1983: British pop group Central Line, cover version from their album Breaking Point (this version reached #81 on the UK Singles Chart).1979: British jazz fusion group Morrissey–Mullen, cover version from their album Cape Wrath.1978: American jazz guitarist Wilbert Longmire, cover version from his album Sunny Side Up.This version also reached #16 on the UK Singles Chart. This mostly rap version was titled "It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day", and it reached #34 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #44 on the Billboard R&B chart, in addition to spending three weeks atop the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in December 1992 and January 1993. featuring Michelle Visage and was included on the Whitney Houston's soundtrack to the 1992 film The Bodyguard. One of the more notable versions of this song was performed by The S.O.U.L. These alternate versions of the song span many different musical genres, including R&B, pop, jazz, gospel, dance, and rap. "Lovely Day" has been covered and sampled numerous times since Withers' original recording.
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