Afternoon Delight

"Afternoon Delight"
Single by Starland Vocal Band
from the album Starland Vocal Band
B-side"Starland"
ReleasedApril 1976
RecordedNovember 1975
Genre
Length3:12
Label
  • Windsong (US)
  • Windlands International (UK & Canada)
Songwriter(s)Bill Danoff[3]
Producer(s)Milt Okun
Starland Vocal Band singles chronology
"Afternoon Delight"
(1976)
"California Day"
(1976)
Music video
"Afternoon Delight" on YouTube

"Afternoon Delight" is a song recorded by Starland Vocal Band. It was written by band member Bill Danoff. In the US, it became a #1 single on July 10, 1976,[4] and earned a gold record.

  1. ^ "VH1's 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs". Stereogum. SpinMedia. May 31, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Breihan, Tom (September 6, 2019). "The Number Ones: Starland Vocal Band's "Afternoon Delight"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 30, 2023. The final product stands out as a kind of throwback to sunshiney '60s folk-pop, and to countrified early-'70s soft rock.
  3. ^ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  4. ^ Bronson, Fred (2003). "Afternoon Delight". The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits (5th ed.). Billboard Books. p. 438. ISBN 0-8230-7677-6.

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