"These Are Days" | ||||
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Single by 10,000 Maniacs | ||||
from the album Our Time in Eden | ||||
Released | August 31, 1992 [1] | |||
Studio | Bearsville (Bearsville, New York) | |||
Genre | Rock [2] | |||
Length | 3:39 | |||
Label | Elektra | |||
Songwriter(s) | Robert Buck, Natalie Merchant | |||
Producer(s) | Paul Fox | |||
10,000 Maniacs singles chronology | ||||
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"These Are Days" is a song by alternative rock group 10,000 Maniacs, released as the lead single from their 1992 album, Our Time in Eden . [3] The song reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in November 1992. They also performed the song for their 1993 album, MTV Unplugged , and it appears on their 2016 live album, Playing Favorites , with lead vocalist Mary Ramsey.
Verse One of the song is the following: [4]
These are days you'll remember
Never before and never since, I promise
Will the whole world be warm as this
And as you feel it.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "These Are Days" | Natalie Merchant, Robert Buck | 3:39 |
2. | "Starman" (David Bowie cover) | Bowie | 4:37 |
3. | "These Days" (Jackson Browne cover) | Browne | 3:21 |
Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [5] | 35 |
Canada Adult Contemporary ( RPM ) [6] | 24 |
UK Singles (OCC) [7] | 58 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [8] | 66 |
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [9] | 34 |
US Modern Rock Tracks ( Billboard ) [10] | 1 |
Chart (1992) | Position |
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US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard) [11] | 28 |
The music video for These Are Days