For other uses, see This Is the Day (disambiguation).
"This Is the Day"
Single by the The
from the album Soul Mining
Released
2 September 1983
Studio
The Garden, London[a]
Advision, London
Sarm West, London
Genre
New wave, synthpop
Length
4:59 (album version) 3:42 (single edit)
Label
Some Bizzare/Epic
Songwriter(s)
Matt Johnson
Producer(s)
Paul Hardiman
Matt Johnson
The The singles chronology
"Perfect" (1983)
"This Is the Day" (1983)
"Heartland" (1986)
"This Is the Day" is a song written by Matt Johnson and originally released as a single by his band the The on 2 September 1983.[3] It reached number 71 on the UK Singles Chart.[4] A version of the song was included on the band's debut album Soul Mining, released in October 1983.
A re-recorded version of the song, re-titled "That Was the Day", was released as the lead track on the Dis-Infected EP in 1993. The EP reached number 17 on the UK singles chart.[5]
^Mason, Neil (July 2014). "The Soul Miner". Electronic Sound. No. 7. pp. 36–47.
^Bonner, Michael (2 July 2014). "'Somewhere between pure euphoria and terrible insecurity': An interview with The The's Matt Johnson". Uncut. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
^"Record News". NME. 27 August 1983. p. 39.
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