Never Comes the Day
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{{Infobox song
| name = Never Comes the Day
| cover = Never Comes the Day.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = The Moody Blues
| album = On the Threshold of a Dream
| B-side = So Deep Within You
| released = 2 April 1969
| format =
| recorded = 22 January 1969
| studio =
| genre = Folk rock
| length = 4:43
| label = Deram
| writer = Justin Hayward
| producer = Tony Clarke
| prev_title = Ride My See-Saw
| prev_year = 1968
| next_title = Watching and Waiting
| next_year = 1969
}}
"Never Comes the Day" is a 1969 single by the progressive rock band the Moody Blues. It was written by band member Justin Hayward, and was the only single released from their 1969 album On the Threshold of a Dream.
Background
The song was edited from the album version of 4:43 down to 2:42. The single edit omits the second verse and simply goes into the longer chorus after the first verse. A similar edit was done on the Justin Hayward/John Lodge (Blue Jays) song "I Dreamed Last Night", but that version ends cold. Despite the fact that the album was a number-one hit in the UK, "Never Comes the Day" was a commercial flop as a single, and did not chart in the UK. The single also included Mike Pinder's "So Deep Within You," another track from the same album, on the B-side.
Reception
Cash Box described it as "starting in a gentle folk vein" with less impact than expected, but then grows to become a "hypnotic outing."{{cite news|title=CashBox Record Reviews|date=3 May 1969|page=36|accessdate=2021-12-08|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1969/CB-1969-05-03.pdf|newspaper=Cashbox}} Record World said that "This soft and sweet art -rock picks up halfway through and could be the biggest yet for the group."{{cite magazine|title=Single Reviews|magazine=Record World|date=May 3, 1969|page=10|accessdate=2023-05-08|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/60s/69/RW-1969-05-03.pdf}}
In Canada, the song peaked at #74 in May and was then off the charts through June, but came back to rank #85 in July.{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.6055.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - July 21, 1969}}
Personnel
- Justin Hayward – acoustic & electric guitars, lead vocals, Mellotron,{{cite web |url=http://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/2013/04/02/justin-hayward-interview-moody-blues-spirits-western-sky/ |title=Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues on His Days of Future Passed (and Present) | |website=Rockcellarmagazine.com |date=2016-09-28 |access-date=2016-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004092553/http://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/2013/04/02/justin-hayward-interview-moody-blues-spirits-western-sky/ |archive-date=4 October 2014 |url-status=dead }} handclapping
- John Lodge – bass guitar, backing vocals, handclapping
- Mike Pinder – Mellotron{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}, backing vocals, handclapping
- Ray Thomas – harmonica, backing vocals, handclapping
- Graeme Edge – drums, percussion, backing vocals{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}, handclapping
Chart positions
| class="wikitable" |
| Chart (1969)
!Peak |
|---|
| {{single chart|Wallonia|48|artist=The Moody Blues |song=Never Comes the Day}} |
| Canada RPM{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5950.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - May 26, 1969}}
| style="text-align:center;"|74 |
| Billboard Hot 100{{cite book |title= Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2013 |publisher=Record Research |page=588}}
| style="text-align:center;"|91 |
References
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Category:The Moody Blues songs
Category:Songs written by Justin Hayward
Category:Deram Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Tony Clarke
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