One Day, One Time

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"One Day, One Time"
Neil Arthur One Day, One Time 1992 single cover.jpg
Single by Neil Arthur
from the album Suitcase
B-side "Going Round in Triangles"
Released5 October 1992 [1]
Length3:33
Label Chrysalis
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Phil Bodger
Neil Arthur singles chronology
"One Day, One Time"
(1992)		"I Love I Hate"
(1994)

"One Day, One Time" is a song by English singer and musician Neil Arthur, released by Chrysalis as his debut solo single on 5 October 1992 and included on Arthur's debut solo studio album Suitcase in 1994. The song was written by Arthur and Rick Kenton, and produced by Phil Bodger. It reached number 80 in the UK Singles Chart.

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Background

"One Day, One Time" was Neil Arthur's debut solo single and his first release of new pop material since the split of Blancmange, the synth-pop duo he formed with Stephen Luscombe. After the duo's split in 1986, Arthur stepped away from the pop music scene and concentrated on writing music for film, TV and radio. Speaking of his return to pop music, he told Simon Mayo in 1992, "It's six years, but it seems like two minutes to me." [2]

"One Day, One Time" failed to enter the top 75 of the UK Singles Chart, stalling at number 80, [3] but it was a radio hit. It was chosen as Chris Evans' single of the week on BBC Radio 1 and peaked at number 40 on the Music Week Top 50 Airplay Chart in October 1992. [4] [5] In a 2022 interview with Electronic Sound, Arthur stated that the single was not properly distributed to retailers. He recalled, "I think the radio interest in the record must have taken the label slightly by surprise. They didn't have the stock in the shops to take advantage of it and that was that. Your moment's gone and it was back to the film music for me, but I didn't mind." [6]

Promotion

A music video was filmed to promote the single and was featured on ITV's The Chart Show . [7]

Critical reception

Upon its release, Alan Jones of Music Week described "One Day, One Time" was "a slightly deranged track that recalls, both vocally and in worldly influences, Talking Heads' David Byrne, as well as the Thompson Twins". He believed it "could be a surprise hit". [8] Jim Lawn of The Lennox Herald considered it to be a "breezy pop song" and also believed it would be a hit. [9] The Accrington Observer was negative in their review, awarding the single a one out of five star rating. The reviewer felt that the "only saving grace" of the song is the "instrumental opening which could pass for the beginning of a Big Country track". They added, "It sadly lacks originality, is totally unmemorable and becomes aggravating towards the end. Ex-Blancmange man Arthur's day and time is a long way off." [10] In 2012, the song was included in a feature by The Electricity Club covering "30 lost songs of the CD era". Writer Barry Page described it as "engaging" and noted that it was "not a radical departure from Blancmange's musical template". [11]

Formats

7-inch and cassette single [12] [13]

  1. "One Day, One Time" – 3:33
  2. "Going Round in Triangles" – 3:30

12-inch single [14]

  1. "One Day, One Time" (Bone O' Fido Mix) – 5:09
  2. "One Day, One Time" (Nil By Mouth Mix) – 4:34
  3. "One Day, One Time" (Rome Wasn't Built...Mix) – 7:06
  4. "One Day, One Time" (7" Mix) – 3:33

CD single [15]

  1. "One Day, One Time" (7" Mix) – 3:33
  2. "One Day, One Time" (Bone O' Fido Mix) – 5:09
  3. "Going Round in Triangles" – 3:30
  4. "Laughing in the Rain" – 4:00

Personnel

"One Day, One Time"

"Going Round in Triangles" and "Laughing in the Rain"

Production

Other

Charts

Chart (1992)Peak
position
UK Singles Chart (OCC) [3] 80
UK Music Week Top 50 Airplay Chart [5] 40

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References

  1. ↑ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week . 3 October 1992. p. 19. ISSN   0265-1548.
  2. ↑ Mayo, Simon (16 October 1992). "Neil takes his time" . Nottingham Evening Post . p. 6. Retrieved 7 April 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. 1 2 "Singles - Positions 76 to 200". Charts Plus . Spotlight Publications. 24 October 1992. p. 2.
  4. ↑ Neal, Martin (30 August 2022). "Blancmange frontman Neil Arthur talks past, present and future as synth-pop band prepare for tour". inyourarea.co.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Top 50 Airplay Chart" (PDF). Music Week . 17 October 1992. Retrieved 7 April 2023– via World Radio History.
  6. ↑ Fischer, Bob (15 September 2022). "Blancmange: Joining all the dots". Electronic Sound. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "Saturday TV" . Daily Mirror . 10 October 1992. p. 30. Retrieved 7 April 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ Jones, Alan (10 October 1992). "Market Preview: Singles" (PDF). Music Week . Retrieved 7 April 2023– via World Radio History.
  9. ↑ Lawn, Jim (16 October 1992). "New singles" . The Lennox Herald . p. 32. Retrieved 7 April 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ CR (9 October 1992). "Discs: Singles" . Accrington Observer . p. 35. Retrieved 7 April 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ↑ Page, Barry (3 May 2012). "Tasty Fish: 30 Lost Songs of the CD Era". The Electricity Club. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  12. ↑ One Day, One Time (UK 7-inch single sleeve notes). Neil Arthur. Chrysalis Records. 1992. CHS 3909.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  13. ↑ One Day, One Time (UK cassette single liner notes). Neil Arthur. Chrysalis Records. 1992. TCCHS 3909.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  14. ↑ One Day, One Time (UK 12-inch single sleeve notes). Neil Arthur. Chrysalis Records. 1992. 12CHS 3909.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  15. ↑ One Day, One Time (UK CD single sleeve notes). Neil Arthur. Chrysalis Records. 1992. CDCHS 3909.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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