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)[1]
Studio	Bearsville (Bearsville, New York)
Genre	Rock[2]
Length	3:39
Label	Elektra
Songwriter(s)	Robert Buck, Natalie Merchant
Producer(s)	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.^[3] 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

Chart (1992)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)[4]	58
US Billboard Hot 100[5]	66
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[6]	34
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[7]	1

See also

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

References

1. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. August 29, 1992. p. 17.
2. Molanphy, Chris (August 30, 2024). "Building a Herstory Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
3. France, Kim (March 18, 1993). "10,000 Maniacs: Eden's Children". Rolling Stone.
4. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
5. "10,000 Maniacs Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
6. "10,000 Maniacs Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Eldridge Industries. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
7. "10,000 Maniacs Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved March 20, 2022.