One Small Day

"One Small Day"
Single by Ultravox
from the album Lament
B-side "Easterly"
Released 3 February 1984
Format 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl
Recorded Musicfest Studio, 1983
Genre Pop rock, new wave
Length 4:27
7:48 (Special re-mix)
8:31 (Special re-mix extra)
Label Chrysalis
Writer(s) Warren Cann, Chris Cross, Billy Currie, Midge Ure
Producer(s) Ultravox
Ultravox singles chronology
"We Came to Dance"
(1983)		 "One Small Day"
(1984)		 "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes"
(1984)

"One Small Day" is the first single from Ultravox's seventh studio album, Lament, released on 3 February 1984.[1] It peaked at #27 in the UK Singles Chart.[2]

The song is unusual for Ultravox in that it is mainly guitar rather than synth driven.

The 'performance' part of the promotional video was shot in very cold conditions over the weekend of Saturday, 14th - Sunday, 15 January 1984, primarily at the Callanish III standing stones site at Callanish on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles) of Scotland. Other non-performance parts were filmed at the main Callanish I standing stones site and edited into the video and featured individual band members reflected in vertically placed triangular-shaped mirrors.

Track listing

7" version

  1. "One Small Day" – 4:27
  2. "Easterly" – 3:48

12" version

  1. "One Small Day (Special Re-Mix)" – 7:48
  2. "Easterly" – 3:48
  3. "One Small Day" – 4:27

There was a third remix entitled "The Final Mix" which was issued as part of a limited edition bonus disc with "The Collection" entitled "The 12" Collection". the "Final Mix" of "One Small Day" runs for 7:36. A version of the "Final Mix" was included on the definitive reissue of "Lament". This version has a longer fade out and runs to 7:44.

References

  1. ↑ "Record News". NME. London, England: IPC Media: 33. 28 January 1984.
  2. ↑ "Chart Stats - Ultravox - One Small Day". Retrieved 9 January 2010.


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