The Day (Moby song)

"The Day" is a song by American electronica musician Moby, from his tenth studio album Destroyed (2011). It was released as the album's second single on May 9, 2011.

"The Day"
Single by Moby
from the album Destroyed
ReleasedMay 9, 2011
Recorded2009–2011
GenreElectronica
Length4:31
Label
Songwriter(s)Moby
Producer(s)Moby
Moby singles chronology
"Be the One"
(2011)		 "The Day"
(2011)		 "Lie Down in Darkness"
(2011)

Background

Moby talked about the track on his website blog, saying "'The Day' was written in a hotel room in Spain at dawn when I hadn't slept. It was a beautiful hotel room, a beautiful perfect hotel room and it was six or seven in the morning. I wrote it on an acoustic guitar and recorded it on my phone, brought it home and re-recorded it with old broken down electronics that I have in my studio".[1]

The track is a return to a more electronic sound than his last album Wait for Me. Moby says it was inspired by David Bowie and Brian Eno's production "circa Low and Heroes".[2]

This song and "Bleu Noir" by Mylène Farmer both use a similar backing track (the latter song was also produced by Moby).

Release

"The Day" was first released in advance on April 2, 2011 on the iTunes Store. The song was officially released as a single bundled with remixes on May 9.[3]

Music video

On April 21, 2011, Moby released the song's video, directed by Evan Bernard. The video stars Heather Graham as a beautiful angel who slays demons in a hospital.[4][5] The video is intercut with patients lying in bed, as well as Moby singing the song as other people lie on the ceiling.[6]

Legacy

The song appears in the 2013 film Trance.

Track listing

References
  1. "Moby Announces the Release of a New Single, The Day, Out May 9th". Moby.com. March 15, 2011. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  2. Coplan, Chris (April 22, 2011). "Watch: Moby – 'The Day'". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  3. "New Music – The Day – Listen here". Moby.com. April 4, 2011. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  4. "Heather Graham Is an Angel of Mercy in Moby's 'The Day'". Rolling Stone. April 20, 2011. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  5. Simpson, David (April 27, 2011). "Moby's 'The Day' Featuring Heather Graham (Video)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  6. Moby (April 21, 2011). "..and here's the video for 'the day'!". Moby.com. Archived from the original on April 24, 2011. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  7. "The Day (Remixes) by Moby". United States: iTunes Store. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  8. "The Day Remixes Pt. 1". Beatport. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  9. "The Day Remixes Pt. 2". Beatport. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  10. "The Day Remixes Pt. 3". Beatport. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.