One Day Like This

"One Day Like This"
Single by Elbow
from the album The Seldom Seen Kid
Released	2 June 2008
Format	CD, 7" vinyl, digital download
Recorded	2006–2007
Genre	Alternative rock, progressive rock
Length	6:34
Label	Fiction Records
Writer(s)	Guy Garvey, Elbow
Producer	Craig Potter, Elbow
Elbow singles chronology
"Grounds for Divorce" (2008) "One Day Like This" (2008) "The Bones of You" (2008)

"One Day Like This" is the second single from Elbow's fourth album The Seldom Seen Kid, released on 2 June 2008^[1] on two 7" vinyl records and one CD single. "One Day Like This" debuted at #39 in the UK Singles Chart on 8 June 2008, marking Elbow's seventh UK Top 40 single. After 14 weeks, the single finally peaked at #35 on 14 September 2008. Although it peaked considerably lower than its predecessor "Grounds for Divorce" (which peaked at #19), the band's increasing popularity in the UK after winning their 2009 BRIT Award for Best British band meant that "One Day Like This" has spent more weeks in the UK Top 100 than any of Elbow's other singles, spending 35 weeks there; unlike its predecessor, which spent 11 weeks in the UK Top 100. The song peaked at #35 again on 22 February 2009 and was still on the charts at #95 as of 21 June 2009. On 21 May 2009, the song won the Ivor Novello award for Best Song. In October 2011, NME placed it at number 41 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".^[2]

Music video

The promotional video for the song features a man approaching a busy road junction, holding a red sign in the shape of a pointing arrow, containing the words "Condos - Now Selling". He stands at the junction, and turns the sign around many times, pointing it in all directions, including flipping it in the air and spinning it on his head, whilst the motorists, pedestrians and skateboarders pass by, presumably all the more confused as to where the Condos are in fact being sold.

Track listing

CD single

1. "One Day Like This" – 6:33
2. "Lullaby" – 3:13

7" vinyl #1

1. "One Day Like This" – 6:34
2. "Every Bit the Little Girl" – 4:32

7" vinyl #2

1. "One Day Like This" – 6:34
2. "Li'l Pissed Charmin' Tune" – 3:44

Use in television

BBC Sport made use of the song in its daily highlights package of the 2008 Summer Olympics from Beijing - in addition, the music's instrumental version was used whilst the medal table was shown. "One Day Like This" was used on Sky UK's Earth Day 2009 advert, as well as TV spots for the 2009 Robert Downey Jr./Jamie Foxx film The Soloist and used during "the best bits" for Big Brother 9 in the UK. The song was also used in a montage scene from the fourth episode of the 2008 series Hollyoaks Later. In July 2009, it was featured in "Day Three" of Torchwood: Children of Earth, an episode from the third season of the UK series Torchwood. It was also used in the tribute video montage done by the British Soap Awards for the 50th anniversary of Coronation Street. Charlie Brooker used it in an episode of Screenwipe concerning paruresis. It was also used in England's 2018 bid presentation video.

It was used in the Series 4 finale of Waterloo Road. The song has also been used in Australia, by Channel 9 during their coverage of the NRL (National Rugby League), and the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) during the closing montage of the 2008 Tour de France. It was also used for a dance on Season 3 of So You Think You Can Dance Canada, and on the eleventh episode of series 13 of Holby City on 28 December 2010. The song is used as an intro during the U2 360° Tour, before the band appears on stage.

Cover versions

Snow Patrol covered "One Day Like This" on Jo Whiley's "Live Lounge on Tour", and was released as a limited edition b-side of "Crack the Shutters".^[3][4]

An excerpt from the song is included in The Official BBC Children in Need Medley, a charity single performed by The Peter Kay Animated All Stars, released on 21 November 2009.

An instrumental version of the song was also used by Apple in its 2010 video introducing the refreshed MacBook Air product line.^[5]

References

1. ^ One Day Like This: Elbow: Music from Amazon.com
2. ^ http://www.nme.com/list/150-best-tracks-of-the-past-15-years/248648/page/11
3. ^ "Snow Patrol - Live Lounge Tour 2008". BBC. http://www.webcitation.org/5kvf6enUO. Retrieved 2009-10-31. 
4. ^ Eskimos, The (15 December 2008). "Crack the Shutters out now!". snowpatrol.com. http://www.snowpatrol.com/news/default.aspx?nid=18516. Retrieved 2009-11-03. 
5. ^ "Introducing the new MacBook Air". Apple. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSWQdYq3qcU. Retrieved 2011-08-20.