Sunday Girl

Album: Parallel Lines (1978)
Charted: 1
Play Video

Songfacts®:

  • Blondie guitarist Chris Stein wrote this to cheer up Debbie Harry. She was down as her gray cat named Sunday Man had run away whilst they were away on tour.
  • Though never released as a single in the United States, the song was a #1 hit in the United Kingdom and in Australia. In Britain the sales were boosted by another previously unavailable track on the B-side: a French language version of "Sunday Girl."
  • The song was covered in 2013 by the band She & Him on the album Volume 3.

Comments: 3

  • Robert Polhemus from Charlottsville Virginia 22901i wrote this song in 1969 and was purchased by Leeds pty ltd by Jack Argent. Do not know what if ever he did with the tune but referred me back Stateside MCA Music to write material for other groups. I performed the song many time (Once on Australia National Morning network out of Sydney where I lived for 6 months before returning to USA. Of course, my lyrics were very different the theme centered on a romance that happened every Saturday, but he wished she would return on Sundays so "WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER FUNDAY GIRL"
  • Zabadak from London, EnglandVery hard to find either the French or English language versions on CD, except the latter on Parallel Lines - most compilations seem to combine the two...
  • Lawrence from Saranac Lake, NyDefinately a great song. Played this a lot during the summer of '79.
see more comments

Editor's Picks

Emilio Castillo from Tower of Power

Emilio Castillo from Tower of PowerSongwriter Interviews

Emilio talks about what it's like to write and perform with the Tower of Power horns, and why every struggling band should have a friend like Huey Lewis.

AC/DC

AC/DCFact or Fiction

Does Angus really drink himself silly? Did their name come from a sewing machine? See if you can spot the real stories about AC/DC.

Tommy James

Tommy JamesSongwriter Interviews

"Mony Mony," "Crimson and Clover," "Draggin' The Line"... the hits kept coming for Tommy James, and in a plot line fit for a movie, his record company was controlled by the mafia.

The Untold Story Of Fiona Apple's Extraordinary Machine

The Untold Story Of Fiona Apple's Extraordinary MachineSong Writing

Fiona's highly-anticipated third album almost didn't make it. Here's how it finally came together after two years and a leak.

Classic Metal

Classic MetalFact or Fiction

Ozzy, Guns N' Roses, Judas Priest and even Michael Bolton show up in this Classic Metal quiz.

They Might Be Giants

They Might Be GiantsSongwriter Interviews

Who writes a song about a name they found in a phone book? That's just one of the everyday things these guys find to sing about. Anything in their field of vision or general scope of knowledge is fair game. If you cross paths with them, so are you.