These Are Days

Summary

"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.[2] 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.

"These Are Days"
Single by 10,000 Maniacs
from the album Our Time in Eden
ReleasedAugust 31, 1992 (1992-08-31)[1]
StudioBearsville (Bearsville, New York)
Length3:39
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)Robert Buck, Natalie Merchant
Producer(s)Paul Fox
10,000 Maniacs singles chronology
"Poison in the Well"
(1989)
"These Are Days"
(1992)
"Candy Everybody Wants"
(1993)

Track listing edit

UK CD single
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."These Are Days"Natalie Merchant, Robert Buck3:39
2."Starman" (David Bowie cover)Bowie4:37
3."These Days" (Jackson Browne cover)Browne3:21

Charts edit

Chart (1992) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[3] 58
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 66
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[5] 34
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[6] 1

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. August 29, 1992. p. 17.
  2. ^ France, Kim (March 18, 1993). "10,000 Maniacs: Eden's Children". Rolling Stone.
  3. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  4. ^ "10,000 Maniacs Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  5. ^ "10,000 Maniacs Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Eldridge Industries. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  6. ^ "10,000 Maniacs Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved March 20, 2022.