This Is the Day
| "This Is the Day" | ||||
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| Single by the The | ||||
| from the album Soul Mining | ||||
| Released | 2 September 1983 | |||
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| Genre | New wave, synthpop | |||
| Length | 4:59 (album version) 3:42 (single edit) | |||
| Label | Some Bizzare/Epic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Matt Johnson | |||
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| The The singles chronology | ||||
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"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. It reached number 71 on the UK Singles Chart. 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.