Decent Days and Nights

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"Decent Days and Nights"
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Single by the Futureheads
from the album The Futureheads
Released26 July 2004 (2004-07-26) [1]
Genre Indie rock, post-punk revival, dance-punk
Length2:31
Label 679, Sire
Songwriter(s) David "Jaff" Craig, Barry Hyde, Dave Hyde, Ross Millard
Producer(s) Paul Epworth
The Futureheads singles chronology
"First Day"
(2003)
"Decent Days and Nights"
(2004)
"Meantime"
(2004)

"Decent Days and Nights" is the 2nd single by the Futureheads from their album The Futureheads . The remix of the song by Shy Child was released as a vinyl split single by Oxfam with the Black Strobe remix of Bloc Party's song 'Like Eating Glass' included. The song was included on the soundtrack of Burnout 3: Takedown.

Contents

Track listing

2004 release

CD:

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Decent Days and Nights (2004 Version)" The Futureheads 2:32
2."Remote Control" The Futureheads 1:29

7" vinyl (1/2):

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Decent Days and Nights (2004 Version)" The Futureheads 2:32
2."Decent Days And Nights (Phones Bad Acid Remix)" The Futureheads 4:00

7" vinyl (2/2):

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Decent Days and Nights (Shy Child Remix)" The Futureheads 2:40
2."The City Is Here For You To Use (Live At Astoria)" The Futureheads 2:06
3."Piece of Crap (Live At Astoria)" The Futureheads 2:39


2005 re-release

CD (1/2):

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Decent Days and Nights (2005 Version)" The Futureheads 2:44
2."Decent Days And Nights (Max Tundra Remix)" The Futureheads 4:42
3."Boring the Children" The Futureheads 2:11

CD (2/2):

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Decent Days and Nights (2005 Version)" The Futureheads 2:44
2."Banquo" The Futureheads 2:23

7" vinyl:

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Decent Days and Nights (2005 Version)" The Futureheads 2:44
2."Appreciate the Effort" The Futureheads 2:10


Split single (with Bloc Party)

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Decent Days and Nights (Shy Child Remix)" The Futureheads 4:38
2."Like Eating Glass (Black Strobe Remix)" Bloc Party 10:28

Personnel

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  1. "Reviews: Singles". Music Week . 17 July 2004. p. 27.