One Day Like This (song)

"One Day Like This"
Single by Elbow
from the album The Seldom Seen Kid
Released2 June 2008
Length
  • 6:34 (album version)
  • 3:45 (radio edit)
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Elbow singles chronology
"Grounds for Divorce"
(2008)
"One Day Like This"
(2008)
"The Bones of You"
(2008)
Music video
"Elbow - One Day Like This (Official Video)" on YouTube

"One Day Like This" is the second single from English band Elbow's fourth studio album, The Seldom Seen Kid, released on 2 June 2008[1] on two 7-inch vinyl records and one CD single.

On 21 May 2009, the song won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In October 2011, NME placed it at number 41 on its list of "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".[2] After featuring in the 2012 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony, the single peaked at No. 4 in the United Kingdom—a new high for the song and for the band.

  1. ^ "One Day Like This: Elbow: Music". Amazon.com.
  2. ^ "150 Best Tracks Of The Past 15 Years". NME. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.