Song · Badfinger
“Day After Day” by Badfinger
From the album Straight Up (1971)
“Day After Day” by Badfinger appears on 13 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 1997 and 2025. It was first released in 1971 on the album Straight Up. Its best result is #212 on the WMGK Philly 500 (2024). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,643 indie & aaa song of all time and #324 of the '70s.
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"Day After Day" is the one where Badfinger finally got everything right. Pete Ham wrote it and sang it for Straight Up, the British band's 1971 album, and George Harrison produced it, trading slide guitar lines with Ham while Leon Russell sits in on piano. It's power pop with a lump in its throat, all shimmer and yearning.
Harrison had to walk away before it was done to put together the Concert for Bangladesh, so Todd Rundgren, who took over the whole album, handled the final mix. Apple put it out as a single in America in November 1971, and it became the band's biggest hit, climbing to 4 in the US and 10 in Britain and going gold.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 460 | 100.7 WZLX | WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) | 499 |
| 2001 | 292 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2002 | 501 | 92.3 KGON | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) | 923 |
| 2014 | 278 | Big 100 | BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) | 1000 |
| 2019 | 828 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 828 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2020 | 1041 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 325 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s | 908 |
| 2022 | 292 | WMGK | WMGK Philly 500 (2022) | 500 |
| 2023 | 493 | WMGK | WMGK Philly 500 (2023) | 500 |
| 2023 | 808 | 101.5 WPDH | WPDH Top 1015 (2023) | 1015 |
| 2024 | 212 | WMGK | WMGK Philly 500 (2024) | 500 |
| 2025 | 267 | WMGK | WMGK Philly 500 (2025) | 500 |
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