From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Everyday (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song)

1993 single by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Summary

1993 single by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Field	Value
name	Everyday
cover	Everyday OMD CD Single.jpg
type	single
artist	Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
album	Liberator
B-side	Every Time
released
recorded	Pink Museum, The Ministry (Liverpool, England)
length	3:57
label	Virgin
prev_title	Dream of Me (Based on Love's Theme)
prev_year	1993
next_title	Walking on the Milky Way
next_year	1996
misc

| B-side = Every Time

Andy McCluskey
Paul Humphreys
Stuart Kershaw
Andy McCluskey
Phil Coxon

"Everyday" is a song by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released as the third and final single from their ninth album, Liberator (1993). The track dates to 1987, with OMD co-founder Paul Humphreys – who left the group two years later – receiving a co-writing credit. "Everyday" was the only single from Liberator to miss the UK top 25, charting at number 59.

Reception

Alan Jones of Music Week scored the single three-out-of-five, writing, "Jaunty, polished pop without a soul. Oh, for the more angst-ridden OMD of old. Still, it's the kind of song that will appeal to radio — very 'up' and sufficiently commercial to make the usual OMD splash." In a retrospective article, Classic Pops Wyndham Wallace likened the track to a "horrifying" Stock Aitken Waterman pastiche. OMD frontman Andy McCluskey conceded, "Sadly it wasn't one of our better songs."

Music video

The accompanying music video for "Everyday" was directed by Jimmy Fletcher and produced by Jonathan Hercock for Partizan. It was released on 6 September 1993 and features concert footage with cutaways to a young girl dressed as a matador. The video features Sara Cox, who would later be known as a BBC Radio DJ.

Track listings

UK 7-inch and cassette single

"Everyday"
"Every Time"

UK CD1 and Australasian CD single

"Everyday"
"Every Time"
"Dream of Me (Based on Love's Theme)" (Interstella mix)
"Everyday" (Invisible Man mix)

UK CD2

"Everyday"
"Electricity" (live)
"Walk Tall" (live)
"Locomotion" (live)

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak
position

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.	United Kingdom	Australia
6 September 1993		Virgin
4 October 1993

References

"OMD Discography: ''Liberator''".
Jones, Alan. (11 September 1993). "Market Preview: Mainstream - Singles". [[Music Week]].
Wallace, Wyndham. (September–October 2021). "OMD: ''Liberator''".
Ryan, Gary. (14 October 2019). "Does Rock 'N' Roll Kill Braincells?! – Andy McCluskey".
(4 September 1993). "Promos In Production".
Willis, Tania. (17 February 2015). "'I didn't eat during my twenties': Sara Cox confesses what she did to stay skinny".
(1993). "Everyday". [[Virgin Records]].
(1993). "Everyday". Virgin Records.
(1993). "Everyday". Virgin Records.
(1993). "Everyday". Virgin Records.
(1993). "Everyday". Virgin Records.
(3 October 1993). "New Release Summary – Product Available from : 04/10/93: Singles".

Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

1993-singles 1993-songs music-videos-directed-by-jimmy-fletcher orchestral-manoeuvres-in-the-dark-songs songs-written-by-andy-mccluskey songs-written-by-paul-humphreys songs-written-by-stuart-kershaw virgin-records-singles

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Everyday (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song) — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report