`` 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 ''

Question: who wrote the song rainy days and mondays
Answer: Paul Williams