| "This Perfect Day" | ||||
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| Single by The Saints | ||||
| from the album Eternally Yours | ||||
| B-side | "L.I.E.S" | |||
| Released | July 1977 (UK, Australia) | |||
| Recorded | May 1977 ("This Perfect Day") Sydney, April 1977 ("L.I.E.S.") | |||
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| Length | 2:11 | |||
| Label | Harvest HAR5130 (UK) EMI 11529 (Australia) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ed Kuepper, Chris Bailey | |||
| Producer(s) | Ed Kuepper, Chris Bailey | |||
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"This Perfect Day" is a single by punk band The Saints . It was produced by Chris Bailey and Ed Kuepper and recorded and mixed at Roundhouse and Wessex Studios, London, in 1977.
The single made #34 in the UK charts, the band's only British Top 40 entry. The band appeared on Top of the Pops to promote the song.[1]
Kuepper later mentioned, "I wrote it on my father's classical guitar, on Christmas Day (1976) at my parents' place when everybody had gone to church."[3]
A re-recorded version of the song later appeared on The Saints' 1977 album Eternally Yours.
The Fall covered the song for their 1999 LP The Marshall Suite. Baby Woodrose covered the song on their 2004 album Dropout!. The song has also been covered by Tropical Fuck Storm (with Amy Taylor of Amyl and the Sniffers on lead vocals), appearing as the b-side to their 2020 single "Suburbiopia".[4][5]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "Tropical Fuck Storm share 'This Perfect Day' cover featuring Amy Taylor". NME. 3 April 2020.
- ^ "Tropical Fuck Storm Salute Aussie Punks the Saints with This All-Star Cover". 3 April 2020.