"A New Day" is a single by English post-punk band Killing Joke. It was released by E.G. Records in July 1984 as a 7-inch and 12-inch single. The B-side to the 7" release was a remix of the song, named "Dance Day". The single reached No. 51 in the UK Singles Chart.[1][2] A promotional video was filmed for the song, the first time the band made a video for a non-album single.
| "A New Day" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Killing Joke | ||||
| A-side | "A New Day" | |||
| B-side | "Dance Day" | |||
| Released | July 1984 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk | |||
| Length | 8:28 | |||
| Label | E.G. Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jaz Coleman Kevin "Geordie" Walker Paul Raven Paul Ferguson Chris Kimsey | |||
| Producer(s) | Killing Joke Chris Kimsey | |||
| Killing Joke singles chronology | ||||
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| 7" B-Side | ||||
 A New Day Side B Inner Sleeve | ||||
The song was later included on the 2008 reissue of Night Time. "Dance Day" was later included on the compilation "Wilful Days" (mistakenly titled "A New Day").
Reception
editMuriel Gray at Smash Hits said, "A very dated guitar riff announces the fact that we're not to expect anything new from Killing Joke in this latest release. They're apparently attempting to sound threatening and raw, but the band have always been a little bit guilty of being pantomime punks, and this just reinforces that pastiche."[3]
Track listings
editThe 7-inch single featured "Dance Day" as the B-side. The 12" single featured a dub mix of "A New Day" as its A-side and the original track as the B-side. A 7" release in Portugal used a shorter edit of "A New Day" instead.[4]
7" vinyl single
edit- Side A
- "A New Day" – 04:08
- Side B
- "Dance Day" – 03:40
12" vinyl single
edit- Side A
- "A New Day (Dub Mix)" – 04:20
- Side B
- "A New Day" – 04:08
Charts
edit| Year | Chart | Peak Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | UK Singles Chart[1] | 56 |
References
edit- ^ a b Official Charts Company - Killing Joke. OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved on 2010-07-05 [1]
- ^ "A New Day". Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2008.
- ^ Muriel Gray. "Singles". Smash Hits (19 July 1984): 23.
- ^ "A New Day Portugal 7″ single". Discogs. Discogs. Retrieved 9 April 2020.