Daydreamer (David Cassidy song)

"Daydreamer"
Single by David Cassidy
from the album Dreams Are Nuthin' More Than Wishes
A-side"The Puppy Song"
Released1973
GenrePop
Length2:47
LabelBell Records
SongwriterTerry Dempsey
ProducerRick Jarrard

"Daydreamer" is a song by the American singer David Cassidy.

Written by Terry Dempsey and produced by Rick Jarrard, "Daydreamer" was Cassidy's second and final No.1 single in the UK Singles Chart, spending three weeks at the top of the chart in October and November 1973.[1] The song was a double-A side with a cover version of Harry Nilsson's "The Puppy Song".[2] The single was the 10th best selling single in the UK in 1973.[3]

The song also appears on David Cassidy's 1973 UK No.1 album Dreams Are Nuthin' More Than Wishes.[2]

Cilla Black recorded a version of this song in 1974. That same year, the French singer Claude François also recorded an adaptation of this song called "Le mal aimé" (The poorly loved one) which was a hit in France and Belgium.[4][5] François's cover gained renewed international attention in late 2025 after being featured in a computer-animated Christmas commercial, produced by the advertising agency Romance for the French supermarket chain Intermarché, showing the story of a lone wolf cooking a vegetarian dish in the hopes of befriending other forest animals who fear him as a carnivore. The commercial received praise, especially since no artificial intelligence was used in the animation.[6]

The song's only chart appearances in the US were by C.C. & Company and Gino Cunico in 1976. C.C. & Company’s soul-flavored version (produced by Mike Theodore and Dennis Coffey) entered the Hot 100 on January 3, 1976, and made it to #91 six weeks later. Cunico’s cover, on Arista Records, which hit No. 43 on the Billboard Easy Listening Chart,[7] added a bridge repeating the phrase "ain't that a shame", echoing the lyrical variation introduced by Cilla Black in her 1974 treatment of the song.[8]

Personnel

Sourced from the original album liner notes

Chart history

Weekly charts

C.C. & Company
Chart (1975–76) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[15] 91
Gino Cunico
Chart (1976) Peak
position
US Billboard Easy Listening[16] 43

References

  1. ^ a b "DAYDREAMER/PUPPY SONG by David Cassidy". Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  2. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 293. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. ^ "UK TOP TEN BEST SELLING SINGLES OF 1973". Popreport.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
  4. ^ "mardi 11 octobre 2016 - Claude FRANCOIS". artisteschartsventes.blogspot.com. 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  5. ^ "Claude François – Le mal aimé". Ultratop. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  6. ^ Adamson, Thomas (December 13, 2025). "Why misunderstood wolf from a supermarket ad is moving viewers worldwide". ABC News. Associated Press. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
  7. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary 1961-1993. Record Research. p. 62.
  8. ^ "Gino Cunico - Daydreamer". YouTube. 2008-01-28. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
  9. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  10. ^ "– Daydreamer" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  11. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Day Dreamer". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  12. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". 23 November 1973. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Top Selling Singles for 1973". Sounds. London, England: Spotlight Publications: 4. 5 January 1974.
  14. ^ "National Top 100 Singles for 1974". Kent Music Report. December 30, 1974. Retrieved January 15, 2022 – via Imgur.
  15. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  16. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary 1961-1993. Record Research. p. 62.


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