This Is the Day (song)

"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.^[1] It reached number 71 in the UK Singles Chart.^[2] 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 in the singles chart.^[2]

Track listing

7" single

"This Is the Day" – 3:42
"Mental Healing Process" – 3:44

12" single

"This Is the Day (Extended Version)" – 5:22
"I've Been Waitin' for Tomorrow (All of My Life) (Special Mix)" – 7:36

Manic Street Preachers version

"This Is the Day"

Single by Manic Street Preachers

from the album National Treasures – The Complete Singles

Released

18 September 2011

Format

Digital download, CD

Recorded

Faster Recording Studios, Cardiff

Genre

Alternative rock

Length

3:37

Label

Columbia

Producer(s)

Loz Williams & Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers singles chronology

"Postcards from a Young Man"
(2010)

"This Is the Day"
(2011)

"Show Me the Wonder"
(2013)

In September 2011, "This Is the Day" was covered by the Manic Street Preachers as a single to promote their National Treasures – The Complete Singles compilation album. The CD single was only available as a limited edition with the CD/DVD version of National Treasures on the HMV website.^[3]

Track listing

Digital download

"This Is the Day" – 3:37
"We Were Never Told" – 3:20

HMV exclusive CD

"This Is the Day"
"Rock 'n' Roll Genius"

References

↑ "Record News". NME. 27 August 1983. p. 39.
1 2 "THE THE – full Official Chart History – Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
↑ "Pre-order 'National Treasures' for exclusive extras". Retrieved 2 January 2012.

The The

Matt Johnson Keith Laws Tom Johnston Peter Ashworth Colin Lloyd Tucker Simon Fisher Turner Zeke Manyika David Palmer Johnny Marr James Eller D.C. Collard Jim Fitting Keith Joyner Jared Nickerson Gail Ann Dorsey Brian McLeod Spencer Campbell Earl Harvin Eric Schermerhorn

Studio albums	Burning Blue Soul Soul Mining Infected Mind Bomb Dusk Hanky Panky NakedSelf

Compilation albums	Solitude 45 RPM: The Singles of The The

Singles	"Controversial Subject" "This Is the Day" "Love Is Stronger Than Death" "I Saw the Light"

Manic Street Preachers

James Dean Bradfield Sean Moore Nicky Wire Miles Woodward Richey Edwards

Studio albums	Generation Terrorists Gold Against the Soul The Holy Bible Everything Must Go This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours Know Your Enemy Lifeblood Send Away the Tigers Journal for Plague Lovers Postcards from a Young Man Rewind the Film Futurology

Compilation albums	Forever Delayed Lipstick Traces National Treasures – The Complete Singles

EPs	New Art Riot E.P. Life Becoming a Landslide E.P. Live EP - From the O2

Singles	"Suicide Alley" "Motown Junk" "You Love Us (Heavenly Version)" "Stay Beautiful" "Love's Sweet Exile"/"Repeat" "You Love Us" "Slash 'n' Burn" "Motorcycle Emptiness" "Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless)" "Little Baby Nothing" "From Despair to Where" "La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)" "Roses in the Hospital" "Faster" "Revol" "She Is Suffering" "A Design for Life" "Everything Must Go" "Kevin Carter" "Further Away" "Australia" "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" "The Everlasting" "You Stole the Sun from My Heart" "Tsunami" "The Masses Against the Classes" "Found That Soul" "So Why So Sad" "Ocean Spray" "Let Robeson Sing" "There by the Grace of God" "The Love of Richard Nixon" "Empty Souls" "Underdogs" "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" "Indian Summer" "(It's Not War) Just the End of Love" "Some Kind of Nothingness" "Postcards from a Young Man" "This Is the Day" "Show Me the Wonder" "Anthem for a Lost Cause" "Walk Me to the Bridge" "Futurology" "Together Stronger (C'mon Wales)"

Other songs	"4st 7lb" "Peeled Apples"

Video albums	Everything Live Leaving the 20th Century Louder Than War Forever Delayed

Related articles	Discography Music of Cardiff Culture, Alienation, Boredom and Despair

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