Rainy Days and Mondays - Wikipedia Rainy Days and Mondays `` Rainy Days and Mondays '' Single by The Carpenters from the album Carpenters B - side `` Saturday '' Released May 21, 1971 Format 7 '' single Recorded 1971 Genre Pop Length 3 : 36 Label A&M 1260 Songwriter ( s ) Paul Williams ; Roger Nichols Producer ( s ) Jack Daugherty The Carpenters singles chronology `` For All We Know '' ( 1971 ) `` Rainy Days and Mondays '' ( 1971 ) `` Superstar '' ( 1971 ) `` For All We Know '' ( 1971 ) `` Rainy Days and Mondays '' ( 1971 ) `` Superstar '' ( 1971 ) Carpenters track listing Side one `` Rainy Days and Mondays '' `` Saturday '' `` Let Me Be the One '' `` ( A Place to ) Hideaway '' `` For All We Know '' Side two `` Superstar '' `` Druscilla Penny '' `` One Love '' `` Bacharach / David Medley '' `` Sometimes '' `` Rainy Days and Mondays '' is a 1971 song by The Carpenters, with instrumental backing by L.A. session musicians from the Wrecking Crew, that went to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and it was the duo 's fourth number 1 song on the Adult Contemporary singles chart. However, the song failed to chart in the United Kingdom until it went to number 63 in a reissue there in 1993. `` Rainy Days and Mondays '' was certified Gold by the RIAA. The song was composed in 1971 by the then fairly unknown composers Roger Nichols and Paul Williams. It was released as the first track on the album Carpenters, popularly known as the Tan Album, and the B - side on the single is `` Saturday '', written and sung by Richard Carpenter. Contents 1 Personnel 2 Chart performance 2.1 Weekly charts 2.2 Year - end charts 3 Compilations 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Personnel Karen Carpenter - lead and backing vocals Richard Carpenter - backing vocals, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, orchestration Joe Osborn - bass Hal Blaine - drums Tommy Morgan - harmonica Bob Messenger - alto saxophone Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1971 ) Peak position US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard Easy Listening US Cash Box Top 100 Canada RPM Top Singles Canada RPM Adult Contemporary New Zealand 19 Australia 35 Japan ( Oricon ) 71 Chart ( 1993 ) Peak position United Kingdom 63 Year - end charts Chart ( 1971 ) Rank Australia 122 Canada 42 US Billboard Hot 100 37 US Easy Listening ( Billboard ) US Cash Box Top 100 33 Compilations Yesterday Once More From the Top Interpretations Love Songs The Essential Collection Carpenters : Gold 35th Anniversary Edition See also List of number - one adult contemporary singles of 1971 ( U.S. ) References Jump up ^ Hartman, Kent ( 2012 ). The Wrecking Crew. St. Martin 's Griffin. pp. 261 -- 263. ISBN 978 - 1 - 250 - 03046 - 7. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2002 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 - 2001. Record Research. p. 47. Jump up ^ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5347&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5347.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5347 Jump up ^ `` flavour of new zealand - search listener ''. Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 05. Jump up ^ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7590&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062 Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1971 / Top 100 Songs of 1971 ''. Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 05. Jump up ^ Billboard. Books.google.co.uk. 1971 - 12 - 25. p. 15. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 05. Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2015 - 06 - 26. Retrieved 2016 - 05 - 30. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics The Carpenters Karen Carpenter Richard Carpenter Albums Offering ( Ticket to Ride ) Close to You Carpenters A Song for You Now & Then Horizon A Kind of Hush Passage Made in America Voice of the Heart Lovelines As Time Goes By Live albums Live in Japan Live at the Palladium Compilation albums The Singles : 1969 -- 1973 The Singles : 1974 -- 1978 The Very Best of the Carpenters Yesterday Once More Only Yesterday From the Top Interpretations : A 25th Anniversary Celebration Love Songs Reflections The Singles : 1969 -- 1981 The Essential Collection : 1965 -- 1997 Carpenters Perform Carpenter Gold : 35th Anniversary Edition The Ultimate Collection 40 / 40 Other Christmas Portrait An Old - Fashioned Christmas Time ( Richard Carpenter ) Karen Carpenter ( album ) Pianist, Arranger, Composer, Conductor ( Richard Carpenter ) Singles `` Looking for Love '' `` Ticket to Ride '' `` ( They Long to Be ) Close to You '' `` We 've Only Just Begun '' `` Merry Christmas, Darling '' `` For All We Know '' `` Rainy Days and Mondays '' `` Superstar '' `` Bless the Beasts and Children '' `` Hurting Each Other '' `` It 's Going to Take Some Time '' `` Goodbye to Love '' `` Sing '' `` Yesterday Once More '' `` Top of the World '' `` Jambalaya ( On the Bayou ) '' `` I Wo n't Last a Day Without You '' `` Please Mr. Postman '' `` Santa Claus Is Comin ' to Town '' `` Only Yesterday '' `` Solitaire '' `` There 's a Kind of Hush ( All Over the World ) '' `` I Need to Be in Love '' `` Goofus '' `` Breaking Up Is Hard to Do '' `` All You Get from Love Is a Love Song '' `` Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft '' `` The Christmas Song ( Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire ) '' `` Sweet, Sweet Smile '' `` I Believe You '' `` Touch Me When We 're Dancing '' `` ( Want You ) Back in My Life Again '' `` Those Good Old Dreams '' `` Beechwood 4 - 5789 '' `` Make Believe It 's Your First Time '' `` Your Baby Does n't Love You Anymore '' `` Now '' `` Little Altar Boy '' `` Honolulu City Lights '' `` Something in Your Eyes '' `` If I Had You '' `` Let Me Be the One '' `` Tryin ' to Get the Feeling Again '' `` Ave Maria '' `` The Rainbow Connection '' TV series / specials Make Your Own Kind of Music Live at the BBC Very First TV Special Space Encounters A Christmas Portrait Music, Music, Music DVDs Gold : Greatest Hits Interpretations Close to You : Remembering the Carpenters Related articles Discography Songs John Bettis Joe Osborn Tony Peluso If I Were a Carpenter The Karen Carpenter Story Superstar : The Karen Carpenter Story Book This 1970s single -- related article is a stub. 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Question: who sang rainy days and mondays always get me down
Answer: The Carpenters