D-Days

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"D-Days"
Hazel O'Connor D-Days.jpg
UK cover
Single by Hazel O'Connor
from the album Sons and Lovers
B-side "Time is Free"
ReleasedMarch 1981 (1981-03)
Recorded1980
Studio Good Earth Studios, London
Genre New wave
Length
  • 2:48 (single version)
  • 3:10 (album version)
Label Albion
Songwriter(s) Hazel O'Connor
Producer(s) Nigel Gray
Hazel O'Connor singles chronology
"Time"
(1980)
"D-Days"
(1981)
"Will You?"
(1981)

"D-Days" is a song by British singer-songwriter Hazel O'Connor, released in March 1981 as a single from her second album, Sons and Lovers . The single was produced by Nigel Gray and remixed for single release by Tony Visconti, who had produced her previous album Breaking Glass . The song stands for 'Decadent Days' and was inspired by a trip to a night in London where there were lots of poseurs and "people looking very bizarre". [1] It peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart. [2]

Contents

Reception

Reviewing the song for Record Mirror , Rosalind Russell wrote that "the smart marching pace suits Hazel's sense of style and drama and she hasn't deviated too far from her previous material to risk failure. This has a slap-in-the-face sting to it that should see her through to another hit". [3] David Hepworth for Smash Hits wrote "eight bars into this and I'm reaching for Red Starr's [sic] Russian fur hat and cossack dancing round the office like a good'un. Hazel keeps the mannerisms down to a minimum and seems to have her best chance of a hit in a while. [4]

Track listings

7": Albion / ION 1009 (UK)

  1. "D-Days" – 2:48
  2. "Time is Free" – 3:28

12": Albion / 12 ION 1009 (UK)

  1. "D-Days"
  2. "Zoo"
  3. "Time is Free"

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart (1981)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [5] 96
Ireland (IRMA) [6] 11
UK Singles (OCC) [2] 10
UK Indie Singles (MRIB) [7] 2

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References

  1. Songfacts. "D-Days by Hazel O'Connor - Songfacts". www.songfacts.com. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  2. 1 2 "Hazel O'Connor: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  3. "Singles". Record Mirror : 12. 21 March 1981. Retrieved 12 November 2020 via flickr.com.
  4. "Singles". Smash Hits . 19 March – 1 April 1981. p. 32. Retrieved 12 November 2020 via sites.google.com.
  5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 311. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  6. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – D Days". Irish Singles Chart.
  7. "Chartfile". Record Mirror : 36. 25 April 1981. Retrieved 31 January 2021 via flickr.com.