Released May 9, 2011 Recorded 2009–2011 Length 4:31 | Format CD, digital Genre Electronica Label Little Idiot
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"The Day" is a song by American electronica musician Moby, from his tenth studio album Destroyed (2011). It was released as a single on May 9, 2011.
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Moby talked about the track on his website blog, saying "'The Day' was written in a hotel room in Spain at dawn when I hadn't slept. It was a beautiful hotel room, a beautiful perfect hotel room and it was six or seven in the morning. I wrote it on an acoustic guitar and recorded it on my phone, brought it home and re-recorded it with old broken down electronics that I have in my studio".
The track is a return to a more electronic sound than his last album Wait for Me. Moby says it was inspired by David Bowie and Brian Eno's production "circa Low and Heroes.
This song and "Bleu Noir" by Mylène Farmer both use a similar backing track (the latter song was also produced by Moby).
Release
The song was released on April 2 on iTunes, and a promo CD was available from April 4. The official release was May 9, along with remixes.
Music video
On April 21, he released the song's video, directed by Evan Bernard. The video stars Heather Graham as a beautiful angel who slays demons in a hospital. The video is intercut with patients lying in bed, as well as Moby singing the song as other people lie on the ceiling.
Legacy
The song appears in the 2013 film Trance.
Track listing
- "The Day" – 4:32