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"Days Like This" is a popular song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and the title song of his 1995 album of the same name. Morrison has often performed this song in concert appearances. It has become one of Morrison's most popular songs from his later years, and despite peaking at #65 in the UK, it reached positions #17 and #12 on the Billboard US (respectively on the LyricFind and the Rock Digital Song Sales charts).[1] In Ireland, "Days Like This" peaked at #1 on the radio airplay chart in 2022.[2]

"Days Like This"
Single by Van Morrison
from the album Days Like This
A-side	"Days Like This"
B-side	"I Don't Want to go on Without You"/"That Old Black Magic"
Released	May 1995
Genre	Folk rock
Length	3:13
Label	Mercury Records
Songwriter(s)	Van Morrison
Producer(s)	Van Morrison
Van Morrison singles chronology
"Have I Told You Lately" (1995) "Days Like This" (1995) "Perfect Fit" (1995)
Music video
"Days Like This" on YouTube

Recording and composition

"Days Like This" was recorded during the 1993–1994 sessions at Wool Hall Studios, Beckington and the Real World in Bath, Somerset.[3] The song was inspired by the 1961 Shirelles hit "Mama Said", written by Luther Dixon and Willie Denson.[4]

Before making his big break as a solo artist, Irish singer-songwriter Brian Kennedy performed backing vocals for this song, as well as others throughout the album, and features heavily in the music video.

Legacy

It became the official anthem of the peace movement in Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Office used it along with "Brown Eyed Girl" as theme music for a television advertisement promoting the cease fire. Morrison performed it for an audience of 60–80,000 people when President Bill Clinton visited Belfast, Northern Ireland on 30 November 1995. Clinton, himself a saxophonist, had shown an appreciation for Morrison's music and had wanted to perform but was advised against it by security officers.[5][6]

In 2020 Irish singer Dermot Kennedy released a cover version on his album Without Fear: The Complete Edition.

In the media

In 1997 "Days Like This" was featured on the soundtrack of the film As Good as It Gets. It was played several times in the 2007 film Because I Said So. It has also been used in a Channel 7 Australia ad campaign.^{[citation needed]}

In episode 2 of season 4 of the Netflix Money Heist television series, the song is played.[7]

Morrison has often performed this song in concert appearances, including at the Austin City Limits Music Festival.^{[citation needed]}

Other releases

• Live at Austin City Limits Festival (2006 Limited Cd)
• Van Morrison at the Movies - Soundtrack Hits
• The Best of Van Morrison Volume 3
• Still on Top - The Greatest Hits (remastered in 2007)

Personnel

Notes

References

• Heylin, Clinton (2003). Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography, Chicago Review Press, ISBN 1-55652-542-7
• Hinton, Brian (1997). Celtic Crossroads: The Art of Van Morrison, Sanctuary, ISBN 1-86074-169-X
• Rogan, Johnny (2006). Van Morrison: No Surrender, London:Vintage Books ISBN 978-0-09-943183-1

На других языках

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- [en] Days Like This (Van Morrison song)

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[es] Days Like This (canción)

«Days Like This» es una canción del músico norirlandés Van Morrison publicada en el álbum de 1995 homónimo y como sencillo el mismo año.

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