Editing Linus and Lucy (section)

== Legacy ==
"Linus and Lucy" receives considerable airplay on radio stations in the United States and Canada that flip to Christmas music for the holiday season due to its inclusion on the soundtrack album of ''A Charlie Brown Christmas''.<ref name=AMSong/>

The first 24 bars of the song's [[sheet music]] were adopted as startup sound while a subsequent 8 bars were adopted as shutdown sound in the [[Theme (computing)|desktop theme]] ''Peanuts'' from [[Microsoft Plus!#Microsoft Plus! 98|Microsoft Plus! 98]].

The song has been used as background music for [[The Weather Channel]]'s local forecasts during the holiday season since 1999.<ref>[http://www.weather.com/aboutus/television/music/holiday99.html The Weather Channel] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080405222316/http://www.weather.com/aboutus/television/music/holiday99.html |date=2008-04-05 }} Local Forecast Music Play List Holiday Season 1999</ref>

On May 10, 2019, the Recording Industry Association of America ([[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]) certified the single gold for sales.<ref name="RIAA">{{cite web |title=Gold & Platinum |url= https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=&ti=&lab=&genre=JAZZ&format=&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section |website=RIAA |access-date=December 31, 2019}}</ref>

===Charts===
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|+ Chart performance for "Linus and Lucy"
! scope="col"| Chart (2021)
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{{single chart|Billboardglobal200|117|artist=Vince Guaraldi Trio|rowheader=true|access-date=December 29, 2021}}
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! scope="row"| US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite tweet|user=billboardcharts|number=1475933777893498881|title=The Vince Guaraldi Trio debuts two songs on this week's #Hot100...|date=December 28, 2021|access-date=December 29, 2021}}</ref>
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===Certifications===
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Vince Guaraldi|title=Linus and Lucy|award=Gold|relyear=1964|certyear=2019|access-date=28 April 2021}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true|noshipments=true}}
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