"Beautiful Day" was the first single from U2's 2000 album, All That You Can't Leave Behind. It was a commercial success, helping launch the album to multi-platinum status, and is one of U2's biggest hits to date. It was their fourth #1 single in the UK and was #1 for a week in Australia. The song peaked at #21 in the US, the band's highest position since "Discotheque" in 1997.
'Beautiful Day' was the first single from 3 Colours Reds second album, Revolt. It was released on Creation Records in 1999.
The song was written by frontman/ bassist Pete Vuckovic and recorded at Rockfield Studios in London; it surprised many, showing a more sensitive and epic side to the band's previously punk/ pop dominated sound. It went on to become the band's biggest commercial hit, reaching number 11 in the U.K charts in January 1999, throwing them further into the media headlights and paving the way for the band's American campaign where the song received considerable radio airplay, even entering the charts. The band toured the U.S with Marilyn Manson and Aerosmith, later Vuckovic did an acoustic promotional tour of radio stations on the back of the songs success.
It was later blamed for splitting the band up having allegedly distanced Vuckovic from his bandmates and fueled a creative powerstruggle between him and his co-writer Chris McCormack.
'Beautiful Day' was later used on Channel 4s 2003 dating show 'Boys & Girls'.
