"What a Beautiful Day" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Chris Cagle

Chris Cagle

Chris Cagle is an American country music artist. Signed with Virgin Records Nashville in 2000, Cagle made his debut on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts with the single "My Love Goes On and On", the first single from his debut album Play It Loud...

. It was released in November 2002 as the lead single to his self-titled CD

Chris Cagle (album)

- Musicians :*John Carroll – electric guitar*Shannon Forrest – percussion, drums*Chris McHugh – percussion, drums, Loop Programming*Michael Noble – acoustic guitar*Gary Smith – piano, Hammond B-3 organ, Strings, String Arrangements...

. The song reached the Top 5 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 chart, peaking at number 4 and also peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it a minor crossover hit.

Content

The song is a moderate up-tempo mostly accompanied by piano

Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

 and fiddle

Fiddle

The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...

. 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").

Music video

The music video was co-directed by Eric Welch and Chris Cagle and premiered in early 2003.

Chart performance

"What a Beautiful Day" debuted at number 58 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of November 9, 2002. It re-entered the chart at number 57 as an official single for the week of November 23, 2002. > >

Chart (2002-2003)	Peak position