One Small Day

"One Small Day"
Single by Ultravox
from the album Lament
B-side	"Easterly"
Released	26 January 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)	Midge Ure, Chris Cross, Warren Cann, Billy Currie
Producer	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 26 January 1984. It peaked at #27 in the UK Singles Chart.^[1]

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, 15th 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

• Limited editions of the 12" single include the "Special Remix Extra" of One Small Day in place of the "Special Re-Mix", which is 8:31 long.

References

1. ^ "Chart Stats - Ultravox - One Small Day". http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=11366. Retrieved 9 January 2010 (2010-01-09).