| "Just Another Day" | ||||
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| Single by Jon Secada | ||||
| from the album Jon Secada | ||||
| Released | March 16, 1992 | |||
| Studio | Crescent Moon | |||
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| Label | SBK | |||
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| Producer(s) | Emilio Estefan, Jr. | |||
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"Just Another Day" is a song Cuban singer-songwriter Jon Secada recorded for his debut studio album, Jon Secada (1992). Secada and Miguel Morejon wrote the song, and SBK Records released it as the album's lead single in March 1992. The subject of this pop-soul-and-Latin-influenced ballad is the protagonist's deep desire to be with his lover and his inability to find happiness or contentment without them. Its music uses minor keys, piano melodies, and dramatic vocal performances, and a catchy hook serves as its foundation, "Just Another Day" combines a seductive, rhythmic cadence under Secada's baritone-tenor vocal range that is enveloped by a simple song structure.
Critics gave a mixed response to "Just Another Day": some critics lauded the song for being catchy and praised Secada's vocal delivery but others compared Secada to other artists and found his vocal performance too dramatic. The song's impact on radio, its emotional intensity, and its success in reaching diverse markets were acknowledged and celebrated by some critics. Kevin Layne directed the accompanying music video, which shows Secada using triumphant gestures and containing visual elements that mirror the musical progressions of music videos of the time. The video was nominated for Video of the Year at the 5th Annual Lo Nuestro Awards and Layne won Best Director at the 1993 Billboard Music Awards.
"Just Another Day" peaked at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts, and at number one on the Hot Latin Songs chart, providing Secada the first number-one song of his career. It became the first song to simultaneously reach the top five of the Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts and, under the title "Otro Dia Mas Sin Verte", the Hot Latin Songs chart since Gloria Estefan's "Don't Wanna Lose You" in 1989. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified it gold. Outside the US, "Just Another Day" peaked at number one in Sweden and in RPM's Adult Contemporary chart in Canada; it also reached the top ten in Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, and the UK. "Otro Dia Mas Sin Verte" helped Secada become an acclaimed singer-songwriter in the 1990s, gaining recognition in Latin America, Europe, and Mexico. It brought the singer international success, including extensive radio exposure in Mexico.