This Is the Day (Ivy song)

"This Is the Day"
A collage of the three band members walking on a sidewalk, climbing up a staircase, and closing a door; shots of a library and a wooden floor also appear, with the song's title in orange and white in the center of the collage.
Single by Ivy
from the album Apartment Life
ReleasedOctober 19, 1998 (1998-10-19)
Recorded1997
StudioThe Place, Duotone Studios, Compositions
(New York City)
Genre
Length3:33
Label550 Music
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Adam Schlesinger
  • Andy Chase
Ivy singles chronology
"I've Got a Feeling"
(1997) 		"This Is the Day"
(1998) 		"You Don't Know Anything"
(1999)

"This Is the Day" is a song by American band Ivy, included on their second studio album, Apartment Life (1997). It was released as the record's third single in the United States on October 19, 1998 by 550 Music following its inclusion in the 1998 American comedy film There's Something About Mary. The group had just been dropped by Atlantic Records but eventually signed to 550 Music after they reissued the parent album. The track was written by Dominique Durand, Adam Schlesinger and Andy Chase, with the latter two producing it. It is a pop and alternative pop song that features the use of horns and was compared to the works of the Smiths.

It was released as a CD single in two different formats, with the commercial release featuring two previously unreleased bonus tracks and the promotional release featuring just the album version of "This Is the Day". Music critics liked the track, with most considering it a standout track and noting the possibility of it making Apartment Life more successful.