These Are Days

1992 single by 10,000 Maniacs

"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)

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.^[2] 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)^[3]	58
US Billboard Hot 100^[4]	66
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[5]	34
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)^[6]	1

References

^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. August 29, 1992. p. 17.
^ France, Kim (March 18, 1993). "10,000 Maniacs: Eden's Children". Rolling Stone.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
^ "10,000 Maniacs Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
^ "10,000 Maniacs Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Eldridge Industries. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
^ "10,000 Maniacs Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved March 20, 2022.