A New Day (song)

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"A New Day"
A new day 1984.jpg
Single by Killing Joke
A-side "A New Day"
B-side "Dance Day"
ReleasedJuly 1984 (July 1984)
Genre Post-punk
Length8:28
Label E.G. Records
Songwriter(s) Jaz Coleman
Kevin "Geordie" Walker
Paul Raven
Paul Ferguson
Chris Kimsey
Producer(s) Killing Joke
Chris Kimsey
Killing Joke singles chronology
"Eighties"
(1984)
"A New Day"
(1984)
"Love Like Blood"
(1985)
7" B-Side
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A New Day Side B Inner Sleeve

"A New Day" is a single by English post-punk band Killing Joke. It was released by E.G. Records in July 1984 as a 7-inch and 12-inch single. The B-side to the 7" release was a remix of the song, named "Dance Day". The single reached No. 51 in the UK Singles Chart. [1] [2] A promotional video was filmed for the song, the first time the band made a video for a non-album single.

Contents

The song was later included on the 2008 reissue of Night Time . "Dance Day" was later included on the compilation "Wilful Days" (mistakenly titled "A New Day").

Reception

Muriel Gray at Smash Hits said, "A very dated guitar riff announces the fact that we're not to expect anything new from Killing Joke in this latest release. They're apparently attempting to sound threatening and raw, but the band have always been a little bit guilty of being pantomime punks, and this just reinforces that pastiche." [3]

Track listings

The 7-inch single featured "Dance Day" as the B-side. The 12" single featured a dub mix of "A New Day" as its A-side and the original track as the B-side. A 7" release in Portugal used a shorter edit of "A New Day" instead. [4]

7" vinyl single

Side A
  1. "A New Day" – 04:08
Side B
  1. "Dance Day" – 03:40

12" vinyl single

Side A
  1. "A New Day (Dub Mix)" – 04:20
Side B
  1. "A New Day" – 04:08

Charts

YearChartPeak
Position
1984 UK Singles Chart [1] 56

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References

  1. 1 2 Official Charts Company - Killing Joke. OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved on 2010-07-05
  2. "A New Day". Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2008.
  3. Muriel Gray. "Singles". Smash Hits (19 July 1984): 23.
  4. "A New Day Portugal 7″ single". Discogs. Discogs. Retrieved 9 April 2020.