These Days (Bardot song)

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"These Days"
Bardot These Days CD2 cover 2000.jpg
Single by Bardot
from the album Bardot
B-side
  • "Holding On" (live)
  • "Higher than Heaven" (live)
Released28 August 2000
Recorded2000
Studio Tiger Recording (Sydney, Australia) [1]
Genre Pop
Length3:40
Label WEA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Bardot singles chronology
"I Should've Never Let You Go"
(2000)
"These Days"
(2000)
"ASAP"
(2001)

"These Days" is a song by Australian pop group Bardot, and was the third single from their debut album Bardot (2000). It was written by Colin Campsie and Phil Thornalley, and produced by Tommy Faragher.

Contents

The single was available in two formats. CD 1 contained live recordings and an enhanced component including the music video, while CD 2 contained exclusively remixes. "These Days" peaked at number 19 on the Australian singles charts and was certified gold, becoming the 100th highest-selling single in Australia of 2000.

Bardot performed "These Days" at the 2000 ARIA Music Awards where they were nominated for three awards.

In 2001, American pop singer Jennifer Paige released a cover of "These Days".

Track listings

Australian CD1 single (8573848732) [1]

  1. "These Days"
  2. "These Days" (Rockmelons radio remix)
  3. "Holding On" (Live at Sydney State Theatre)
  4. "Higher than Heaven" (Live at Sydney State Theatre)

This format included an enhanced component featuring the "These Days" music video, photos and a screen saver.

Australian CD2 single (8573849122) [2]

  1. "These Days"
  2. "These Days" (Recovery radio edit)
  3. "These Days" (Groove Quantize Filta mix)
  4. "These Days" (Sunshine mix)
  5. "These Days" (DJ Clinton remix)

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the single liner notes. [1]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [5] Gold35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Jennifer Paige cover

"These Days"
These Days (Jennifer Paige song).jpg
Single by Jennifer Paige
from the album Positively Somewhere
ReleasedAugust 2001
Genre
Length3:27
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Oliver Leiber
  • David Gamson
Jennifer Paige singles chronology
"Always You"
(1999)
"These Days"
(2001)
"Stranded"
(2002)

"These Days" was covered in 2001 by Jennifer Paige and was released as the first single from her second studio album, Positively Somewhere (2001). This song became a minor hit in some parts of Europe, most notably in Italy where it reached number 31.

Track listings

Japanese maxi-CD single [6]

  1. "These Days"
  2. "Stay the Night"
  3. "You Get Through"

German maxi-CD single [7]

  1. "These Days" (US album mix)
  2. "These Days" (Tommy D mix)
  3. "You Get Through"

Charts

Chart (2002)Peak
position
Italy (FIMI) [8] 31
US Adult Top 40 ( Billboard ) [9] 34

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