"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?
''Where Do They Go?'' is the fourth studio album by New Zealand new wave band Mi-Sex, released in November 1983. The album peaked at number 80 on the Australian Kent Music Report. It would be the band's last studio album until ''Not from Here
...
'' (1983). The song peaked at number 24 in Australia.
Track listings
Australia/New Zealand 7" (BA 223149)
# "Blue Day"
# "Lady Janice"
Australia 12" (BA 12069)
*Side A1 "Blue Day"
*Side B1 "
Castaway
A castaway is a person who is cast adrift or ashore. While the situation usually happens after a shipwreck, some people voluntarily stay behind on a deserted island, either to evade captors or the world in general. A person may also be left a ...
"
(U.S. Version)
*Side B2 "Delinquent Daddy"
(Extended Version)
United Kingdom 7" (CBS – A4302)
# "Blue Day"
# "Don't Look Back in Anger"
Charts
Cover versions
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.
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.
References
New Zealand pop rock songs
Mi-Sex songs
1984 singles
1999 singles
1983 songs
CBS Records singles
Song recordings produced by Bob Clearmountain
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