Lovely Day – Bill Withers

Appears On

• 100 Hits: Boogie Nights(2017)
• Rock & Pop Classics: Wonderful World Celebrating the Joys of Life(2000)
• Disco knallers uit de seventies!(1998)
• The 70s Box (The Best of Disco, Glam, & Soul)(2003)
• Commercial Breaks(1991)
• Golden Era of Pop Music, Volume 3(1989)
• Classic Cuts Presents: 70s Night: The Definitive DJ Collection: T to Z(2003)
• Forever Friends Mum in a Million(2010)
• Sounds of the Summer(2003)
• Fetenkult, Vol. 2: Die volle Sommerladung!!!(1997)
• Slow Grooves(2004)
• Smooth Summer Soul(2005)
• The Ultimate 80’s(2009)
• The World’s Biggest Happy Songs(2011)
• 100 Hits: 70s Chartbusters(2013)
• Black Box: Classics, Ballads & Hits of the 90’s(2001)
• Essential - Chill Out(2010)
• 100 Zinderende Zomerhits 2006(2005)
• Timeless: A Collection of 54 Classic Performances(2004)
• More Than a Feeling(1991)
• Original Hits(2004)
• 127 Hours: Music From the Motion Picture(2010)
• Disco Funk Fever(2006)
• Bill Withers: The Complete Sussex and Columbia Albums(2012)
• Soul Searching(1994)
• Flair ’60, ’70, ’80 Favourite Love Hits(1996)
• Summer Classics of the 60s & 70s(2007)
• Feel So Good(2002)
• Fantastic 70s(2022)
• Ultimate Love(2015)
• Keep Calm And Be Happy(2013)
• Bravo Hits Party 70er(2023)
• Pottery Barn: Cool Grooves(2000)
• Free Soul Lovers(1994)
• Summer Breeze(2000)
• The Best of Bill Withers: Lean on Me(2000)
• Vacances détente : Été 2022(2022)
• Superwoman: The Soundtrack to a Perfect Day(1998)
• Heart To Heart(1989)
• The Complete 80's Soul Weekender(2005)
• 100 Hits: The Best Disco Album(2018)
• Time Trip: Hits of the 70s, 80s and 90s(1996)
• Go 4 It: Die Tophits aus der Werbung 1995(1995)
• Throwback Summer Hits(2021)
• Love!(2003)
• De Pre Historie 1978, Volume 2(1997)
• The Pop Years: The 70s(2010)
• When a Man Loves a Woman(2015)
• Flair Swinging ’70 ’80 ’90 Summerhits0
• World’s Best Mum(2006)
• Open Top Cars: Beyond City Limits(1997)
• Mijn restaurant!(2009)
• Aral MusicCollection No. 4: Always the Sun(1994)
• Car Songs: The 70s(2019)
• The Hits Album 9(1988)
• Licht aus! Spot an! Best of Disco 2/77(1997)
• 80s Groove(2010)
• Coffeehouse Classics, Vol. 1(2015)
• What a Feeling!(2003)
• Ain't No Sunshine(1997)
• Now Yearbook 1978(2023)
• Love Song Collection(2010)
• Audi A4 Cabriolet Sunny Moods(2002)
• Soul Love(2004)
• Holiday 40 Hot Hits for the Bar and Beach(2006)
• The Very Best of the 80’s: 1988, Volume 2(1995)
• Een koffer vol muziek met de leukste liedjes voor onderweg!(2010)
• Summer BBQ(2010)
• Lovely Day (Sunshine Mix)(1988)
• Absolute Summer Vibes(2011)
• Pop Shop Classics: Love & Affection(1999)
• Black Party Grooves, Volume 1(1997)
• This Is Soul(2008)
• Ultimate 80s: 1985 - 1989(2002)
• 100 80s Hits(2008)
• In the Summer Time: Die tollsten Hits aus aller Welt(1996)
• Sunday Morning Coffee(2015)
• Menagerie(1977)
• 1978: The Best Year of My Life(2011)
• Old School Love Songs, Volume 5(1999)
• Hifi Visionen: Pop‐CD 160
• 70s Songs(2017)
• Das Waren Hits! Superoldies: Superstars(1989)
• Night Feelings(1990)
• Perfect Playlist, 70s Hits(2012)
• The Best 70s Album in the World… Ever!(2019)
• The Pop Years: 1978-1979(2009)
• The Best Soul Album in the World… Ever!(2019)
• The Sony Digital Collection, Vol. 1(1988)
• Happy Songs(2005)
• Sunny Summer Top 100(2009)
• Legendary Free Soul Supreme(2024)
• 105 Disco Hits(2011)
• DISCO – 100 Hits(2009)
• Lentekriebels(1994)
• Easy Like Sunday Morning(2010)
• Pop 80er(2007)
• 80er Kult(2002)
• Rhythm & Black 2(1992)
• Ain't No Sunshine / Lovely Day / Lean On Me(1989)
• Flair L’Hebdo : Summer Hits 4(1998)
• 30 Stars: 70s(2015)
• It Had to Be You: The Ultimate Love Songs(2014)
• Ultimate Drive(2015)
• NOW That’s What I Call a 60s & 70s Summer(2022)
• Pure… Summer(2011)
• Gerard Ekdom's BBQ Box, Volume 3(2012)
• Great Romantic Hits of the 70s and 80s(1990)
• Wonderful World(1994)
• Classic Soul Ballads: Between the Sheets0
• Just The Two Of Us - Best(2003)
• 25 Years of Rock ’n’ Roll: 1978, Volume 2(1992)
• Dance Classics, Volume 1 & 2(2000)
• The Rock and Roll Decades: The Seventies(1991)
• Dinner Music(2011)
• NOW That’s What I Call 70s(2016)
• Living Elements Air(2004)
• Now That’s What I Call Classic Soul(2017)
• Stereoplay Special CD 66: Black Music, Volume 3(1992)
• Body & Soul: Die grössten Black Music Kuschelballaden(2009)
• The Greatest Hits of 1978(1991)
• The Originals(1993)
• Summertime Party Pack(2002)
• It’s Cool: 20 Classic Summer Hits(1991)
• You Raise Me Up(2020)
• 100 Hits: 70’s Heart Throbs(2016)
• Body Talk: The Language of Love 1965-1995: Magic Moments(1996)
• Das perfekte Dinner, Volume 3(2007)
• Ultimate Voices(2016)
• Terry Wogan Presents The Collection(2010)
• Tony Hawk: Ride(2009)
• United Colors of Benetton: Snail(1999)
• Chillout Music From SIA Café(2005)
• Greatest Ever! Smooth: The Definitive Collection(2007)
• 100 Lovehits(1999)
• The Best of: Lovely Day(1998)
• The 70s Love Album(2017)
• Lovely Day: The Very Best of Bill Withers(2005)
• Seventies Anthems(2018)
• The Hits Album: The Later 70s(2025)
• In the Summertime(1991)
• Real Funk Real Groove20
• Essential: Summer Breeze(2010)
• 100 Radio Hits: The Sound of My Life(2020)
• Lean on Me: The Best of Bill Withers(1994)
• Audio’s Audiophile, Volume 10: Power of Pop(1999)
• Solid Gold Funk(2002)
• Mastermix Professional Engineered for DJs: Decades(2008)
• Rock & Pop Diamonds 19770
• OZON.RU: Soul Collection(2008)
• The Power of Love: Heart & Soul(1999)
• The Best of the Soul Man(2004)
• Feelin' Good(2004)
• Seize the Day! Your Morning Commute(2016)
• Always and Forever II(2003)
• Hit Collection(2007)
• The Ultimate Bill Withers Collection(2000)
• Essential: 80s Love(2010)
• Club Classics, Volume 2(1991)
• Simply the Best(1999)
• Roll Bounce(2005)
• Chartboxx: Die Lovesongs der 70er(2010)
• Massive Hits! Summer(2011)
• The Definitive 70’s(2007)
• The Best Smooth Jazz …Ever!(2003)
• Dance Classics Gold IV(1993)
• For Sale: Hits, die aus der Werbung kommen(1992)
• School Disco.com: Summer Holiday(2002)
• Golden Love Songs, Volume 2(1986)
• Mastercuts Gold: Best of Bill Withers(2007)
• Happiness Forever(2018)
• De zomer Top 100(2004)
• Starsky & Hutch Presents: 70’s Funksouljazzdisco(1998)
• Lovely Day(1977)
• Absolute Soul(2010)
• Summer Breeze(2004)
• Eighties Soul Weekender 2(1996)
• Unforgettable 2(1989)
• Le 100 canzoni di sempre internazionali(2009)
• More Sound of Magic(1999)
• Fido’s Summer Fun, Volume 2(1993)
• Smooth Jazz 2(2003)
• 70s Back to School(2018)
• The Best 80s Groove Album in the World... Ever!(2019)
• Feelin’ Good(2003)
• I migliori anni 70(2009)
• Music in Black, Volume 1(1998)
• Zinderende Zomer Top 100(2007)
• The Nation’s Favourite Soul(2015)
• 100 Essential Tracks: Easy Listening(2009)
• 100 Hits: Car Songs 2(2017)
• Saturn Soul Edition(2002)
• The Real… Love(2018)
• Pop Rock Selects(2000)
• NOW Decades of Soul(2021)
• Foute zomer hits(2009)
• The Very Best of Billy Paul & Bill Withers(2002)
• Mi casa es la tuya, Vol. 3(2017)
• 100.4 smoothfm Go With the Flow(2004)
• Perfect Day(1998)
• After Life(2019)
• Most Wanted Cool Sommerhits(1996)
• NOW That’s What I Call Gold(2021)
• Disco Mania: The Sound of the Seventies(1992)
• Nite Flite(2008)
• 100% Summer Jazz(1995)
• #1 US Anthems(2021)
• Great Love Songs 3(1990)
• De tijdloze(2024)
• Body + Soul: Smooth + Silky(2002)
• Die Hit Giganten: Best of Funk & Soul(2017)
• Body + Soul: Love Under Cover(1999)
• Bar Guru Bar: The Music 2(2005)
• 100 Party Hits(2009)
• 100% Summer 95(1995)
• Perfect Days: 60s & 70s Inspirational Songs(2024)
• The Real Bill Withers(2014)
• 101 Summer Songs(2008)
• Pure… Legends(2013)
• Essential: The 80s(2009)
• Die größten Hits – Die besten Oldies: Volume 2(1997)
• 100 Hits: Funk(2014)
• NOW 100 Hits Legends(2020)
• Soul Classics(2004)
• 101 Barbecue Songs(2010)
• Dance Classics, Volume 2(1988)
• Pure… 70s Dance Party(2011)
• The Best Summer Album in the World… Ever!(1997)
• Summer in the City(1992)
• NOW 100 Hits: Summer(2020)
• Télérama : 60 ans de musiques(2010)
• Black 1 (Soul, The Beginning)(2005)
• Bill Withers’ Greatest Hits(1981)
• Pop Rock: Music That Changes Our Lives(1999)
• 80’s Giga Hits Collection(2008)
• Love Me Tender(1998)
• Chartboxx: Sunshine Feeling A Touch of Summer Hits(2014)
• Now That’s What I Call Gold: The Ultimate Hits(2025)
• Lovely Day: The Best Of Bill Withers(2009)
• Lovin' You(2005)
• Miles of Greatest Hits(1994)
• Smooth Grooves: Jazzy Soul, Volume 1(2000)
• The Very Best of Smooth Jazz(2006)
• The No. 1 Summer Album(1996)
• 80's Disco Non Stop Dancing(2004)
• Happy: Music to Make You Smile and Feel Happy(2015)
• Magic Summertime(2013)
• Original Soul Classics(2014)
• Move Closer: The Classic Love Album, Vol. 10
• Now! That’s What I Call a Singer(2015)
• Pledging My Love(1996)
• A Year in Your Life: 1978, Volume Two(2001)
• The Collection(1990)
• Body & Soul: Night Moods(2004)
• Lean on Me(2004)
• The Wedding Disco(2006)
• Jabbedabbedoe!(1996)
• Dschungel Party(2004)
• The Workout Mix – Beach Fit!(2011)
• Now That's What I Call Music: The Summer Album(1986)
• Venezia Soul(1999)
• Les Quatre plus grandes légendes de la soul(2007)
• The Ultimate Collection(2017)
• hr3 - guten morgen hits0
• Black Heals Your Soul(1999)
• Totally 70s(2011)
• 100 Hits: Sing!(2018)
• Jazz FM the Album(2003)
• Chilled R&B Summer 2011(2011)
• The Emotion Collection: To Heaven and Back(1993)
• Unwind(2003)
• I Don't Know How She Does It(2011)
• 100 Mega Zomer Hits(2010)
• Super 70’s Summer(2004)
• The Best Summer Time Album in the World… Ever!(2023)
• Perfect Sunday(2003)
• Tele Atlas – Drivers’ Choice – Pop(2003)
• Let’s Stay Together: 20 Soul Classics for the Heart(1998)
• Ain't No Sunshine: The Best Of(2008)
• Anthems: Soul Classics(2016)
• Old School Jams 5(2004)
• The World Is Full of Married Men(1979)
• The Essential Bill Withers(2013)
• Come Dine With Me Presents: Dinner Party Songs(2010)
• De pré historie: De jaren ’80 (De ultieme 10 CD collectie)(2019)
• Solid Gold Soul 1978(1997)
• The Best of Soul(2006)
• 100 Hits: Feeling Good(2017)
• Red: Hot Summer(2003)
• Müller Love Songs(2003)
• We Love Life!(2005)
• Club Tropicana(2002)
• Tropical Nights(2002)
• Smooth Summer(2006)
• 100 Hits: Summer(2018)
• Return to Soul City(2012)
• S.O.U.L.(2011)
• Funky Dance Grooves, Volume 2(2003)
• Easy Sunday Soul(2005)
• Mr Music Plus: Plus 6-94(1994)
• Sunday Morning(2010)
• 100 Hits: Sunday Morning Songs(2017)
• 25 Jaar Popmuziek: 1978(1989)
• 100 Hits: Just Be Good to Me(2017)
• 50 Great Songs(2009)
• 100 Essential Tracks: 70s(2009)
• 21 Love Songs(2015)

Writers & Composers

• Bill Withers(writer)

Composition

Recording of Lovely Day

Other Recordings (19)

• Lovely Dayby Clarence Carter
• Lovely Day + Good As Hell Mashupby Pomplamoose
• Lovely Dayby The Katinas
• Lovely Day ’88 (Sunshine mix)by Bill Withers
• Lovely Day (12″ Sunshine mix)by Bill Withers
• Lovely Dayby 林宥嘉
• Lovely Dayby Bill Withers
• Lovely Dayby Kan Sano
• Lovely Dayby alt‐J
• Lovely Dayby Diana Ross
• Lovely Dayby alt‐J
• Lovely Dayby Top of the Poppers
• Lovely Dayby Clarence Carter
• Lovely Dayby Salena Jones
• Lovely Dayby Luther Vandross
• Lovely Dayby Clarence Carter
• Lovely Day, Part IIby Luther Vandross
• Lovely Dayby Jill Scott
• Lovely Dayby Clarence Carter