These Are Days

For similarly titled songs, see These Are the Days (disambiguation).

"These Are Days"
Single by 10,000 Maniacs
from the album Our Time in Eden
Released	August 31, 1992 (1992-08-31)
Studio	Bearsville (Bearsville, New York)
Genre	Rock[1]
Length	3:39
Label	Elektra
Songwriters	Robert Buck, Natalie Merchant
Producer	Paul Fox
10,000 Maniacs singles chronology
"Poison in the Well" (1989) "These Are Days" (1992) "Candy Everybody Wants" (1993)

"These Are Days" is a song by alternative rock group 10,000 Maniacs, released as the lead single from their 1992 album, Our Time in Eden.^[2] The song reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in November 1992. They also performed the song for their 1993 album, MTV Unplugged, and it appears on their 2016 live album, Playing Favorites, with lead vocalist Mary Ramsey.

Track listing

UK CD single

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"These Are Days"	Natalie Merchant, Robert Buck	3:39
2.	"Starman" (David Bowie cover)	Bowie	4:37
3.	"These Days" (Jackson Browne cover)	Browne	3:21

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[3]	35
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[4]	24
UK Singles (OCC)[5]	58
US Billboard Hot 100[6]	66
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[7]	34
US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)[8]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1992)	Position
US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)[9]	28

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref(s).
United Kingdom	August 31, 1992	7-inch vinyl CD cassette	Elektra	[10]
Australia	February 14, 1993	CD cassette		[11]

See also

• List of Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number ones of the 1990s

References

1. Molanphy, Chris (August 30, 2024). "Building a Herstory Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
2. France, Kim (March 18, 1993). "10,000 Maniacs: Eden's Children". Rolling Stone.
3. "Top RPM Singles: Image 1836". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
4. "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Image 1844". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
5. "Official Singles Chart on 13/9/1992 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
6. "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. December 26, 1992. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
7. "Adult Contemporary". Billboard. December 19, 1992. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
8. "Alternative Airplay". Billboard. November 21, 1992. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
9. "The Year in Music: Top Modern Rock Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 104, no. 52. December 26, 1992. p. YE-42.
10. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. August 29, 1992. p. 17.
11. "New Release Summary – Product Available from : 14/02/93: Singles". The ARIA Report. No. 158. February 14, 1993. p. 19.

Extrenal link

The music video for These Are Days