Blue Day (Mi-Sex song)

"Blue Day" is a song by New Zealand group Mi-Sex, released in February 1984 as the second single from their fourth studio album, Where Do They Go? (1983). The song peaked at number 24 in Australia.

"Blue Day"
Australian 7" art work
Single by Mi-Sex
from the album Where Do They Go?
B-side"Lady Janice"
ReleasedFebruary 1984
StudioRhinoceros Studio, Sydney Australia
GenrePop, electronic, new wave, Pop rock
LabelCBS
Songwriter(s)Murray Burns, Colin Bayley
Producer(s)Bob Clearmountain
Mi-Sex singles chronology
"Only Thinking"
(1983)
"Blue Day"
(1984)
"5 O'Clock (In the Morning)"
(1984)

Track listings

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Australia/New Zealand 7" (BA 223149)[1]

  1. "Blue Day"
  2. "Lady Janice"

Australia 12" (BA 12069)

  • Side A1 "Blue Day"
  • Side B1 "Castaway" (U.S. Version)
  • Side B2 "Delinquent Daddy" (Extended Version)

United Kingdom 7" (CBS – A4302)

  1. "Blue Day"
  2. "Don't Look Back in Anger"

Charts

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Chart (1984) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report[2] 24

Cover versions

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In 1999, New Zealand artist Nicolette recorded an "upbeat dance version" the song, which peaked at number 20 on the New Zealand charts, much to the delight of Mi-Sex's member Colin Bayley, whom Nicolette has been busy writing songs with in Sydney.[3]

In 2014, Australian band FreedomBLUE recorded a version of the song which aired that year on Channel Seven's annual Telethon weekend; a 24-hour annual televised fundraiser for children's hospitals.[4]

Chart (1999) Peak
position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[5] 20

References

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  1. ^ "Mi Sex Blue Day". discogs. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 204. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  3. ^ "Nicolette". Muzic. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Freedom Blue - Blue Day - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  5. ^ "NICOLETTE – Blue Day". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 13 October 2017.