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| Single byElbow | ||||
| from the albumThe Seldom Seen Kid | ||||
| Released | 2 June 2008 | |||
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"One Day Like This" is the second single from English bandElbow'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 theIvor Novello Award forBest 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 the2012 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony, the single peaked at No. 4 in the United Kingdom—a new high for the song and for the band.
The song was a late addition to the album, afterDavid Joseph of Universal Music requested a radio-friendly single. It took around two weeks to write and record.[3]
The chorus lyric "one day like this a year would see me right" had been in singerGuy Garvey's diary for several years before the song was written. Speaking in 2014 about the song, Garvey said, "We put the chords behind it and realised it was going to be the hook of all hooks. I was like, 'what do we think?'... It was, 'it's kind of similar to "Hey Jude", isn't it?' I was like, 'yeah, and it's also similar to "Loaded" byPrimal Scream, and we like both those songs, don't we?' So isn't it just generous to do that, isn't it a satisfying thing for the listener?... And my God, how it changed our fortunes."[4]
The song was recorded at Blueprint Studios in Salford, and features string parts echoing the lyrics and throughout. These were recorded by just three musicians, with multiple takes using different instruments and in different positions in the room to give the impression of a much larger string section or orchestra.[3]
"One Day Like This" debuted at No. 39 in theUK Singles Chart on 8 June 2008, marking Elbow's seventh UK top-40 single. After 14 weeks, the single finally peaked at No. 35 on 14 September 2008.[5] Due to the band's increasing popularity in the UK after winning their2009 BRIT Award for Best British band, "One Day Like This" spent more weeks in the UK top 75 than any of Elbow's other singles with 31 weeks in five runs by the end of 2014, peaking at No. 4 in August 2012 following their appearance at theclosing ceremony of theLondon Olympics.[5] In February 2021, it was certified double Platinum in the UK by theBPI.[6] It also charted in theFlanders region of Belgium in July 2009, when it peaked at No. 19 on the region'sUltratop chart.[5] It became the group's only single to reach the Top 30 of theIrish Singles Chart, reaching a peak of No. 18 after its inclusion in theclosing ceremony of theLondon Olympics.[7]
The promotional video for the song was directed by Rigan Ledwidge.[8] It features a man (David Lemke, an employee at the time of guerilla marketing franchise AArrow Advertising[9]) at a busy road junction, holding a red sign in the shape of a pointing arrow, containing the words "Condos – Now Selling". As he stands at the junction, he turns the sign around many times, pointing it in all directions, including flipping it in the air and spinning it on his head, whilst the motorists, pedestrians and skateboarders pass by.
CD single
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "One Day Like This" | 6:33 |
| 2. | "Lullaby" | 3:13 |
7-inch vinyl 1
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "One Day Like This" | 6:34 |
| 2. | "Every Bit the Little Girl" | 4:32 |
7-inch vinyl 2
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "One Day Like This" | 6:34 |
| 2. | "Li'l Pissed Charmin' Tune" | 3:44 |
| Chart (2008–2012) | Peak position |
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| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[10] | 19 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[11] | 18 |
| Scotland Singles (OCC)[12] | 7 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[5] | 4 |
| Chart (2008) | Position |
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| UK Singles (OCC)[13] | 173 |
| Chart (2009) | Position |
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| UK Singles (OCC)[14] | 150 |
| Chart (2011) | Position |
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| UK Singles (OCC)[15] | 183 |
| Chart (2012) | Position |
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| UK Singles (OCC)[16] | 120 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI)[6] | 2× Platinum | 1,200,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
Snow Patrol covered "One Day Like This" onJo Whiley's "Live Lounge on Tour", and was released as a limited edition b-side of "Crack the Shutters".[17][18] An excerpt from the song is included in "The Official BBC Children in Need Medley", a charity single performed byPeter Kay's Animated All Star Band, released on 21 November 2009. The excerptsegues from "Hey Jude"—a similarity pointed out by Garvey.[4]
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| Single bySarah Brightman | ||||
| from the albumDreamchaser | ||||
| Released | 15 April 2013 | |||
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| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 5:57 | |||
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"One Day Like This" was the second single fromSarah Brightman's eleventh studio album,Dreamchaser, released on 15 April (16 January in Japan), 2013, and produced by Mike Hedges and Sally Herbert.[20][21]
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| 1. | "One Day Like This" | 5:57 |
| 2. | "One Day Like This" (Radio Edit) | 3:45 |
This music video starts with Sarah in her purplekimono setting her owntea for breakfast. She then dresses herself up in black and gold and has her hair tied in an updo and she puts on her space helmet for the rest.
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