) on The X Factor (U.S. season 3) Week 5 Result Show on November 28.^[8]

Track listing

• German CD single^[9]

1. "It's a Beautiful Day" - 3:25
2. "Hollywood" - 3:35

• 7" vinyl^[10]

1. "It's a Beautiful Day" - 3:25
2. "Hollywood" - 3:34

• It's A Beautiful Day EP

1. "It's a Beautiful Day" - 3:25
2. "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine"
3. "Home"
4. "Me and Mrs Jones"
5. "At This Moment"

• Digital download

1. "It's a Beautiful Day" - 3:25

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Chart (2013–14) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[11] 33 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[12] 24 Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[13] 40 Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[14] 5 Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[15] 20 Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100)[16] 46 Denmark (Tracklisten)[17] 40 Finland (Suomen virallinen radiolista)[18] 3 France (SNEP)[19] 81 Germany (GfK)[20] 28 Iceland (Tónlist)[21] 13 Ireland (IRMA)[22] 28 Israel (Media Forest)[23] 7 Italy (FIMI)[24] 16 Japan (Japan Hot 100)[25] 4 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[26] 13 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[27] 24 Scotland (OCC)[28] 9 Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[29] 83 Slovenia (SloTop50)[30] 20 South Africa (EMA)[31] 9 Spain (PROMUSICAE)[32] 42 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[33] 32 UK Singles (OCC)[34] 10 US Billboard Hot 100[35] 94 US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[36] 22 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[37] 7

Year-end charts Chart (2013) Position Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[38] 86 Japan (Japan Hot 100)[39] 77 Italy (FIMI)[40] 89 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[41] 46 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[42] 139 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[43] 12 Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales Australia (ARIA)[44] Gold 35,000^ Italy (FIMI)[45] Gold 15,000* United Kingdom (BPI)[46] Gold 400,000‡ * Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Germany	February 25, 2013[47]	CD single digital download vinyl	143 Records, Reprise Records
United States	March 20, 2013[48]	CD single digital download EP
Canada
United Kingdom	March 31, 2013[49]	Digital download

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