Sunday Best (Surfaces song)

"Sunday Best" is a song by American electro-pop duo Surfaces, composed of Forrest Frank and Colin Padalecki. The song was released by TenThousand Projects and Caroline Records on January 8, 2019, as the third single from the duo's second studio album, Where the Light Is. The song's music video was released on July 11, 2019, and shows the duo turning a boring office into a party place.[1]

"Sunday Best"
Live version cover
Single by Surfaces
from the album Where the Light Is
ReleasedJanuary 6, 2019
Recorded2018
Length2:39
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Forrest Frank
  • Colin Padalecki
Producer(s)
  • Forrest Frank
  • Colin Padalecki
Surfaces singles chronology
"Heaven Falls / Fall on Me"
(2018)		 "Sunday Best"
(2019)		 "Palm Trees"
(2019)
"Lazy"
(2020)
"Sunday Best"
(2020)
"Learn to Fly"
(2020)
Music video
"Sunday Best" on YouTube

The song is believed to have gained popularity in late February 2020 on the online-video sharing platform TikTok for its lyric "Feeling good, like I should",[2] before it was released for radio airplay in early March 2020.[3][4] The song peaked in the Top 40 in Australia, Canada, Norway, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as the top 100 in Switzerland, Germany and Sweden.

As one of Surfaces most streamed track, with more than 588,000,000 streams on Spotify alone as of January 2021, Surfaces have reached 425th in the entire world. Following Sunday Best in the charts, "24 / 7 / 365", part of Surfaces 2017 album, "Surf", follows behind with 57,000,000 streams on Spotify alone.

Music video

After the discovery that every day on the calendar is Sunday, a dull office is livened up by the entrance of Forrest and Colin, who introduce an extravagant, brightly colored Hawaiian theme to the room featuring a barbeque, cool drinks, and an inflatable flamingo floatie, beginning a dance party amongst the office staff.[1]

Lyrical interpretation

Despite many believing that the song was about carefree life with no problems, Frank said that it was not the case. He said "I see in the comments, sometimes people are like, 'This song is for people that never have anything bad happen to them... [I]magine you go through the darkest stuff of your life, like depression, anxiety or suicide...things that are really tough. It's like getting out of that and seeing the light of day and accepting who you are and accepting your situation and saying, 'I'm going to just breathe this air and have a good day.' And that's really where that song came from."[5]

Live performances

Surfaces made their late-night television debut when they performed the song on Late Night with Seth Meyers on March 2, 2020.[6]

Merch

Where The Light Is LP Vinyl can be bought on shop.surfacesmusic.com, and includes all songs from the Where The Light Is album.

Learn To Fly Single Vinyl can be bought on shop.surfacesmusic.com, and includes Learn To Fly on Side A, and Learn To Fly Extended on Side B.

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[48] Platinum 70,000
Belgium (BEA)[49] Gold 20,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[50] Gold 15,000
Poland (ZPAV)[51] Gold 10,000
Portugal (AFP)[52] Gold 5,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[53] Platinum 20,000
United States (RIAA)[54] 2× Platinum 2,000,000

sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

References
  1. "Surfaces Shares New Music Video For SUNDAY BEST". BroadwayWorld. July 11, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  2. Eggertsen, Chris (February 19, 2020). "Flighthouse and Republic Records Partner on New TikTok Series 'Certified Superfan'". Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  3. "Top 40/M Future Releases". allaccess.com. March 3, 2020. Archived from the original on March 2, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  4. "Sunday Best by Surfaces". Top-Charts.com. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  5. "Surfaces' hit "Sunday Best" is about overcoming the "darkest stuff of your life" - Music News - ABC News Radio". abcnewsradioonline.com. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  6. Cantor, Brian (March 3, 2020). "Surfaces Perform "Sunday Best" On "Late Night With Seth Meyers"". Headline Planet. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  7. "ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. April 20, 2020. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  8. "Austriancharts.at – Surfaces – Sunday Best" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  9. "Ultratop.be – Surfaces – Sunday Best" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  10. "Ultratop.be – Surfaces – Sunday Best" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  11. "Surfaces Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  12. "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – RADIO – TOP 100 and insert 202028 into search. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  13. "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Digital Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – SINGLES DIGITAL – TOP 100 and insert 202014 into search. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  14. "Track Top-40 Uge 13, 2020". Hitlisten. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  15. Nestor, Siim (April 7, 2020). "Eesti Tipp-40 Muusikas: Dua Lipa keeras The Weekndil kaela kahekorra". Eesti Ekspress (in Estonian). Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  16. "Top Singles (Week 16, 2020)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  17. "Offiziellecharts.de – Surfaces – Sunday Best". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  18. "Billboard Global 200 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  19. "Billboard Global Excl. US Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  20. "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Stream Top 40 slágerlista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  21. "Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  22. "Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 16" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  23. "2020 11-os savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  24. "Top 20 Most Streamed International & Domestic Singles In Malaysia". Recording Industry Association of Malaysia. Recording Industry Association of Malaysia. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  25. "Dutchcharts.nl – Surfaces – Sunday Best" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  26. "Charts.nz – Surfaces – Sunday Best". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  27. "VG-lista – Topp 20 Single uke 13, 2020". VG-lista. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  28. "Portuguesecharts.com – Surfaces – Sunday Best". AFP Top 100 Singles. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  29. "Airplay 100 – 10 mai 2020" (in Romanian). Kiss FM. May 10, 2020. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  30. "RIAS International Top Charts Week 17". Recording Industry Association (Singapore). Archived from the original on April 30, 2020.
  31. "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select SINGLES DIGITAL - TOP 100 and insert 202015 into search. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  32. "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 13". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  33. "Swisscharts.com – Surfaces – Sunday Best". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  34. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  35. "Surfaces Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  36. "Surfaces Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  37. "Surfaces Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  38. "Top 100 Songs". Rolling Stone. June 23, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  39. "ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2020". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  40. "Jaaroverzichten 2020". Ultratop. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  41. "Rapports Annuels 2020". Ultratop. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  42. "Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  43. "Top Selling Singles of 2020". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  44. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2020". hitparade.ch. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  45. "Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  46. "Adult Pop Songs – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  47. "Pop Songs – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  48. "ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. June 8, 2020. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  49. "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – singles 2020". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  50. "New Zealand single certifications – Surfaces – Sunday Best". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  51. "Polish single certifications – Surfaces – Sunday Best" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  52. "Portuguese single certifications – Surfaces – Sunday Best" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  53. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Surfaces; 'Sunday Best')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  54. "American single certifications – Surfaces – Sunday Best". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 27, 2020. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH. 


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.