The song is well remembered for both the Loggins and Messina original, as well as for Anne Murray's 1972 top-ten-charting cover.
[2] "Danny's Song" was included as the B-side of one of their early single releases, "Nobody But You" (U.S. No.
Included on her album of the same name, Murray's version of "Danny's Song" was a hit, reaching the Top 10 on three major Billboard music charts in early 1973.
[2] Murray's version also earned her a Grammy Award nomination in the category Best Female Pop Vocal performance at the Grammy Awards of 1974, losing out to "Killing Me Softly with His Song" by Roberta Flack.
Murray stated that she loved the original version, but the song took on a deeper meaning for her after the birth of her first child a few years later.