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"Wages Day"
SinglebyDeacon Blue
from the album When the World Knows Your Name
B-side
  • "Take Me to the Place"
  • "Take the Saints Away"
  • "Trampolene"
  • Released20 February 1989 (1989-02-20)[1]
    Length
    • 3:08
    • 5:04 (12-inch mix)
    LabelCBS
    Songwriter(s)Ricky Ross
    Producer(s)Warne Livesey
    Deacon Blue singles chronology
    "Real Gone Kid"
    (1988)
    "Wages Day"
    (1989)
    "Fergus Sings the Blues"
    (1989)

    "Wages Day" is a song by Scottish rock band Deacon Blue, released on 20 February 1989 as the second single from their second album, When the World Knows Your Name (1989). The song reached the top 20 in Ireland, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The main B-side is "Take Me to the Place", which is musically based on the hymn "Abide with Me" and the traditional melody "Eventide". Some versions of the single contain two songs: "Take the Saints Away" and a cover of Julian Cope's "Trampolene".

    Track listings

    [edit]

    All songs were written by Ricky Ross except where noted.

    7-inch and cassette single (DEAC 8; DEAC C8)[2][3]

    1. "Wages Day"
    2. "Take Me to the Place" (Ricky Ross, traditional)

    7-inch EP and CD single (DEAC EP 8; CD DEAC 8)[4][5]

    1. "Wages Day"
    2. "Take Me to the Place" (Ross, traditional)
    3. "Take the Saints Away"
    4. "Trampolene" (Julian Cope)

    12-inch single (DEAC T 8)[6]

    A1. "Wages Day (12-inch mix)
    B1. "Take Me to the Place" (Ross, traditional)
    B2. "Wages Day"

    Charts

    [edit]
    Chart (1989) Peak
    position
    Australia (ARIA)[7] 79
    Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[8] 60
    Ireland (IRMA)[9] 10
    New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[10] 24
    Spain (AFYVE)[11] 14
    UK Singles (OCC)[12] 18

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ "New Singles". Music Week. 18 February 1989. p. 31.
  • ^ Wages Day (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Deacon Blue. CBS Records. 1989. DEAC 8.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  • ^ Wages Day (UK cassette single sleeve). Deacon Blue. CBS Records. 1989. DEAC C8.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  • ^ Wages Day (UK 7-inch EP sleeve). Deacon Blue. CBS Records. 1989. DEAC EP 8.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  • ^ Wages Day (UK CD single liner notes). Deacon Blue. CBS Records. 1989. CD DEAC 8, 654648 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  • ^ Wages Day (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Deacon Blue. CBS Records. 1989. DEAC T 8.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  • ^ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 5 June 2015". Archived from the original on 5 June 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015 – via Imgur.
  • ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles". Music & Media. Vol. 6, no. 11. 18 March 1989. p. 19.
  • ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Wages Day". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  • ^ "Deacon Blue – Wages Day". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  • ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  • ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
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