Will This Be the Day

"Will This Be the Day" is a song recorded by American country music group The Desert Rose Band. It was released in January 1991 as the first single from their compilation album A Dozen Roses – Greatest Hits. The song was written by Chris Hillman and Steve Hill, and produced by Ed Seay and Paul Worley.[1]

"Will This Be the Day"
Single by The Desert Rose Band
from the album A Dozen Roses – Greatest Hits
B-side"Our Baby's Gone"
ReleasedJanuary 1991
GenreCountry, country rock
Length3:26
LabelMCA/Curb
Songwriter(s)Chris Hillman, Steve Hill
Producer(s)Ed Seay, Paul Worley
The Desert Rose Band singles chronology
"Story of Love"
(1990)		 "Will This Be the Day"
(1991)		 "Come a Little Closer"
(1991)

Background

"Will This Be the Day" marked the beginning of the band's commercial decline on both the American and Canadian Country Singles Charts. It was the band's first single not to make the Top 30 in America and the first in Canada not to reach the Top 40. "Will This Be the Day" peaked at No. 37 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart,[2][3] and No. 44 on the Canadian RPM Country Singles Chart.[4][5] The single failed to generate the same level of radio play that the band's previous singles had seen. Speaking to The Journal of Country Music in 1991, Hillman said of the song: "It's not doing as well as any of the other singles."[6][7]

Release

"Will This Be the Day" was released by Curb Records in America and Canada only on 7" vinyl.[8] Although the 7" vinyl release had no artwork, it was issued in a standard MCA Records coloured sleeve.[9][10] The B-side, "Our Baby's Gone", was taken from the band's album Pages of Life.[8]

Promotion

A music video was filmed to promote the single. Licensed under MCA Records, it was directed by Gerry Wenner and produced by ET/VideoLink,[11] a division of Edwards Technology Video, California.[12]

Reception

Upon release, Cash Box listed the single as one of their "feature picks" during May 1991. They commented: "When a song makes you feel this good and it causes your entire body to somehow blend with the music, it's gotta be hot! The Desert Rose Band kick off their brand new LP, entitled A Dozen Roses, with this explosion-of-a-tune. "Will This Be the Day" is charged up with racing energy, stellar instrumentation, a little vocal gut-n-grind and of course tremendous harmony - definitely a playlist picker-upper."[13]

In a review of A Dozen Roses – Greatest Hits, CD Review described the song as "country/rock at its finest".[14][15] Randy Lewis of the Los Angeles Times described the song as a "driving rocker".[16][17] Newsday highlighted the "Roger McGuinn-like Rickenbacker guitar chiming" on the track.[18][19]

Track listing
7" single
  1. "Will This Be the Day" - 3:26
  2. "Our Baby's Gone" - 2:44

Personnel
The Desert Rose Band
Additional personnel

Charts
Chart (1991) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[20] 44
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[21] 37

Footnotes
  1. "Chris Hillman And The Desert Rose Band* - A Dozen Roses - Greatest Hits at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  2. Joel Whitburn (2002). Top Country Singles 1944-2001. Record Research. ISBN 978-0898201512.
  3. The "Billboard" Book of Top 40 Country Hits: Amazon.co.uk: Joel Whitburn: Books. ASIN 0823082911.
  4. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  5. "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  6. "On an unusually chilly Southern California morning in March, Hillman fretted over radios cool response to Desert Roses Will This Be the Day. Its not doing as well as any of the other singles, - Google Search". Retrieved 2014-02-14.
  7. The Journal of Country Music - Google Books. 1991. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  8. "Desert Rose Band - Will This Be The Day / Our Baby's Gone (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  9. DESERT ROSE BAND/Will This Be The Day/45rpm record (August 8, 2012). "DESERT ROSE BAND/Will This Be The Day/45rpm record: Music". Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  10. "Images for Desert Rose Band - Will This Be The Day / Our Baby's Gone". Discogs.com. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  11. "images/Will%20This%20Be%20The%20Day". drb-fans.com. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
  12. "ET/VideoLink - CDs and Vinyl at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  13. Cash Box newspaper - February 9, 1991 - Country: single releases, feature picks - page 22
  14. "Google". Retrieved 2014-02-14.
  15. CD Review - Google Books. 1991. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  16. "Los Angeles Times: Archives - O.C. POP MUSIC REVIEW Ex-Byrd's Feet on the Ground Chris Hillman's Desert Rose Band was too busy with today's country to be concerned with yesterday's rock. The often-dazzling band played at the Crazy Horse Steak House". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. December 5, 1990. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  17. "Google". Retrieved 2014-02-14.
  18. "Southern Charm and a New York Attitude". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  19. "desert rose will be day - Google Search". Retrieved 2014-02-14.
  20. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1514." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. May 11, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  21. "Desert Rose Band Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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