"Dayz Like That" is a song by British girl groupFierce, written by K-Gee, Michelle Escoffery, and Ali Tennant. Produced by K-Gee, it was released as the second single from Fierce's debut album, Right Here Right Now, in 1999. It became the group's first top-20 hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 11 that May, and also reached at number two on the UK R&B Singles Chart the same week. In 2001, Canadian girl group Sugar Jones covered the song and released it as their debut single that May, reaching number one on the Canadian Singles Chart with their version.
Popstars was a television programme originating from New Zealand that focused on creating a pop music group by auditioning thousands of contestants across the country at select venues. For the Canadian incarnation, the top 25 finalists travelled to Toronto, where they began training to become pop singers. Eventually, the programme's judges narrowed the finalists down to five women: Julie Crochetière, Mirella Dell'Aquila, Sahara MacDonald, Andrea Henry and Maiko Watson, who would become Sugar Jones. After their formation, they began working on their debut album, including "Dayz Like That", which was retitled "Days Like That".[7]
Release and reception
"Days Like That" was serviced to Canadian radio on 6 April 2001 and entered the Canadian CHR chart at number 22, which at the time was the highest entry by a Canadian debut act. The commercial CD single was issued on 1 May 2001 by Lone Eagle Music, containing the song's radio mix and a refix by Baby Silver featuring Canadian rapper Solitair.[8][9] Sugar Jones promoted the release by signing copies of the single at the Bramalea City Centre's Zellers store on the same day.[8] On 9 May, the single debuted at number one on the Canadian Singles Chart, a position it held for six consecutive weeks.[8][10][11] At the end of the year, it was ranked as Canada's most successful physical single of 2001.[12] At the Juno Awards of 2002, the song's producer, Justin Gray, was nominated for Best Producer for his work on this song and the album track "I Got U", losing to Daniel Lanois, who produced U2's "Beautiful Day" and "Elevation".[13]
Music video
A music video was filmed for "Days Like That". Codenamed "Project X", the video was shot on 24 and 25 March 2001. Directed by Noble Jones and produced by Mark Hesselink, the video shows Sugar Jones performing the song in a house.[14] The video premiered on Popstars on 15 April 2001 and debuted on the Canadian music channel MuchMusic the following day; by the following week, it was named MuchMusic's "Big One".[8]
Credits and personnel
Credits are taken from the Canadian CD single and Sugar Jones liner notes.
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