Sunday Sunrise (song)

"Sunday Sunrise" is a song written by Mark James and recorded by Brenda Lee and Anne Murray. Lee's version was a Top Ten U.S. and Canadian Country hit in 1973. Murray's rendition reached #13 on both the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart and the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart in 1975.^[1] The song appeared on Murray's 1975 album, Together^[2] and was produced by Tom Catalano.^[3]

"Sunday Sunrise"
Single by Brenda Lee
from the album New Sunrise
B-side	"Must I Believe"
Released	July 23, 1973
Recorded	June 1973
Genre	Country
Label	MCA Records 40107
Songwriter(s)	Mark James
Producer(s)	Owen Bradley
Brenda Lee singles chronology
"Nobody Wins" (1973) "Sunday Sunrise" (1973) "Wrong Ideas" (1974)

"Sunday Sunrise"
Single by Anne Murray
from the album Together
B-side	"Out on the Road Again"
Released	1975
Genre	Country
Length	3:16
Label	Capitol Records 4142
Songwriter(s)	Mark James
Producer(s)	Tom Catalano
Anne Murray singles chronology
""A Stranger in My Place" (Re-release)" (1975) "Sunday Sunrise" (1975) "The Call" (1976)

The song is about the new hope that the dawning of the day brings.

Brenda Lee version

Brenda Lee released a version in 1973 that reached No. 6 on the Hot Country Songs chart in October 1973.^[4] For Lee, it was the second single release of a song written by Mark James, the first being "Always On My Mind." With the song's top 10 placement on the chart, it marked back-to-back top 10 hits for Lee, the teen-aged pop star from the 1960s who had in the meantime developed a strong following among country fans; her previous single, the Kris Kristofferson-penned "Nobody Wins," reached No. 5 in May 1973.

Chart performance

Brenda Lee

Chart (1973)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	8
U.S. Country	6

Anne Murray

Chart (1975)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary	13
U.S. Country[5]	49
Billboard Hot 100[6]	98
U.S. Adult Contemporary	13