Happy 58th Birthday to Chris Cagle. Chris had big success on the country charts in the early 2000’s. We had him at one of the local amphitheaters one summer. It poured rain before the show. We were standing outside waiting for our meet & greet and we all got soaked, as you can see from the following photo:
He had a Top 5 hit with What a Beautiful Day in 2002. It was released in November 2002 as the lead single from his self-titled album. It also peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was written by Cagle and Monty Powell.
Wiki offers this description of the song: It describes a day-by-day chronicle of a man and woman who meet, eventually falling in love and marrying. It starts with day one, on which the two lovers met; day two, where they “grabbed a bite to eat and talked all afternoon”; day fourteen, where they watch a movie together; and so forth. Throughout the rest of the song, various random days throughout the relationship are highlighted in a similar fashion, most notably in the bridge, where the singer looks forward to a long marriage with his lover (“Day eighteen thousand, two hundred and fifty-three / Well, that’s fifty years — yeah, here’s to you and me”).
Day one
I stumbled through “Hello” on Fifth Avenue
Day two
We grabbed a bite to eat and talked all afternoon
Caught a movie on day 14
And day 67, she said, “I love you” to me
Oh, what a feeling
What a wonderful emotion
Yeah, what a life
Counting my blessings and knowing
Ooh, we had our ups and downs
All along the way
She had a chance to leave, but chose to stay
What a beautiful day
What a beautiful day
Day 116
I asked her what she was doing for the rest of my life
Day 189
Oh, I almost lost that girl to my foolish pride
She said, “I do” on day 482
And gave me a son on day 761
Oh, what a feeling
What a wonderful emotion
Yeah, what a life
Counting my blessings and knowing
Ooh, we had our ups and downs
All along the way
She had a chance to leave, but chose to stay
What a beautiful day
Day eighteen thousand two hundred and fifty-three
Well honey, that’s 50 years
Yeah, here’s to you and me
Oh, what a feeling
What a wonderful emotion
Yeah, what a life
Counting my blessings and knowing
Ooh, we had our ups and downs
All along the way
She had a chance to leave, but chose to stay
What a beautiful day
What a beautiful day
Day one
I thank God I said “Hello” on Fifth Avenue
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Monty Powell / Chris Cagle
What A Beautiful Day lyrics © Universal Music Corp., Lanark Village Tunes, Mark Hybner Publishing
