These Are Days

{{For|similarly titled songs|These Are the Days (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox song

| name = These Are Days

| cover = TheseAreDays.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| released = {{start date|1992|8|31}}{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=17|date=August 29, 1992}}

| recorded =

| studio = Bearsville (Bearsville, New York)

| genre = Rock{{Cite podcast|url=https://slate.com/transcripts/TDJxTFJBNlhLZ2xBOEZuSm5oclQzR0xXWmNPOXBnUlQyRzVnNjZXRnVUUT0|title=Building a Herstory Edition|website=Hit Parade {{!}} Music History and Music Trivia|publisher=Slate|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|date=August 30, 2024|access-date=December 18, 2024}}

| length = 3:39

| label = Elektra

| writer = Robert Buck, Natalie Merchant

| producer = Paul Fox

| prev_title = Poison in the Well

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = Candy Everybody Wants

| next_year = 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.{{cite magazine|magazine=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/edens-children-10000-maniacs-grapple-with-the-pleasures-and-perils-of-success-in-the-real-world-19930318|title=10,000 Maniacs: Eden's Children|author-link=Kim France|author=France, Kim|date=March 18, 1993}} The song reached {{abbr|No.|Number}} 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

{{track listing

| headline = UK CD single

| title1 = These Are Days

| writer1 = Natalie Merchant, Robert Buck

| length1 = 3:39

| title2 = Starman

| note2 = David Bowie cover

| writer2 = Bowie

| length2 = 4:37

| title3 = These Days

| note3 = Jackson Browne cover

| writer3 = Browne

| length3 = 3:21

}}

Charts

=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1992) !Peak position
{{single chart\|Canadatopsingles\|35\|chartid=1836\|rowheader=true\|access-date=March 30, 2025}}
{{single chart\|Canadaadultcontemporary\|24\|chartid=1844\|rowheader=true\|access-date=March 30, 2025}}
{{single chart\|UK\|58\|date=19920913\|rowheader=true\|access-date=March 20, 2022}}
scope="row"\|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1992-12-26/\|title=Billboard Hot 100\|magazine=Billboard\|date=December 26, 1992\|access-date=March 30, 2025}} \|66
scope="row"\|US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1992-12-19/\|title=Adult Contemporary\|magazine=Billboard\|date=December 19, 1992\|url-access=subscription\|access-date=March 30, 2025}} \|34
scope="row"\|US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-airplay/1992-11-21/\|title=Alternative Airplay\|magazine=Billboard\|date=November 21, 1992\|access-date=March 30, 2025}} \|1

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

!Chart (1992)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|35|chartid=1836|rowheader=true|access-date=March 30, 2025}}

{{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|24|chartid=1844|rowheader=true|access-date=March 30, 2025}}

{{single chart|UK|58|date=19920913|rowheader=true|access-date=March 20, 2022}}

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1992-12-26/|title=Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=December 26, 1992|access-date=March 30, 2025}}

|66

scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1992-12-19/|title=Adult Contemporary|magazine=Billboard|date=December 19, 1992|url-access=subscription|access-date=March 30, 2025}}

|34

scope="row"|US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-airplay/1992-11-21/|title=Alternative Airplay|magazine=Billboard|date=November 21, 1992|access-date=March 30, 2025}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1992) !Position
scope="row"\|US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine\|title=The Year in Music: Top Modern Rock Tracks\|magazine=Billboard\|volume=104\|issue=52\|page=YE-42\|date=December 26, 1992}} \|28

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

!Chart (1992)

!Position

scope="row"|US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=The Year in Music: Top Modern Rock Tracks|magazine=Billboard|volume=104|issue=52|page=YE-42|date=December 26, 1992}}

|28

References

Category:1992 singles

Category:1992 songs

Category:10,000 Maniacs songs

Category:Elektra Records singles

Category:Songs written by Natalie Merchant