This Is the Day

For other uses, see This Is the Day (disambiguation).
"This Is the Day"
Single by the The
from the album Soul Mining
Released2 September 1983
Studio
GenreNew wave, synthpop
Length4:59 (album version)
3:42 (single edit)
LabelSome Bizzare/Epic
Songwriter(s)Matt Johnson
Producer(s)
The The singles chronology
"Perfect"
(1983) 		"This Is the Day"
(1983) 		"Heartland"
(1986)

"This Is the Day" is a song written by Matt Johnson and originally released as a single by his band The The on 2 September 1983.[3] It reached number 71 on the UK Singles Chart.[4] A version of the song was included on the band's debut album Soul Mining, released in October 1983.

A re-recorded version of the song, re-titled "That Was the Day", was released as the lead track on the Dis-Infected EP in 1993. The EP reached number 17 on the UK singles chart.[5]

  1. ^ Mason, Neil (July 2014). "The Soul Miner". Electronic Sound. No. 7. pp. 36–47.
  2. ^ Bonner, Michael (2 July 2014). "'Somewhere between pure euphoria and terrible insecurity': An interview with The The's Matt Johnson". Uncut. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Record News". NME. 27 August 1983. p. 39.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference UKChart1983 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference UKChart1994 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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