Days Go By (Dirty Vegas song)

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Early one morning, a man is wearing a business suit and a well-worn pair of orange high-top Chuck Taylor All-Stars trainers. He lays out a cardboard mat in front of a restaurant, turns on a boombox, and starts a routine of popping, locking, and doing the robot to the music.

A few people stop to watch. As they do, the man is replaced by a younger version of himself wearing a tracksuit and brand-new orange Chucks, and he begins breakdancing to the music. One of the spectators tells the story: one day each year, the man comes to the restaurant and dances on the pavement from sunrise to sunset. He does so in the hope of bringing back a lost girlfriend, who gave him the orange trainers as a present when they were young but who ultimately left him because he "couldn't stop." (What he couldn't stop is left ambiguous.) The music pauses briefly while a few spectators voice their thoughts about the young woman's fate. At the end of the day, two of them leave to get a cup of coffee together. The man in the business suit catches a brief glimpse of his girlfriend's younger self, then he picks up his belongings and leaves.

The video was filmed at Chroni's Famous Sandwich Shop in East Los Angeles, California. Garland Spencer and Byron McIntyre portrayed the dancer's younger and older selves, respectively.

There are two versions of the music video; one has the three band members observing from a table at the restaurant, while the other replaces those shots with footage of them in a silver Mitsubishi Eclipse stopped at a traffic light. In addition to the replaced shots, the Eclipse version of the video includes footage of the car arriving at and departing from a traffic light, suggesting that they arrived in the morning and remained at the light all day to watch the man dance.

A Mitsubishi executive saw the music video for "Days Go By" in a hotel room, and personally tracked the group down to procure rights to feature the song in an advertisement.{{cite web|last1=Moss|first1=Corey|title=DAYS GO BY, AND STILL YOU CAN'T GET DIRTY VEGAS OUT OF YOUR HEAD|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1454923/days-go-by-and-still-you-cant-get-dirty-vegas-out-of-your-head/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141126070702/http://www.mtv.com/news/1454923/days-go-by-and-still-you-cant-get-dirty-vegas-out-of-your-head/|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 November 2014|website=MTV|access-date=9 November 2016}} The song was licensed to be used in the Mitsubishi ad, which began airing in early 2002. A New York radio station began playing the song,{{cite web|last1=Paoletta|first1=Michael|title=Billboard June 1, 2002 (page 44)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ug8EAAAAMBAJ&q=Dirty+Vegas+Dirty+Vegas&pg=PA44|website=Google Books|date=June 2002|access-date=9 November 2016}} which was subsequently released to rhythmic and top 40 radio stations in mid-2002. American brand awareness for Mitsubishi went from 44% to 60% following the use of the song in the commercial.{{cite web|last1=Frieser|first1=Mark|title=Sync Exchange Podcast #4: Dirty Vegas Co-Founder/Vocalist Steven Smith|url=https://syncsummit.com/podcast/dirtyvegas|website=Sync Summit|access-date=7 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308045151/https://syncsummit.com/podcast/dirtyvegas|archive-date=8 March 2017|url-status=dead}}

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UK and European CD single; UK cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=Days Go By|others=Dirty Vegas|year=2001|type=UK & European CD single liner notes|publisher=Credence Records, Parlophone|id=CDCRED011, 8 79348 2}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Days Go By|others=Dirty Vegas|year=2001|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Credence Records, Parlophone|id=TCCRED011}}

1. "Days Go By" (7-inch mix)
2. "Days Go By" (full vocal mix)
3. "Days Go By" (acoustic)

UK 12-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title=Days Go By|others=Dirty Vegas|year=2001|type=UK 12-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=Credence Records|id=12cred011}}

:A. "Days Go By" (full vocal mix)

:B. "Days Go By" (Lucien Foort remix)

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Belgian CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Days Go By|others=Dirty Vegas|year=2001|type=Belgian CD single liner notes|publisher=Antler-Subway Records|id=AS 5965 CDS}}

1. "Days Go By" (radio edit)
2. "Days Go By" (Lucien Foort remix)

Canadian 12-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title=Days Go By|others=Dirty Vegas|year=2001|type=Canadian 12-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=Popular Records|id=POP 4143}}

:A1. "Days Go By" (Vegas mix) – 6:06

:B1. "Days Go By" (original extended) – 8:10

:B2. "Days Go By" (Lucien Foort remix) – 9:00

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UK CD1{{cite AV media notes|title=Days Go By|others=Dirty Vegas|year=2002|type=UK CD1 liner notes|publisher=Credence Records, Parlophone|id=CDCRED 030, 07243 551380 2 6}}

1. "Days Go By"
2. "Days Go By" (Scumfrog vocal remix)
3. "Days Go By" (Paul Oakenfold vocal remix)

UK CD2{{cite AV media notes|title=Days Go By|others=Dirty Vegas|year=2002|type=UK CD2 liner notes|publisher=Credence Records, Parlophone|id=CDCREDS 030, 07243 551380 0 2}}

1. "Days Go By" (radio edit)
2. "Days Go By" (Steve Osborne acoustic mix)
3. "1979" (live—BBC Radio 1 Evening Session)
4. "Days Go By" (video)

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One-track digital download{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/days-go-by-single/1325997929|title=Days Go By – Single|date=23 April 2002|publisher=Apple Music|access-date=22 June 2021}}

1. "Days Go By" – 7:12

Three-track digital download{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/days-go-by-single/1326269167|title=Days Go By – Single|date=28 February 2003|publisher=Apple Music|access-date=22 June 2021}}

1. "Days Go By" – 3:43
2. "Days Go By" (Hydrogen Rockers vocal mix) – 6:51
3. "Days Go By" (2001 acoustic) – 2:43

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